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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $16,500,000, of 
which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned 
divestment through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or 
deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital 
assets (including land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2020’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $10,500,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be 
used to employ any individuals under Schedule C of subpart C 
of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive 
of one special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 
with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use any
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gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly 
authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 
1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 
Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; 
nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to $30,500,000 
for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized 
services to the Commission, $389,500,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available 
funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorga-
nization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 
of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require-
ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair 
may accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work 
of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$99,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
$440,000,000, of which $402,700,000 is for basic field programs 
and required independent audits; $5,300,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $22,000,000 
is for management and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client 
self-help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro Bono 
Innovation Fund; and $1,500,000 is for loan repayment assistance:
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Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to 
provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater 
than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, 
DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services 
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the 
authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable 
to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited 
by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 
503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such 
sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 
1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2019 and 2020, 
respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission 
as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,616,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $54,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representative author-
ized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement 
Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, 
to be derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act.
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as author-
ized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 
et seq.) $6,555,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, 
the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized 
by the Congress. 
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. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of 
such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, 
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision 
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 
held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates 
or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes or renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by 
Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results 
from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in 
personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs,