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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $615,462,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 
systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 
up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities 
to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, 
and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds provided 
by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the 
Department of Education available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating 
to implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the 
staffing level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, 
or functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of Edu-
cation, relative to the organization and operation of the Budget 
Service as in effect on January 1, 2018. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $125,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $61,143,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
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Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 
to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 303. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2019’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 304. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated 
for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall 
be available from July 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 305. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains 
an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title 
III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2019 may use the income 
from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the 
limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such 
income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of 
the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 306. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is 
amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 308. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available for payments for 
student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that 
services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et 
seq.). 
SEC. 309. (a) Section 455(f) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFERMENT FOR BORROWERS RECEIVING CANCER TREAT-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) EFFECT ON PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.—A borrower 
of a loan made under this part who meets the requirements 
of subparagraph (B) shall be eligible for a deferment, during 
which periodic installments of principal need not be paid, 
and interest shall not accrue. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—A borrower of a loan made under 
this part shall be eligible for a deferment during— 
‘‘(i) any period in which such borrower is receiving 
treatment for cancer; and 
‘‘(ii) the 6 months after such period. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall apply with 
respect to loans— 
‘‘(i) made on or after the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph; or
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‘‘(ii) in repayment on the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) Section 427(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1077(a)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in which the borrower is receiving treatment 
for cancer and the 6 months after such period.’’. 
(c) Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or (II); or’’ and inserting 
a ‘‘or (II);’’; 
(2) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) during which the borrower is receiving treat-
ment for cancer and the 6 months after such period;’’. 
(d) Section 464(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(B) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(C) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) during which the borrower is receiving treatment 
for cancer and the 6 months after such period;’’. 
(e) Section 428H(e)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078–8(e)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Interest’’ and 
inserting, ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (C), interest’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) Interest shall not accrue on a loan deferred under 
section 428(b)(1)(M)(v) or 427(a)(2)(C)(iv).’’. 
(f) The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect 
to loans— 
(1) made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(2) in repayment on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 
1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $600,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 311. Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,409,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,370,000,000’’. 
SEC. 312. (a) An institution of higher education may, with 
explicit written consent of an applicant who has completed a FAFSA
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under such section 483(a), provide such information collected from 
the applicant’s FAFSA as is necessary to a scholarship granting 
organization, including a tribal organization (defined in section 
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5304)), or to an organization assisting the applicant 
in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, or tribal assist-
ance, that is designated by the applicant to assist the applicant 
in applying for and receiving financial assistance for any component 
of the applicant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 472 of 
the HEA) at that institution. 
(b) An organization that receives information pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such information. 
(c) This section shall be in effect until title IV of the HEA 
is reauthorized. 
SEC. 313. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation—Federal 
Direct 
Student 
Loan 
Program 
Account’’, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
cost, as defined under section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Education providing loan cancella-
tion in the same manner as under section 455(m) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans 
made under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify 
for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, 
of the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do not 
qualify for purposes of the program because they were monthly 
payments made in accordance with graduated or extended repay-
ment plans as described under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 
455(d)(1) or the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation 
loan made under section 455(g) and that were less than the amount 
calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment 
period: Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months before 
the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described in the matter 
preceding this proviso and the most recent monthly payment made 
by the borrower at the time of such application were each not 
less than the monthly amount that would be calculated under, 
and for which the borrower would otherwise qualify for, clause 
(i) or (iv) of section 455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or income- 
contingent repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who 
would have otherwise been eligible under this section but dem-
onstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 5 years: 
Provided further, That the total loan volume, including outstanding 
principal, fees, capitalized interest, or accrued interest, at applica-
tion that is eligible for such loan cancellation by such borrowers 
shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall develop and make available a simple method for borrowers 
to apply for loan cancellation under this section within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible bor-
rowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date of 
application and subject to both the limitation on total loan volume 
at application for such loan cancellation specified in the second 
proviso and the availability of appropriations under this section: 
Provided further, That no borrower may, for the same service, 
receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and 
section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act. 
SEC. 314. Of the amounts made available under this title under 
the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, $2,300,000 shall be used
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by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers 
of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under 
section 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 
borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan can-
cellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 
outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation 
under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has 
made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment 
plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, 
to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall also communicate to 
all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) 
of such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 
by providing improved outreach and information such as outbound 
calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to pro-
gram requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 
creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment 
certification process electronically and on a centralized website. 
SEC. 315. (a) For any local educational agency that for fiscal 
year 2018, had an enrollment of eligible Federally connected chil-
dren that was at least 35 percent of the agency’s total student 
enrollment and a per-pupil expenditure that was less than the 
average per-pupil expenditure of the State or of all the States, 
and was determined ineligible to receive a payment under section 
7003(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 for failing to meet the average tax rate requirement for general 
fund purposes in section 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(V)(bb), and whose cal-
culated payment amount under section 7003(b) for the three years 
following fiscal year 2019 is less than 80 percent of the amount 
received for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall pay the local 
educational agency for the following three years not less than 
90 percent of the total amount the local educational agency received 
under section 7003(b)(2) for fiscal year 2017 if such local educational 
agency— 
(1) 
previously 
received 
a 
payment 
under 
section 
7003(b)(2)(A) but did not receive a payment under section 
7003(b)(2)(B)(ii) (or any predecessor of such provision) for each 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2017; and 
(2) was considered a local educational agency described 
in section 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(V) (or any predecessor of such provi-
sion) for each such fiscal year. 
(b) For fiscal year 2020 and succeeding fiscal years, if a local 
educational agency described in subsection (a) is eligible to receive 
a basic support payment pursuant to section 7003(b)(2) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7703(b)(2)), the payment received by the local educational agency 
shall be calculated under section 7003(b)(2) of such Act and not 
under subsection (a). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under section 8502 of title 
41, United States Code, $8,250,000: Provided, That in order to 
authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to sec-
tion 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform requirements 
of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided 
further, That such agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, 
and reporting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 
of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That such agree-
ment shall include the elements listed under the heading ‘‘Com-
mittee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Dis-
abled—Written Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 
section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to 
executing a written agreement with the Committee: Provided fur-
ther, That no less than $1,250,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry 
out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $786,629,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available 
to provide assistance to State commissions on national and commu-
nity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwith-
standing section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $32,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) 
$5,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 
Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include 
a determination of need by the local community.
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PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $206,842,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 
funds from the amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allo-
cated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer 
is necessary to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National 
Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 
Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 
31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 
1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $83,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2019, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not know-
ingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding 
such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than 
an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to 
receive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall 
minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 
under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or 
E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and 
not supplant current programs and operations.
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SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 
of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 
described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who 
are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 
the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall 
be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under section 3 of the National 
Child Protection Act of 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be considered 
‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are author-
ized to receive criminal history record information, consistent 
with Public Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of 
the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term 
of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not 
more than one year may receive a national service education award 
having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national service 
education award determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2021, $445,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be 
used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 
any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 
sex: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualifica-
tion in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other per-
sonnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of 
CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Future 
Fund or any similar purpose. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and other 
technologies and services that create infrastructure and efficiencies 
within the public media system, $20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor- 
Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 
for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Civil Service Reform Act, $46,650,000, including up to $900,000
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to remain available through September 30, 2020, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up 
to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict 
resolution services and technical assistance, including those pro-
vided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 
for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 
education, training, and professional development of the agency 
workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Act, $242,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $8,480,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $12,545,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,250,000.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $274,224,000: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 
3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 
stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 
Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board 
may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation 
that would provide employees any means of voting through any 
electronic means in an election to determine a representative for 
the purposes of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $13,800,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$19,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2019 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 
received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 
benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall 
be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 
of each month in the fiscal year.
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FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $123,500,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this 
limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not change 
the status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired 
by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing resources 
devoted to operations and improvements for the Board’s Information 
Technology Investment Initiatives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $11,000,000, to be 
derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93– 
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $41,366,203,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That 
not more than $101,000,000 shall be available for research and 
demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social 
Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2021.
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For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$19,700,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $12,741,945,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in 
such section: Provided, That not less than $2,400,000 shall be 
for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 
$45,000,000 shall remain available until expended for information 
technology modernization, including related hardware and software 
infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative expenses 
directly associated with information technology modernization: Pro-
vided further, That $100,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for activities to address the disability hearings 
backlog within the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2019 not needed for fiscal year 2019 
shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Secu-
rity Administration information technology and telecommunications 
hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment 
and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 
under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expendi-
tures for official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon 
as possible after such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph 
under this heading, not more than $1,683,000,000, to remain avail-
able through March 31, 2020, is for the costs associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security Act, including work-related continuing disability reviews 
to determine whether earnings derived from services demonstrate 
an individual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 
co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associ-
ated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, and $1,410,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That, of the additional new budget authority described 
in the preceding proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 
for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 
units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclu-
sion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure 
of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 
103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 
2002. 
In addition, $134,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2019 exceed $134,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2020 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed $75,500,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall 
be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, 
for which they were originally appropriated.
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SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111– 
148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive- 
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legisla-
tion before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any 
proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order 
issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, 
except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or 
local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or trans-
ferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that govern-
ment. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 
any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, 
or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 
I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds avail-
able for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
is authorized to make available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and