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months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 748. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget authority 
provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary 
spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional 
Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending 
limit in such category for fiscal year 2019 shall be made 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
in the amount of the excess but the total of all such adjust-
ments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted
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discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fis-
cal year. 
SEC. 749. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, and 
the overall average percentage of the adjustments taking ef-
fect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 5304a of 
such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent (with com-
parability payments to be determined and allocated among 
pay localities by the President). All adjustments under this 
subsection shall be effective as of the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
2019. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than the percent-
ages in subsection (a) as employees in the same location 
whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the statu-
tory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, and 5304a of 
title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at 
locations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 5304a of such 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section
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5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ″Rest of U.S.″ pursuant 
to section 5304 of such title 5 for purposes of this subsection. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable de-
partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 
2019. 
SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed-
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eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen-
cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center,
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unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2019. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 
workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
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lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia.