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Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 
2013 Act’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-324); and other juvenile justice 
programs, $287,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as follows— 
(1) $60,000,000 for programs authorized by 
section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 
technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi-
zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 
That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 
$500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
grant program to support emergency planning 
among State, local and tribal juvenile justice resi-
dential facilities; 
(2) $95,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(3) $24,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as 
authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 
pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 
Youth Program; 
(B) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site 
providing information and resources on children 
of incarcerated parents;
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(C) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 
system; 
(D) $9,000,000 shall be for an opioid-af-
fected youth initiative; and 
(E) $8,000,000 shall be for an initiative 
relating to children exposed to violence; 
(4) $22,500,000 for programs authorized by 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
(5) $82,000,000 for missing and exploited chil-
dren programs, including as authorized by sections 
404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec-
tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply 
for purposes of this Act); and 
(6) $3,000,000 for child abuse training pro-
grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 
authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 
may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi-
ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author-
ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 
the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 
and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not
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apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec-
tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 
exploited children programs. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in-
cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail-
able until expended; and $24,800,000 for payments au-
thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu-
cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina-
tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for such disability and edu-
cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail-
able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso 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.
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and the SUP-
PORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 
115–271), $303,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That any balances made available 
through prior year deobligations shall only be available in 
accordance with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading— 
(1) $228,500,000 is for grants under section 
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 
for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 
enforcement officers under part Q of such title not-
withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 
title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re-
hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex-
ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services grants a
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waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 
within the amounts appropriated under this para-
graph, $27,000,000 is for improving tribal law en-
forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, 
anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid ac-
tivities: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this paragraph, $6,500,000 is for 
community policing development activities in fur-
therance of the purposes in section 1701: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this paragraph $37,000,000 is for regional informa-
tion sharing activities, as authorized by part M of 
title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Sta-
tistics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 
Programs: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
within 
the 
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 
than $3,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 
Program: Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000 is 
for training, peer mentoring, and mental health pro-
gram activities as authorized under the Law En-
forcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public 
Law 115–113);
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(2) $10,000,000 is for activities authorized by 
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to 
State law enforcement agencies in States with high 
seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth-
amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei-
zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet-
amine traffickers; 
(4) $32,000,000 is for competitive grants to 
statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 
high rates of primary treatment admissions for her-
oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 
shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 
or investigate illicit activities, including activities re-
lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis-
tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 
and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
collaboration; and 
(5) $25,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
administered by the Community Oriented Policing 
Services Office for purposes authorized under the
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STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 
Public Law 115–141). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
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ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
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tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of 
funds provided under this title in previous years.
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SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 
or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head-
ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus-
tice Programs’’— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 
the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-
bursement programs may be used by such Office to 
provide training and technical assistance; and
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(2) up to 2.5 percent of funds made available 
for grant or reimbursement programs under such 
headings, except for amounts appropriated specifi-
cally for research, evaluation, or statistical programs 
administered by the National Institute of Justice 
and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds provided to the Na-
tional Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, to be used by them for research, evalua-
tion, or statistical purposes, without regard to the 
authorizations for such grant or reimbursement pro-
grams. 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 
Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-
ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal years 2016 through 2019 for the following pro-
grams, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 
and local reentry demonstration projects under part 
FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).
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(2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts 
under part FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), the requirements under sec-
tion 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part (34 U.S.C. 
10633(e)(1) and (2)). 
(3) For the prosecution drug treatment alter-
natives to prison program under part CC of title I 
of such Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10581), the require-
ments under the second sentence of section 2901(f) 
of such part (34 U.S.C. 10581(f)). 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un-
less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-
tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
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113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, 
section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, and 
such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partner-
ship Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2018 
and 2019. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $5,544,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-
cil, in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 
100–685 and Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for
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official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 
personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 
and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-
tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $6,905,700,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amounts pro-
vided, $545,000,000 is for an orbiter and $195,000,000 
is for a lander to meet the science goals for the Jupiter 
Europa mission as recommended in previous Planetary
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Science Decadal surveys: Provided further, That the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall use the 
Space Launch System as the launch vehicles for the Jupi-
ter Europa missions, plan for an orbiter launch no later 
than 2023 and a lander launch no later than 2025, and 
include in the fiscal year 2020 budget the 5-year funding 
profile necessary to achieve these goals. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $725,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
193 
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $926,900,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
$180,000,000 shall be for RESTORE–L. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $5,050,800,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not less
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than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
for SLS, not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Explo-
ration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 
$592,800,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems, 
including $48,000,000 for a second mobile launch plat-
form and associated SLS activities: Provided further, That 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, con-
current with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budg-
et profile for an integrated system that includes the Space 
Launch System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, 
and associated ground systems that will ensure an Explo-
ration Mission-2 crewed launch as early as possible, as 
well as a system-based funding profile for a sustained 
launch cadence beyond the initial crewed test launch: Pro-
vided further, That $958,000,000 shall be for exploration 
research and development.
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SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $4,639,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $110,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$21,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $44,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $2,755,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020.
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CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $348,200,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2019 in an amount not 
to exceed $17,000,000: Provided further, That each an-
nual budget request shall include an annual estimate of 
gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds 
collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United 
States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$39,300,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming 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 spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 
change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
199 
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
The unexpired balances of the ‘‘Education’’ account, 
for activities for which funds are provided in this Act, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, 
and Mathematics Engagement’’ account established in 
this Act. Balances so transferred shall be merged with the 
funds in the newly established account, but shall be avail-
able under the same terms, conditions and period of time 
as previously appropriated. 
Not more than 50 percent of the amounts made avail-
able in this Act for the Lunar Orbital Platform; Advanced 
Cislunar and Surface Capabilities; Commercial LEO De-
velopment; and Lunar Discovery and Exploration, exclud-
ing the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, may be obligated 
until the Administrator submits a multi-year plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that identifies estimated dates, by 
fiscal year, for Space Launch System flights to build the 
Lunar Orbital Platform; the commencement of partner-
ships with commercial entities for additional LEO mis-
sions to land humans and rovers on the Moon; and con-
ducting additional scientific activities on the Moon. The 
multi-year plan shall include key milestones to be met by 
fiscal year to achieve goals for each of the lunar programs
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described in the previous sentence and funding required 
by fiscal year to achieve such milestones. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,520,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 
$544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research
201 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$295,740,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $910,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$329,540,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
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further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2019 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: 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, $15,350,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
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 be-
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tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. 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 Representatives and the Senate at least 30 
days in advance of any planned divestment through trans-
fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-
cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
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, 
$10,065,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title
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5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial 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 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized 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 Em-
ployment 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 Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding 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
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Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$379,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation 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 reorganization 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 requirements of section 505 of 
this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 
to 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 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $95,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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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, $415,000,000, of which $380,500,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 is for manage-
ment 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 repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration 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 em-
ployees 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 Corpora-
tion: 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.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose 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 2018 and 
2019, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,516,000. 
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 pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
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United States Code, $53,000,000, 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 Representa-
tive authorized 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. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected 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 obli-
gation 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 agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities 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, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds 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 for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab-
lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex-
cess of $3,353,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 
available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 
shall remain available until expended to the Department
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of Justice Office of Inspector General for oversight and 
auditing purposes; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to 
the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with 
the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian 
tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-
poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 
which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 
may include preliminary findings and a description of
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areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 
any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 
the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-
net website maintained by the Department, Administra-
tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial inter-
est in the person awarded the grant or contract.
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(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 
which the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 
impact information system, as defined for security cat-
egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and
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moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has—
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(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR),
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part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination.
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(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 
or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 
funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the United States to deny
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any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori-
gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 
1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 
Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
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nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 
such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 
to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 
in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase 
in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
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3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 
years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 
of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Com-
merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later
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than September 30, 2019, from the following accounts in 
the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 
Economic 
Development 
Assistance 
Programs’’, 
$10,000,000; and 
(2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, Industrial Technology Services’’, $2,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2019, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $151,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $124,326,000 including from, but 
not limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for 
the automation of fingerprint identification and 
criminal justice information services and associated 
costs; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $10,000,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $70,000,000;
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(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, 
Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$16,500,000; and 
(6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$674,000,000, is permanently rescinded. 
(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
September 1, 2019, specifying the amount of each rescis-
sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 
(d) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 524. (a) Any unobligated balances identified in 
the following Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbols are 
hereby permanently cancelled: 80X0114; 80X0111; 
80X0110; and 80X0112. 
(b) Upon enactment of this Act: 
(1) obligated balances in 80X0114 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0130, Construc-
tion and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
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tion, and any upward adjustments to such obliga-
tions may be made from 80–0130; 
(2) obligated balances in 80X0111 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0122, Safety, 
Security and Mission Services, 80–0115, Space 
Flight Capabilities and 80–0130, Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration, and any 
upward adjustments to such obligations may be 
made from 80–0122, 80–0115 and 80–0130; 
(3) obligated balances in 80X0110 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0130, Construc-
tion and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion, and any upward adjustments to said obliga-
tions may be made from 80–0130; and 
(4) obligated balances in 80X0112 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0122, Safety, 
Security and Mission Services and 80–0130, Con-
struction and Environmental Compliance and Res-
toration, and any upward adjustments to such obli-
gations may be made from 80–0122 and 80–0130. 
(c) Following the cancellation of unobligated balances 
and transfer of obligated balances in 80X0114, 80X0111, 
80X0110 and 80X0112, such accounts shall be closed. 
Any collections authorized or required to be credited to 
these accounts that are not received before closing of such
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accounts shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 
301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United 
States unless such conference is a law enforcement train-
ing or operational conference for law enforcement per-
sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend-
ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 
United States. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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SEC. 529. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, 
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 
in expired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 
the total number of expired grant accounts with 
undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 
year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 
and the total finances that have not been obligated 
to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and
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Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
(NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 
or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 
of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com-
pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 
a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 
NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national 
security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
the activity in question and shall include a description of 
the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 
importation of any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 
been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(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, adjudication, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
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SEC. 533. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 
the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 
signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 
judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per-
formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 
contract.
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SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available under 
this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 
respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any 
of them from implementing their own laws that authorize 
the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical 
marijuana. 
SEC. 538. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 
by any employee of such Department or agency, including 
the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 539. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 
respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 
grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 
be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per-
sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 
20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 
the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 
decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area In-
come and Poverty Estimates. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for obligation for the James Webb Space 
Telescope (JWST) after December 31, 2019, if the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
JWST determines that the formulation and development 
costs (with development cost as defined under section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code) are likely to exceed
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$8,802,700,000, unless the program is modified so that 
the costs do not exceed $8,802,700,000. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be expended during fiscal year 2019 to prepare 
for the shutdown of the Stratospheric Observatory for In-
frared Astronomy. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Jus-
tice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2019’’. 
DIVISION C—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
essary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
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tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi-
ties, $214,576,000: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, of which necessary 
amounts shall be available for expenses to support 
activities of the Financial Action Task Force, and 
not to exceed $350,000 shall be for other official re-
ception and representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of programs within the Office of Critical Infra-
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structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in-
cluding entering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 
national security threats, $159,000,000: Provided, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$25,208,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 
offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each
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investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for 
approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 
shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In-
formation Officer prior to the obligation of funds under 
this heading: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading $1,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 
Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the in-
vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 
That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 
other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor-
mation Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
239 
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 
U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for 
Tax 
Administration; 
$170,250,000, 
of 
which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 
for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED 
ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–343), $23,000,000.
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$12,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which 
not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $175,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2019. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 
of the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, is for information systems modernization initiatives;
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and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the 
Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 
380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $119,600,000; of which not to 
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for cooperative research and development programs 
for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies with or without reim-
bursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of 
accelerating the processing of formula and label applica-
tions: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, shall be for the costs associated with 
enforcement of the trade practice provisions of the Federal 
Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
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UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$30,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $160,000,000, notwith-
standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
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ing Community Development Financial Institutions 
Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 
2020, for financial assistance and technical assist-
ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $2,527,250 may be 
used for the cost of direct loans, and of which up 
to $3,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of 
section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 
(d)), may be available to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions to expand 
investments that benefit individuals with disabilities: 
Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $25,000,000; 
(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C.
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4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2020, for 
financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
munities and provided primarily through qualified 
community development lender organizations with 
experience and expertise in community development 
banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza-
tions, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 
until September 30, 2020, for a Healthy Food Fi-
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions for the 
purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 
food options in distressed communities; 
(5) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in-
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cluding administration of CDFI fund programs and 
the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not 
less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to 
better assess and inform CDFI investment perform-
ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(6) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 
under 
such 
section 
114A 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2019: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be 
used for awards that support investments that serve 
populations living in persistent poverty counties: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
graph and paragraph (1) above, the term ‘‘persistent 
poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty
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over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 
and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5- 
year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Census Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $2,491,554,000, of which not less than 
$9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 
Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which 
not less than $18,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be available for a Community Vol-
unteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program 
for tax return preparation assistance, and of which not 
less than $207,000,000 shall be available for operating ex-
penses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity 
theft and refund fraud casework.
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ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020, and of which not less than 
$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 
IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5
249 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,724,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 
construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for research; of which not to exceed 
$20,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 
Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 
cost and schedule performance for its major information 
technology investments, including the purpose and life- 
cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost 
and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and 
strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti-
gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile-
stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 
quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 
2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-
mation for its major information technology systems.
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BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 
schedule performance for major information technology in-
vestments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of 
the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 
variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies 
the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such 
risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 
achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex-
ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available 
in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
partial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
tect taxpayers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
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The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 
to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 
a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 
response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 
a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 
to an employer making employment tax payments, and 
such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 
and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 
Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 
offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 
target citizens of the United States for exercising any 
right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 
beliefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
253 
dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 
and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
sult of the recommendations in the report published on 
May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 
Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 
process with respect to re-hiring a former employee, 
unless such program or process takes into account 
the conduct and Federal tax compliance of such em-
ployee or former employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 111. Except to the extent provided in section 
6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available
254 
to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 
a proposed final return or statement for use by such per-
son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 112. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
$77,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2020, 
shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Tax-
payer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ 
accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
amount to be used solely for carrying out Public Law 115– 
97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 
the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a spending plan for such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
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and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 
‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 
no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 
and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 
to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 
account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the
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United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
representation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department 
of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
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ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 
project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 
provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 
description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 
each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
chise Fund. 
SEC. 124. During fiscal year 2019— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of 
the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-
enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-
ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
used to determine whether an organization is oper-
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ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 
for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-
lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 
29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-
terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 
under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
tions created on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 
activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 
of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;