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available under this heading may be transferred to other 
Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activi-
ties. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$798,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $19,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 
funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 
to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
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accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $4,288,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se-
curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 
of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 
and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director
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of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi-
cer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 
to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 
appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per-
cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 
the approval of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 
203). Such report shall include— 
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 
obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by Fed-
eral agency and by fiscal year, including—
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(A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs 
such as rent, information technology, contracts, 
and personnel; 
(B) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated obligations; and 
(C) the specific section of such Act that re-
quires the obligation of funds; and 
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 
2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by the 
Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal year, 
including— 
(A) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated collections; and 
(B) the specific section of such Act that au-
thorizes the collection of funds. 
SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2018, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the 
President shall be accompanied by a written statement from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on 
the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve-
nues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government;
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(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order or 
memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each year 
in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 
2018; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2018. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum 
is issued during fiscal year 2018 due to a national emer-
gency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later 
than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum 
is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
$100,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $82,028,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$16,153,000, to remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$31,291,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $18,889,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 
the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
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Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
by law, $5,099,061,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration 
projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $8,230,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 
and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 
other services for such representations as authorized by law; 
the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 
18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 
in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $1,078,713,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $50,944,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con-
trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa-
trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 
the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$586,999,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts and the Attorney General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$90,423,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,265,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$18,699,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 
and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
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trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu-
tive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 
as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 
that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home-
land Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 
services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the 
United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘26 years and 6 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’; and
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made in sub-
section (a) shall take effect 45 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support
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Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
made and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur-
rounding jurisdictions, $13,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
events related to the presence of the National Capital in 
the District of Columbia, including support requested by 
the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 
out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup-
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port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris-
dictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, $265,400,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of Co-
lumbia, $121,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court System, $71,500,000, of which not 
to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $58,900,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended con-
sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 
study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided
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further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
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ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not more than $20,000,000 in un-
obligated funds provided in this account may be transferred 
to and merged with funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to 
be available for the same period and purposes as funds 
made available under that heading for capital improve-
ments to District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad-
ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administra-
tion in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro-
priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
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Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $244,298,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 
$180,840,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 
Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include ex-
penses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protec-
tion orders or the provision of services for or related to such 
persons; and of which $63,458,000 shall be available to the 
Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 
and Budget and obligated and expended in the same man-
ner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies: Provided further, That amounts under 
this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for 
defendants to successfully complete their terms of super-
vision.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$41,829,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal 
agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $270,000.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
portunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for the activities 
specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of 
the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$5,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘PART A—SUM-
MARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the rate set forth under such 
heading, as included in D.C. Bill 22–242, as amended as 
of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except as provided in 
section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 
817 of the Financial Services and General Government Ap-
propriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, 
D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for 
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2018 under this 
heading shall not exceed the estimates included in D.C. Bill 
22–242, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act
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or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount ap-
propriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans-
actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated 
operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such in-
creases shall be approved by enactment of local District law 
and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained 
in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ-
ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2018, except that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$8,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$126,000,000, of which $1,100,000 shall remain available 
until expended to carry out the program, including admin-
istrative costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia
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Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110– 
140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2018, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted;
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(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $10,100,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology for election reform activi-
ties authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
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ELECTION REFORM PROGRAM 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$380,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
mission for necessary expenses to make payments to States 
for activities to improve the administration of elections for 
Federal office, including to enhance election technology and 
make election security improvements, as authorized by sec-
tions 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That each 
reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the 
‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided 
further, That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 
shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference 
to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$600,000’’: Provided further, That not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election Assist-
ance Commission shall make the payments to states under 
this heading: Provided further, That not later than two 
years after receiving a payment under this heading, a state 
shall make available funds for such activities in an amount 
equal to 5 percent of the total amount of the payment made 
to the State under this heading.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$322,035,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $322,035,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of 
$322,035,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall not be available for 
obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting col-
lections from prior years collected in excess of the amount 
specified for collection in each such year and otherwise be-
coming available on October 1, 2017, shall not be available 
for obligation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive
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bidding system that may be retained and made available 
for obligation shall not exceed $111,150,000 for fiscal year 
2018: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $11,020,000 shall be for 
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 
on Universal Service regarding single connection or pri-
mary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
SEC. 511. Section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1452) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVE SOURCE FOR PAYMENT OF RELOCATION 
COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING.—There are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated, and appropriated, to the TV Broad-
caster Relocation Fund established by subsection (d), 
out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated—
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‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2018, $600,000,000, to 
remain available, notwithstanding subsection 
(d)(4), until not later than July 3, 2023, pursu-
ant to this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2019, $400,000,000, to 
remain available, notwithstanding subsection 
(d)(4), until not later than July 3, 2023, pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the Commission 
makes the certification described in subpara-
graph (B), amounts made available to the TV 
Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) 
shall be available to the Commission to make— 
‘‘(i) reimbursements pursuant to sub-
section (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii), includ-
ing not more than $350,000,000 for this 
purpose from funds made available by 
paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(ii) payments required by subsection 
(k), including not more than $150,000,000 
for this purpose from funds made available 
by paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(iii) payments required by subsection 
(l), including not more than $50,000,000 for
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this purpose from funds made available by 
paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(iv) payments solely for the purposes 
of consumer education relating to the reor-
ganization of broadcast television spectrum 
under subsection (b), including $50,000,000 
for this purpose from funds made available 
by paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—The certification de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a certification 
from the Commission to the Secretary of the 
Treasury that the funds available prior to the 
date of enactment of this subsection in the TV 
Broadcaster Relocation Fund are likely to be in-
sufficient to reimburse reasonably incurred costs 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i) 
or 
(b)(4)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY FOR PAYMENTS AFTER 
APRIL 13, 2020.— 
‘‘(i) FOR
PAYMENTS
TO
BROADCAST 
TELEVISION LICENSEES AND MVPDS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (b)(4)(D), the Com-
mission may make payments pursuant to 
subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii) from 
amounts made available to the TV Broad-
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scinded and deposited into the general fund of 
the Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedi-
cated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. 
‘‘(B) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described 
in this subparagraph is the earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the date of a certification by the 
Commission under subparagraph (C) that 
all reimbursements pursuant to subsections 
(b)(4)(A)(i) and (b)(4)(A)(ii) have been 
made and that all reimbursements pursuant 
to subsections (k) and (l) have been made; 
or 
‘‘(ii) July 3, 2023. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—If all reimburse-
ments pursuant to subsections (b)(4)(A)(i) and 
(b)(4)(A)(ii) and all reimbursements pursuant to 
subsections (k) and (l) have been made before 
July 3, 2023, the Commission shall submit to the 
Secretary of the Treasury a certification that all 
such reimbursements have been made. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The amount of 
auction proceeds that the salaries and expenses ac-
count of the Commission is required to retain under 
section 309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)), including from the
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proceeds of the forward auction under this section, 
shall be sufficient to cover the administrative costs in-
curred by the Commission in making any reimburse-
ments out of the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund 
from amounts made available to that Fund by para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(k) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION COSTS OF TELEVISION 
TRANSLATOR STATIONS AND LOW POWER TELEVISION STA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—From amounts made 
available under subsection (j)(2), the Commission 
shall reimburse costs reasonably incurred by a tele-
vision translator station or low power television sta-
tion on or after January 1, 2017, in order for such 
station to relocate its television service from one chan-
nel to another channel or otherwise modify its facility 
as a result of the reorganization of broadcast tele-
vision spectrum under subsection (b). Only stations 
that are eligible to file and do file an application in 
the Commission’s Special Displacement Window are 
eligible to seek reimbursement under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Commission may not 
make reimbursements under paragraph (1) for lost 
revenues.
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‘‘(3) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS PROHIBITED.—In 
the case of a low power television station that has 
been accorded primary status as a Class A television 
licensee under section 73.6001(a) of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations— 
‘‘(A) if the licensee of such station has re-
ceived reimbursement with respect to such sta-
tion under subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) (including 
from amounts made available under subsection 
(j)(2)(A)(i)), or from any other source, such sta-
tion may not receive reimbursement under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) if such station has received reimburse-
ment under paragraph (1), the licensee of such 
station may not receive reimbursement with re-
spect 
to 
such 
station 
under 
subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.—The Commission 
may not make reimbursement under paragraph (1) 
for costs incurred to resolve mutually exclusive appli-
cations, including costs incurred in any auction of 
available channels. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION.— 
The term ‘low power television station’ means a
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low power TV station (as defined in section 
74.701 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) 
that was licensed and transmitting for at least 
9 of the 12 months prior to April 13, 2017. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, the operation 
of analog and digital companion facilities may 
be combined. 
‘‘(B) TELEVISION TRANSLATOR STATION.— 
The term ‘television translator station’ means a 
television broadcast translator station (as defined 
in section 74.701 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations) that was licensed and transmitting 
for at least 9 of the 12 months prior to April 13, 
2017. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
operation of analog and digital companion fa-
cilities may be combined. 
‘‘(l) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION COSTS OF FM BROAD-
CAST STATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts made 
available under subsection (j)(2), the Commis-
sion shall reimburse costs reasonably incurred by 
an FM broadcast station for facilities necessary 
for such station to reasonably minimize disrup-
tion of service as a result of the reorganization
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of broadcast television spectrum under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Commission may 
not make reimbursements under subparagraph 
(A) for lost revenues. 
‘‘(C) 
DUPLICATIVE
PAYMENTS
PROHIB-
ITED.—If an FM broadcast station has received 
a payment for interim facilities from the licensee 
of a television broadcast station that was reim-
bursed for such payment under subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i) (including from amounts made 
available under subsection (j)(2)(A)(i)), or from 
any other source, such FM broadcast station may 
not receive any reimbursements under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) FM BROADCAST STATION DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘FM broadcast station’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 73.310 of title 47, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and includes an FM 
translator, which has the meaning given the term ‘FM 
translator’ in section 74.1201 of such title. 
‘‘(m) RULEMAKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commis-
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sion shall complete a rulemaking to implement sub-
sections (k) and (l). 
‘‘(2) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The rulemaking 
completed under paragraph (1) shall include the de-
velopment of lists of reasonable eligible costs to be re-
imbursed by the Commission pursuant to subsections 
(k) and (l), and procedures for the submission and re-
view of cost estimates and other materials related to 
those costs consistent with the regulations developed 
by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(n) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) Nothing in subsections (j) through (m) shall 
alter the final transition phase completion date estab-
lished by the Commission for full power and Class A 
television stations.’’. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $39,136,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res-
olution Fund.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
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to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $306,317,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $126,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$16,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees suffi-
cient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.),
522 
shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $164,317,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 
of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
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location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, 
approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $9,073,938,000, of which— 
(1) $692,069,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) as follows: 
(A) $132,979,000 shall be for the Alexandria 
Bay, New York, Land Port of Entry; 
(B) $121,848,000 shall be for the San 
Diego, California, Otay Mesa Land Port of 
Entry;
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(C) $137,242,000 shall be for the Harris-
burg, Pennsylvania, United States Courthouse, 
as requested by the Federal Judiciary; 
(D) $110,000,000 shall be for the Hunts-
ville, Alabama, United States Courthouse, as re-
quested by the Federal Judiciary; 
(E) $190,000,000 shall be for the Fort Lau-
derdale, Florida, United States Courthouse, as 
requested by the Federal Judiciary: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction and acquisition projects may be ex-
ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other 
such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the 
amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if re-
quired, unless advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount; 
(2) $666,335,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $289,245,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $65,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which—
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(i) $25,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; 
(ii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; and 
(iii) $20,000,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
That 
no 
consolidation 
project 
exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, That 
consolidation projects are approved by each 
of the committees specified in section 
3307(a) of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That preference is given to 
consolidation projects that achieve a utiliza-
tion rate of 130 usable square feet or less 
per person for office space: Provided further, 
That the obligation of funds under this 
paragraph for consolidation activities may 
not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and explanation for each 
project to be undertaken, including esti-
mated savings, has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate:
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Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 
any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing secu-
rity improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance with 
current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the 
House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif-
ference between the funds appropriated and expended 
on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
527 
vided further, That the amount provided in this or 
any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may 
be used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,493,768,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,221,766,000 for building operations to re-
main 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$1,146,089,000 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,075,677,000 is for salaries and expenses: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available under this paragraph for building op-
erations may be transferred between and merged with 
such appropriations upon notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 5 percent by any such 
transfers: Provided further, That section 521 of this 
title shall not apply with respect to funds made avail-
able under this heading for building operations: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount of funds made 
available from this Fund to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall not be available for expenses of any
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construction, 
repair, 
alteration 
and 
acquisition 
project for which a prospectus, if required by 40 
U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except that 
necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
required expenses for the development of a proposed 
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in 
the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for 
emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained 
from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimburs-
able special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on 
private or other property not in Government owner-
ship or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided fur-
ther, That revenues and collections and any other 
sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2018, 
excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 
Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund
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and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
associated with the management of real and personal prop-
erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern-
ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui-
sition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology man-
agement, and related technology activities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $53,499,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, manage-
ment, and communications; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $45,645,000, of which $24,357,000 is for 
Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal; 
$21,288,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of which 
not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
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CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $8,795,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$4,754,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 
Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support
531 
of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government 
to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, 
through the development and implementation of innovative 
uses of information technology; $50,000,000, to be deposited 
into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the 
previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to 
carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
$100,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, reve-
nues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2018 in excess of such amount shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That any appropriations provided to the Electronic 
Government Fund that remain unobligated may be trans-
ferred to the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
Act.
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TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For 
the 
Technology 
Modernization 
Fund, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for tech-
nology-related modernization activities. 
ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND 
For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets 
Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), 
$5,000,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and 
Space Management Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 
Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
4370m-8(d), $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2018 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only 
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
533 
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2019 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313).
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SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
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 Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion 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 determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution.
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SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary 
Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E-Govern-
ment 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 Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 527. Section 16 of the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287) is amended— 
(1) by inserting the following at the end of sub-
paragraph (a)(1): ‘‘The Account shall be under the 
custody and control of the Chairperson of the Board 
and deposits in the Account shall remain available 
until expended.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (b)(1) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States an account to be 
known as the ‘Public Buildings Reform Board—Asset 
Proceeds and Space Management Fund’ (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘Fund’). The Fund shall be 
under the custody and control of the Administrator of
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General Services and deposits in the Fund shall re-
main available until expended.’’. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 
Law 93–642, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the
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Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,975,000, to remain available until expended, of which, 
notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to 
$50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant 
to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Pub-
lic Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106– 
568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading $200,000 shall 
be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the De-
partment of the Interior, to remain available until ex-
pended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
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mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,366,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 
maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $384,911,000, of which 
$7,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the re-
pair, alteration, and improvement of an additional leased 
facility to provide adequate storage for holdings of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,801,000.
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2019, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental
540 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$16,439,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and pay-
ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$129,341,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $21,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, for infor-
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mation technology infrastructure modernization and Trust 
Fund Federal Financial System migration or moderniza-
tion, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for such purposes upon submitting to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives the plan of expenditure as required by the 
‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017’’: Provided further, 
That the amount made available by the previous proviso 
may not be obligated until the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
within 90 days of enactment a plan for expenditure of such 
amount, prepared in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of the 
United States Digital Service, and the Secretary of Home-
land Security, that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT 
systems remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, 
part 7; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under the 
requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget Exhibit 300;
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(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Government; 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and 
Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology require-
ments related to securing the agency’s information 
system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; and 
(6) is reviewed and commented upon within 60 
days of plan development by the Inspector General of 
the Office of Personnel Management, and such com-
ments are submitted to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management before the date of such submis-
sion: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $584,000 may be made available for 
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-
tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), in-
cluding the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of 
such workforce and information technology in support of 
acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management solu-
tions to improve acquisition management; and in addition 
$131,414,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred 
from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard
543 
to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed 
materials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this appropriation 
shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds 
as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 
8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Ex-
amining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of 
like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Com-
mission on White House Fellows, established by Executive 
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 
2018, accept donations of money, property, and personal 
services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development 
of publicity materials to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
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Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $25,000,000 for administrative ex-
penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public Law 107– 
304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed Services Em-
ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Ac-
countability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), 
$15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Serv-
ice Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 
such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $8,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,652,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which funding for information technology initiatives shall 
be increased over the fiscal year 2017 level by not less than 
$45,000,000; of which not less than $14,748,358 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 
the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory of-
ficials, members of their delegations and staffs to exchange 
views concerning securities matters, such expenses to in-
clude necessary logistic and administrative expenses and 
the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in at-
tendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; 
(2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodging or 
subsistence; and of which not less than $68,950,000 shall 
be for the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.
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In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 
Commission’s 
headquarters 
facilities, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$244,507,052, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate under 
section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2018, all amounts appro-
priated under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular 
appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2018: Pro-
vided further, That fees and charges authorized by section 
31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,652,000,000 of such 
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for 
necessary expenses of this account and not to exceed 
$244,507,052 of such offsetting collections shall be available 
until expended for costs under this heading associated with 
relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s 
headquarters facilities: Provided further, That the total 
amount appropriated under this heading from the general 
fund for fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced as such offsetting 
fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 
2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the 
appropriation for costs associated with relocation under a
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replacement lease for the Commission’s headquarters facili-
ties is subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such 
amount that was derived from the general fund shall be re-
turned to the general fund, and such amounts that were 
derived from fees or assessments collected for such purpose 
shall be paid to each national securities exchange and na-
tional securities association, respectively, in proportion to 
any fees or assessments paid by such national securities ex-
change or national securities association under section 31 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
in fiscal year 2018. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $22,900,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 
be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act
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may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$268,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2018: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the
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Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $247,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That $130,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019 as author-
ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 
further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $19,900,000.
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OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $3,438,172, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2018 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed $29,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2018 commitments for loans authorized under sub-
paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed
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$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2018 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That dur-
ing fiscal year 2018, guarantees of trust certificates author-
ized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $152,782,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
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SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances available for the 
Immediate Disaster Assistance Program authorized by sec-
tion 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S. C. 657n) and 
the Expedited Disaster Assistance Loan Program author-
ized by section 12085 of Public Law 110–246, $2,600,000 
are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no 
amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 532. Section 7(m)(4)(E) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 
percent’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘50 
percent’’. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $58,118,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting 
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided 
further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail 
shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the Postal
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Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee 
of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or 
any individual participating in a State or local program 
of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested 
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and 
other small post offices. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $245,000,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$50,739,887, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall 
be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
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salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds
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directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza-
tion or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall 
include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescis-
sions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) 
a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by
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object class and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be 
reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required 
date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or
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(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 
apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available
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to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
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ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case
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of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions—
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(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in 
prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over-
sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 
for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2)
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of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) 
in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 of funds collected 
by the Board between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 
2017, including accrued interest, as a result of the assess-
ment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2018 shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 
on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the 
following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the 
Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufac-
turing Policy. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs.
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SEC. 623. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an op-
tion on a contract to a contractor conducting the final qual-
ity review processes for background investigation fieldwork 
services or background investigation support services that, 
as of the date of the award of the contract, are being con-
ducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 624. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 
of title 44, United States Code.
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SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 628. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act
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of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 629. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
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SEC. 630. Section 633(a) of title VI of division E of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 
115–31) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
SEC. 632. (a) The United States courthouse located at 
501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Thad Cochran United States 
Courthouse’’. 
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Thad Cochran United 
States Courthouse’’.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2018 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which the 
maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits 
may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
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tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceed-
ed by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 
acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of 
comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, 
That the limits set forth in this section shall not apply to 
any vehicle that is a commercial item and which operates 
on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
571 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as 
a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen 
when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and 
(3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 
and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That 
any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 
$4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions 
of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the
572 
Government of the United States on the date of enactment 
of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more 
than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De-
partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu-
ant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
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Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses
574 
are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 
support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt-
ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees
575 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency pre-
paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro-
vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi-
vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, 
(pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of 
the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule
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C position occupied by the individual was not created solely 
or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White 
House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed 
to or from an element of the intelligence community (as 
that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or
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(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation;
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(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or
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when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au-
thorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 
5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 
perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys-
580 
tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 
U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort 
and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the 
performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol-
icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 
charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 
shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv-
ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, in-
cluding improving coordination and reducing duplication, 
as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate inter-
581 
agency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director 
(including the President’s Management Council for overall 
management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial 
Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the 
Chief Information Officers Council for information tech-
nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun-
cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform-
ance Improvement Council for performance improvement 
initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans-
ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to im-
prove coordination, reduce duplication, and for other ac-
tivities related to Federal Government Priority Goals estab-
lished by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 
for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activi-
ties: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for 
reimbursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Gov-
ernment-wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2018 shall remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may 
only be made after 15 days following notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget.
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SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 
Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 
her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca-
tion. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and 
similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive 
Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide a report describing 
the budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science and Tech-
nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publi-
cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall 
comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of title 
2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That this section
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shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants 
received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information;
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(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
is a system security action taken by the operator of 
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans:
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(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
gious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 
any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi-
vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in-
dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring 
the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping 
in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re-
search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au-
thorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 
agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern-
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ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple-
ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast 
Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement 
the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 
of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in 
the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 
9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees 
to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or 
lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 
obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 
contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 
accommodated in existing Center facilities.
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SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 
be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi-
cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security.
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(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2018, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and 
shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any
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entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
any of the following information as a condition of submit-
ting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 
is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 
to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
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ment, including the President, the Vice President, a member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 
(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2018, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2018, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2018, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of—
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(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2018 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2018 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2017, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2017, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2017. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2018 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2017. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
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by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding 
schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 
applies only to employees who are holding a position under 
a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 
receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwith-
standing 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 re-
ceived in calendar year 2018 (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 serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule.
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(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 political 
appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in cal-
endar year 2018, notwithstanding any other provision 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 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) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes 
an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay 
entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States 
Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
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ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 
upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi-
tion with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher 
level or range of pay, except that any such increase must 
be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations 
in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(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. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through 
(e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in cal-
endar year 2018 but ends in calendar year 2019, the bar 
on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply 
through the end of that pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the
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costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2018 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
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fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2018 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine 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 con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated
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May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 740. 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 ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted 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. 741. 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’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 742. 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 ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with
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an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 
investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments 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 fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in-
formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, 
or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds,
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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 Ex-
ecutive 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 exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, may con-
tain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 
also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Con-
gress, 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 im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
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(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 sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a). 
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 has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative 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 collecting 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 determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. 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
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months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2018, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial 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. 748. If, for fiscal year 2018, 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 differences with the Congressional 
Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending 
limit in such category for fiscal year 2018 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 adjust-
ments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted
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discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fis-
cal year. 
SEC. 749. 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 nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments 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 legislation 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 Fed-
eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen-
cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or
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expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(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 pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility 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 as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
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quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2018. 
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 of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood 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 perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude 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 Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia 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 Services Department who resides
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in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment 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 Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management 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 govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
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(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia 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 inappro-
priate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude 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 asso-
ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive.
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(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity 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 expendi-
ture by the District of Columbia government under any au-
thority shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried 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 ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for fiscal year 2018 that is in the 
total amount of the approved appropriation and that re-
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aligns all budgeted 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 Colum-
bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan-
ticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate 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. The 
revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted 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 Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local
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funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 
fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap-
ital 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 unobli-
gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2018 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli-
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ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2019, 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 sub-
section 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 2019 which 
(subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the an-
nual budget for the District of Columbia government for 
fiscal year 2019 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 Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2019 is 
in effect; or
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(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2019. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided under 
this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man-
ner 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 2019 
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 2019 if any other provision 
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, 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 ac-
tivity 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.
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SEC. 817. 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 General Government Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$139,602,000: Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
Secretary complies with section 107 of this Act. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for operations and support, $710,297,000, of which
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$227,516,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$29,569,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate 
for research and development, $2,545,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS 
COORDINATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination for op-
erations and support, $245,905,000, of which $77,915,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is 
available for facility needs associated with secure space at 
fusion centers, including improvements to buildings.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for operations and support, $168,000,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in-
formants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector 
General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Hereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time 
the President’s budget proposal is submitted pursuant to 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Future 
Years Homeland Security Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 874 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
454). 
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day 
of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a monthly budget and staffing report that in-
cludes total obligations of the Department for that month 
and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and program,
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project, and activity levels, by the source year of the appro-
priation. 
SEC. 103. (a) Notwithstanding section 518 of division 
F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public 
Law 114–113), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report not later than October 15, 2018, to the In-
spector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means 
other than full and open competition during fiscal years 
2017 and 2018. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance 
with applicable laws and regulations and report the results 
of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives not later than Feb-
ruary 15, 2019. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful 
acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms of 
cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds
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available under section 9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United 
States Code (as added by Public Law 102–393) from the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency 
within the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, 
That none of the funds identified for such a transfer may 
be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of the 
proposed transfers. 
