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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $274,000,000: 
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $7,284,319,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-
ties: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$3,556,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,500,000,000 
is designated by the Congress as being for the 2020 Census pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(G) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$40,441,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 
of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 
for the administration of all open grants until their expiration.
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,450,681,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2020, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2020, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $3,450,681,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$3,450,681,000 in fiscal year 2020 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2020 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2020 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appro-
priate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
accounts: Provided further, That any differences between the 
present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific 
use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial 
statements, where applicable: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed 
and collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant
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to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by 
section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), $754,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$162,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$146,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, and of which $16,000,000 shall be for the National 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufac-
turing USA’’). 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 
13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $118,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National 
Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having 
a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and 
simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 
each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including
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maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot pro-
grams for state-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to 
nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,763,939,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean 
Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United 
States 
Code: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
in 
addition, 
$174,774,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries 
Data Collections, Surveys and Assessments; and Interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That not to exceed $62,070,000 
shall be for payment to the Department of Commerce Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That of the $3,956,213,000 provided 
for in direct obligations under this heading, $3,763,939,000 is appro-
priated from the general fund, $174,774,000 is provided by transfer, 
and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in 
addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired 
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and 
for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their 
dependents under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration submit to Congress a report on existing supercom-
puting capacity and needs of the Administration and on the incre-
mental improvement to operational weather forecasts that would 
result from a significant investment in additional compute capacity. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,530,890,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, except that funds provided for 
acquisition and construction of vessels and construction of facilities 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$1,543,890,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$1,530,890,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 
$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures