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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 Improvements 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 $182,000,000, notwith-
standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
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
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U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans: 
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. 
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;
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(4) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in-
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 
(5) 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 sec-
tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means
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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 cen-
suses and the 2011–2015 5-year data series avail-
able from the American Community 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, $2,506,554,000, 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 $20,000,000, 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 $206,000,000 shall be available for operating ex-
penses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate
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Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity 
theft and refund fraud casework. 
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.
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1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,709,000,000, 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
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2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-
mation for its major information technology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program, 
$110,000,000, 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 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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. 
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
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response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the 
Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 
a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de-
termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 
taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 
the video. 
SEC. 106. 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. 107. 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. 108. 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.
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SEC. 109. 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-
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. 110. 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. 111. 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).
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SEC. 112. 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 
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. 113. 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. 114. 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
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insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
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. 115. 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 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’, ‘‘Office of Inspec-
tor General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Troubled 
Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement 
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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 
under this section may increase or decrease any such ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. 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-
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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. 
SEC. 117. 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. 118. 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. 119. 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. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source
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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 
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. 121. 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. 122. 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. 123. 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-
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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-
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. 124. 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. 125. 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-
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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-
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. 126. (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—
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(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; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 127. Amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ shall be 
available to reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account for expenses incurred in such 
account for reception and representation expenses to sup-
port activities of the Financial Action Task Force. 
SEC. 128. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing Fund may be used for the acquisition of nec-
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essary land for, and construction of, a replacement cur-
rency production facility. 
SEC. 129. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network and the appropriate divisions of the Department 
of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on any 
Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016, includ-
ing— 
(1) the type of data collected; 
(2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work uses the data; 
(3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network needs more authority to combat money 
laundering through high-end real estate; 
(4) how a record of beneficial ownership would 
improve and assist law enforcement efforts to inves-
tigate and prosecute criminal activity and prevent 
the use of shell companies to facilitate money laun-
dering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, election 
fraud, and other illegal activity; and 
(5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic 
Targeting Orders on a permanent basis on all real 
estate transactions in the United States greater than 
$300,000.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 
at the White House, $13,081,000, to be expended and ac-
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counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
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under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-
idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
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within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 
for the classification of any such expense as political or 
nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$100,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 
remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
tion of information resources within the Executive Office 
of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 
States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, $101,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
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That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 
Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior staff po-
sition shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the Intellec-
tual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall 
be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 
resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 
of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 
are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 
planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 
days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water
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resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has re-
ported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 
authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60- 
day review is initiated: Provided further, That if water re-
source reports have not been transmitted to the appro-
priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 
15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 
Budget review period based on the notification from the 
Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 
and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly. 
In addition, $2,000,000 for the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedi-
cated to regulatory review and reforms: Provided, That 
these amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purpose: Provided further, That these 
funds may not be used to backfill vacancies. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
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and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $18,400,000: Provided, That the Of-
fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 
gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili-
tating the work of the Office. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $280,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, for drug control activities consistent 
with the approved strategy for each of the designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 
which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 
State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 
determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 
for auditing services and associated activities: Provided
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further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 
Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis-
cal year 2017 may be used for any other approved activi-
ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require-
ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 
of September 30, 2018, shall be funded at not less than 
the fiscal year 2018 base level, unless the Director submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 
those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub-
lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di-
rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
the initial allocation of fiscal year 2019 funding among 
HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 
discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-
tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation.
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SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici-
ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E– 
Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 
each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
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withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 
except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 
received in calendar year 2019 (except as provided in sub-
section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
serving under a political appointment and paid a 
rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule. 
(e) 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 
level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po-
litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 
(i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 
General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 
system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of