SEC. 106. All official costs associated with the use of 
Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security 
personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the 
Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made avail-
able for the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 107. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, a re-
port for fiscal year 2017 on visa overstay data by country 
as required by section 1376 of title 8, United States Code: 
Provided, That the report on visa overstay data shall also 
include—
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(1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat-
egories under the immigration laws, delineated by 
each of the classes and sub-classes of such categories; 
and 
(2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for each 
class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories 
on a per-country basis. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish 
on the Department’s website the metrics developed to meas-
ure the effectiveness of security between the ports of entry, 
including the methodology and data supporting the result-
ing measures. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 
by the Department of Homeland Security; at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of such 
support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law 
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the pur-
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chase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) 
police-type vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or oper-
ation of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial sys-
tems; and contracting with individuals for personal services 
abroad; $11,485,164,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for admin-
istrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor 
Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and 
notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which 
$681,441,500 shall be available until September 30, 2019; 
and of which such sums as become available in the Customs 
User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) 
of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that ac-
count: Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $15,000,000 may be transferred to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the maintenance and re-
pair of roads on Native American reservations, as required 
by the Border Patrol: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space 
in connection with preclearance operations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of
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compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely 
under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurements to buy marine vessels, air-
craft, and unmanned aerial systems, $2,281,357,000, of 
which $846,343,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020, and of which $1,435,014,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for operations and support, including the 
purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement 
only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and mainte-
nance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improve-
ments at owned and leased facilities; $6,993,975,000; of 
which $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; of which 
$33,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available 
for investigation of intellectual property rights violations, 
including operation of the National Intellectual Property 
Rights Coordination Center; of which not less than
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$9,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair and main-
tenance projects; of which not less than $84,000,000 shall 
be available for vehicle fleet recapitalization; and of which 
not less than $4,110,337,000 shall be for enforcement, deten-
tion, and removal operations, including transportation of 
unaccompanied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 
shall be available until expended for conducting special op-
erations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act 
of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 
informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund 
or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated 
with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled 
aliens unlawfully present in the United States: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives the report required under section 212 of this 
Act.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $81,899,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020; of which not less than $29,000,000 shall 
be available for facilities repair and maintenance projects. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for operations and support, $7,207,851,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That security 
service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and shall be available only for avia-
tion security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $4,737,851,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for procurement, construction, and im-
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provements, $167,314,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for research and development, $20,190,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operations and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and 
service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 
$31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for over-
seas deployments and activities; payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 
Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $7,373,313,000; of 
which $503,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities, 
of which $163,000,000 is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be 
available only if the President subsequently so designates
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all such amounts and transmits such designations to the 
Congress; and of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be withheld from 
obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates until 
a future-years capital investment plan for fiscal years 2019 
through 2023 is submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives pursu-
ant to section 220 of this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 
under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,397,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve; op-
erations and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve Pro-
gram; personnel and training costs; and equipment and 
services; $114,875,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for acquisi-
tion, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to
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navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Depart-
ment of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), ves-
sels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
$2,694,745,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which $2,573,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2022, of which $95,000,000 
shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for 
long lead time materials for the eleventh National Security 
Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for produc-
tion or post-production costs. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re-
habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment; $29,141,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authorities, 
private sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation.
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RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 
356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts, 
combat-related special compensation, and payments for 
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$1,676,117,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement 
only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of motor-
cycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; rental 
of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, 
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop-
erty not in Government ownership or control, as may be 
necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of and 
participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
conduct of behavioral research in support of protective intel-
ligence and operations; payment in advance for commercial
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accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 of 
title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of em-
ployees who are on protective missions, whether at or away 
from their duty stations; $1,915,794,000; of which 
$39,692,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019, of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities 
related to investigations of missing and exploited children; 
and of which $9,866,000 shall be for premium pay in excess 
of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of 
pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protec-
tive Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended 
by the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 
2018: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech-
nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 
organizations in counterfeit investigations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$90,480,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $250,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) For fiscal year 2018, the overtime limi-
tation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 
13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $45,000; and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate 
any employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 
overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds 
such limitation, except in individual cases determined by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, to be necessary for national security purposes, 
to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emer-
gencies. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act for 
the following accounts shall be available to compensate any 
employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of 
$45,000: 
(1) ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Operations and Support’’, except that the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive such amount as necessary for
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national security purposes and in cases of immigra-
tion emergencies. 
(2) ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations 
and Support’’, except that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive 
such amount as necessary for national security pur-
poses. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro-
curement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be avail-
able for customs expenses when necessary to maintain oper-
ations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico 
in addition to funding provided by 48 U.S.C. 740. 
SEC. 203. Hereafter, no U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection aircraft or other related equipment, with the excep-
tion of aircraft that are one of a kind and have been identi-
fied as excess to U.S. Customs and Border Protection re-
quirements and aircraft that have been damaged beyond re-
pair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, de-
partment, or office outside of the Department of Homeland 
Security without prior notice to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 204. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
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plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected from 
passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 
island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, 
$31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion in fiscal year 2018 from amounts authorized to be col-
lected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 
section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforce-
ment Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such au-
thorizing language: Provided, That to the extent that 
amounts realized from such collections exceed $31,000,000, 
those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall be credited to 
this appropriation, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from import-
ing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with
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the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That 
this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on 
their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 
the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); 
or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, 
United States Code, for the transportation of crude oil dis-
tributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with 
the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transpor-
tation and representatives from the United States flag mar-
itime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use 
of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
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House of Representatives within 2 business days of any re-
quest for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, 
with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of 
such requests. 
SEC. 208. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land port 
of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for 
the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern 
border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 209. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal.
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SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue a delegation 
of law enforcement authority authorized under section 
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector 
General determines that the terms of the agreement gov-
erning the delegation of authority have been materially vio-
lated. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds provided under the head-
ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’ may be used to continue any contract 
for the provision of detention services if the two most recent 
overall performance evaluations received by the contracted 
facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median 
score in any subsequent performance evaluation system. 
SEC. 212. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives that (a) identifies 
any instance during fiscal year 2017 or 2018 in which pay-
ments have been made by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, or employees of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement have erroneously entered into financial 
obligations, for activities in violation of subpart D of part 
550 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; (b) includes spe-
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cific actions the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and 
the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor will take to im-
prove agency-wide understanding of such subpart D; and 
(c) includes a certification by the Director of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement that the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Office of the Principal Legal Ad-
visor have developed a plan and implemented training nec-
essary for strengthening internal controls necessary to avoid 
violations of such subpart D. 
SEC. 213. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement and their dependents eligible for Payments Dur-
ing Evacuation in accordance with title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 550, from August 23, 2017, through De-
cember 1, 2017, as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, 
and Maria, the requirement of section 550.405(b)(2) of such 
title to reduce subsistence expenses to 60 percent of the ap-
plicable rate shall not apply. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may author-
ize reimbursement for lodging, meals, and incidental ex-
penses for such employees and their dependents using the 
actual expense method set forth in subpart D of part 301– 
11 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, subject to the 
cap of 300 percent of the applicable maximum per diem 
rate, as provided in such section.
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SEC. 214. Members of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and the United States Senate, including the 
leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, 
including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secre-
taries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, 
Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and 
the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, including the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 
Federal passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 215. Any award by the Transportation Security 
Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall 
be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other 
screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased 
security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and 
increased cost effectiveness. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2018, any funds in the 
Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for 
the procurement and installation of explosives detection sys-
tems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for 
the purpose of funding projects described in section 
44923(a) of such title.
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SEC. 217. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration to implement, ad-
minister, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility de-
scribed in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air-
port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile 
area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 
1, 2013. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Ex-
penses’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves-
sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 
and credited to the appropriation made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Ex-
penses’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insuffi-
cient to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation 
under such section 12114, and there is a backlog of rec-
reational vessel applications, personnel performing non-rec-
reational vessel documentation functions under subchapter 
II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may per-
form documentation under section 12114.
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SEC. 219. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, 
up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the 
Military Pay and Allowances funding category within 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with 
subsection (a) of section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a future-years capital investment plan 
as described in the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ in 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject to the re-
quirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 
mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a 
competition under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast 
Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.
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SEC. 223. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard 
Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this 
Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engi-
neering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 224. Funds made available for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under the head-
ing ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ may be allocated 
by program, project, and activity, notwithstanding section 
503 of this Act. 
SEC. 225. Section 423 of title 14, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) In addition to amounts computed pursuant to 
subsections (a) through (c) of this section, a full TSP mem-
ber (as defined in section 8440e(a) of title 5) of the Coast 
Guard is entitled to continuation pay pursuant to section 
356 of title 37.’’. 
SEC. 226. The United States Secret Service is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving