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(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the departmental component or office in evaluating poten-
tial contractors for the conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of 
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall 
notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 
without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number 
of employees attending a conference held by any Executive branch 
department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which 
the cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in sub-
section (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to 
the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 
as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assess-
ment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded 
by the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities 
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent 
revisions to that memorandum. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or 
reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in 
the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed 
change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 
such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer 
provisions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply 
the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ published by the Office of 
Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 
(73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce 
a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to 
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal 
employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be available for 
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that 
requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report 
fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements 
or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees 
or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative 
of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene require-
ments applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information.
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SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard 
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure 
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does 
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are con-
sistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing 
statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, 
(2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanage-
ment, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive 
orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement 
and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding 
provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement 
that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an 
employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain 
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a min-
imum, require that the person will not disclose any classified 
information received in the course of such activity unless specifically 
authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such non-
disclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar 
disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented 
and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with 
the requirements for such agreement that were in effect when 
the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into during 
fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar lan-
guage to that required in subsection (a). 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 
or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner 
pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of 
the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency 
is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered
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suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date on which 
a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 
1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such 
request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 
available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 747. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget authority provided 
in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit 
for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating dif-
ferences with the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to 
the discretionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 
2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget in the amount of the excess but the total of all such 
adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted 
discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 748. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees 
under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 
2019 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
an increase of 1.4 percent, and the overall average percentage 
of the adjustments taking effect in such fiscal year under sections 
5304 and 5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 
(with comparability payments to be determined and allocated among 
pay localities by the President). All adjustments under this sub-
section shall be effective as of the first day of the first applicable 
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in rates of 
basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal 
year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be no less than the percentages in subsection (a) as 
employees in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 
and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees 
at locations where there are no employees whose pay is increased 
pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 5304a of such title 5 and 
prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of such 
title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated 
as ″Rest of U.S.″ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 for 
purposes of this subsection. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
appropriations, which are made to each applicable department or 
agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 749. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 
section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the rate payable to 
the Vice President during calendar year 2019 shall be 1.9 percent 
above the rate payable to the Vice President on December 31, 
2018, as limited under section 738 of division E of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
(b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under section 
5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of
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law, the payable rate for an employee serving in an Executive 
Schedule position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is 
fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be increased 
by 1.9 percent (relative to the preexisting rate actually payable) 
at the time the official rate is adjusted in January 2019. Such 
an employee may receive no other pay increase during calendar 
year 2019, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, a 
chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject to subsection 
(b) in the same manner as other employees who are paid at an 
Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the official 
rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emergency 
appointee in the Senior Executive Service serving under 
a political appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at 
or above the official rate for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, 
United States Code, an employee described in paragraph (1) 
who is serving at the time official rates of the Executive 
Schedule are adjusted may receive a single increase in the 
employee’s pay rate of no more than 1.9 percent during calendar 
year 2019, subject to the normally applicable pay rules and 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013, after those 
pay limitations are increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable 
rounding). Such an employee may receive no other pay increase 
during calendar year 2019, except as provided in subsection 
(i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee 
paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-based payments 
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or similar 
authority) at or above the official rate for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule who serves under a political appointment, and who is 
serving at the time official rates of the Executive Schedule are 
adjusted, may receive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate 
of no more than 1.9 percent during calendar year 2019, subject 
to the normally applicable pay rules and pay limitations in effect 
on December 31, 2013, after those pay limitations are increased 
by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). Such an employee may 
receive no other pay increase during calendar year 2019, except 
as provided in subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to 
employees in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign 
Service pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 
of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another pay 
system whose position would be classified at GS–15 or below if 
chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 
receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law. 
(g) This section does not apply to an individual who makes 
an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay under 
section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, for such time as 
that election is in effect.
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(h) This section does not apply to an individual who makes 
an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements under 
section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 
96–465) for such time as that election is in effect. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee 
in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an 
authorized movement to a different covered position only if that 
new position has higher-level duties and a pre-established level 
or range of pay higher than the level or range for the position 
held immediately before the movement. Any such increase must 
be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in 
effect on December 31, 2013, after those rates and pay limitations 
are increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period 
of time subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based 
on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on 
December 31, 2013, after those rates and pay limitations are 
increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject to a 
biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2019 but ends 
in calendar year 2020, the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay 
rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered position’’ 
means a position occupied by an employee whose pay is restricted 
under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 
SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than title IV or VIII 
shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation 
of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this 
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center;
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(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsi-
bility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 
to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 
funds under this title through November 7, 2019. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may 
be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s 
official duties. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence 
and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise 
designated by the Chief of the Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department 
of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Secu-
rity and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Manage-
ment Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 
or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to
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require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress 
for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private 
lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government 
regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 
may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose 
of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location 
that has been determined by the local public health or local law 
enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing 
the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which 
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the posses-
sion, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia government under any authority may be used 
to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of 
any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative 
for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by 
the District of Columbia government under any authority shall 
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 
a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 
of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that is in the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budg-
eted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the 
Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that 
a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment.
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The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 
funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise 
and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds trans-
ferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from 
operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once trans-
ferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 
notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from appropria-
tions of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes author-
ized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a period in 
which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a 
regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local 
funds are appropriated in the amount provided for any project 
or activity for which local funds are provided in the Act referred 
to in paragraph (2) (subject to any modifications enacted by the 
District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period during which 
this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the 
Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed 
budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 which (subject to the require-
ments of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute 
the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia 
government for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 
Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District 
of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2020. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under 
the authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall
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be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 
by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 
during the portion of fiscal year 2020 for which this section applies 
to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other 
law. 
SEC. 817. Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of Columbia College 
Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38–2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘but before school year 2019–2020’’ 
after ‘‘in or after school year 2016–2017’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) For individuals who begin an undergraduate 
course of study in or after school year 2019–2020, 
is from a family with a taxable annual income of less 
than $500,000. Beginning with school year 2020–2021, 
the Mayor shall adjust the amount in the previous 
sentence for inflation, as measured by the percentage 
increase, if any, from the preceding fiscal year in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, pub-
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor.’’. 
SEC. 818. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated 
as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVI-
RONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 
by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 
general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public 
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,198,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, including all such amounts as are collected from 
permit processing fees, as authorized but made subject to future 
appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing fees 
may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the 
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and related 
use of authorizations. 
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration pro-
gram operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropria-
tion from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a 
final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,198,000,000, 
and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from commu-
nication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost 
of administering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $28,316,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 
Land Acquisition and derived from the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund, $1,800,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from pre-
viously appropriated emergencies, hardships, and inholdings 
funding: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 
on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 
other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant coun-
ties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 
lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 
or adjacent to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 
to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 
equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range improvements 
from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 
to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to proc-
essing application documents and other authorizations for use and 
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 
amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 
of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 
been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 
result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 
shall be available and may be expended under the authority of 
this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any 
public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 
which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard 
to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 
on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided 
further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed
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to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected 
may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 
be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 
costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 
omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the 
Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certifi-
cate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 
produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 
the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 
of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall 
not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors 
or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their 
destruction for processing into commercial products. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 
studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources, $1,292,078,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not 
to exceed $18,318,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 
and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 
steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)).
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CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$55,613,000, to remain available until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances available for Construction, 
$1,500,000 is permanently rescinded, including $300,000 of unobli-
gated balances available for Construction under Public Law 111– 
8: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, $65,189,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, 
of which, notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, United States 
Code, not more than $20,000,000 shall be for land conservation 
partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, 
including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisi-
tion projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, 
planning or other management costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $53,495,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $22,695,000 is to be derived from 
the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of 
which $30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund. 
Of the unobligated balances made available from the Coopera-
tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund, $7,500,000 is perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$42,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,910,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conserva-
tion Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 
$11,561,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$64,571,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $6,362,000 is 
for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for 
States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion 
of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 
$10,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 
provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of 
Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 
equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) 
to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum 
equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount 
in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the 
ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total 
land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 
on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the 
total population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equi-
tably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 
than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under 
this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such 
amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants
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shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects 
and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 
65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, 
That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any amount 
apportioned in 2019 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2020, shall be re-
apportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2021, in the 
manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 
public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reserva-
tion areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 
management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 
by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 
with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 
at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees col-
lected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited 
under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 
Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the Secretary, 
without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing 
of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising 
regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended. 
Of the unobligated balances available for grants under Public 
Law 109–58, title III, subtitle G, section 384, $15,000,000 is perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service and for the general administration of the National
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Park Service, $2,502,711,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning 
and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 
and $135,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets and $151,575,000 for cyclic maintenance 
projects for constructed assets and cultural resources shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act are available for the purposes 
of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 9(a) of the United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), 
$500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be provided to the organization selected under section 9(b) of that 
Act for expenditure by the United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission in accordance with that Act. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $64,138,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
Code), $102,660,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$13,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants for 
preservation of national significant sites, structures and artifacts 
as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 
Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be 
eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to be 
funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in con-
sultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for the Historic 
Preservation Fund, $750,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 
and nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic 
Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated with commu-
nities currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 
$14,500,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites and 
stories of the Civil Rights movement, $8,000,000 is for grants to 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for 
competitive grants for the restoration of historic properties of 
national, State and local significance listed on or eligible for inclu-
sion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made without 
imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 
(54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preservation Act: 
Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made with-
out imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) 
of title 54, United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as 
defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Governments, 
and non-profit organizations.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas 
administered by the National Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
2019 with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 
5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may 
be issued which includes the full scope of the project: Provided 
further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, 
That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise 
Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available for the cost 
of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort 
for projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 
with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any 
charges authorized by this section. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 
$168,444,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 
is for the State assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall 
be for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as 
authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost 
share agreements, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That 
not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 
shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated 
cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 
letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of 
title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without 
further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National 
Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest 
or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for 
this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated 
franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 
exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. 
Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the
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sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed 
the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount 
of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 
(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 
3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,160,596,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020; of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until 
expended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 shall 
be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 
improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in coopera-
tion with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 
be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of 
the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by 
the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the 
negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided,
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That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments as defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individ-
uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, with-
out regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purposes. 
BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, 
easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, 
other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as 
authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by 
law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $179,266,000, of which $129,450,000 is to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, and of which 
$49,816,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by 
the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions 
to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect 
on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities 
conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant 
to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assess-
ments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $129,450,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 
volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 
to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil 
and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on 
the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $145,475,000, 
of which $121,351,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2020, and of which $24,124,000 is to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appro-
priation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease