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Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 
or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl-
edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 
arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 
any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
annually and by State, on grants awarded by the
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Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act. 
ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF 
COMMISSION ON NATIVE CHILDREN 
SEC. 415. Section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear and 
Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Public 
Law 114–244) is amended by striking ‘‘in the Office of 
Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice.’’. 
FOREST SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 416. Subsection (f) of section 8705 of the Agri-
culture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334) is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR FEES COLLECTED.— 
Fees collected by the Forest Service under subsection 
(c)(3) shall be— 
‘‘(A) collected only to the extent provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts; 
‘‘(B) based on the costs described in sub-
section (c)(3); and 
‘‘(C) competitively neutral, technology neu-
tral, and nondiscriminatory with respect to other 
users of the communications site.’’. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 417. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not sub-
ject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall 
remain in effect for fiscal year 2020. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network is designed to block access to por-
nography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
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enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 419. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, with respect to land administered by 
the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild horses and 
burros that have been removed from land administered by 
the Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local 
government agencies for use as work animals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 
under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse 
or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-
ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall not—
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(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 
results in the destruction of the horse or burro into a 
commercial product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 
in a manner that results in the destruction of the 
horse or burro for processing into a commercial prod-
uct; or 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 
of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 
available for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 
and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 
in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for proc-
essing into a commercial product. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 420. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 
U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’.
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USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 421. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 
a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 
by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 
or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
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(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
under this section, the Administrator shall make available 
to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 
and information available to the Administrator concerning 
the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 
the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 
provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
RESCISSION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 422. Any amounts made available for fiscal year 
2020 pursuant to section 8705(f)(2) of Public Law 115– 
334 as amended by this Act, are hereby rescinded.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 423. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 
section 4(a)(1)(H), $25,690,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $17,800,000 for fiscal year 
2020.’’. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS
OF
EXCESS
EQUIPMENT
AND
SUPPLIES
FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 424. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volun-
teer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire 
protection associations, and similar organizations to pro-
vide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 
40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized 
to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior fire-
fighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the func-
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tions of the Department’s wildland fire management pro-
gram to such organizations. 
RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 425. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 
without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
PROJECT INFORMATION 
SEC. 427. (a) Within 60 days of the submission of the 
fiscal year 2021 budget or by April 1, 2020, whichever 
comes first, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prioritized and detailed lists of Federal land acquisition 
projects, and Forest Legacy projects, that have been identi-
fied by each land management Agency. 
(b) The Federal land acquisition project lists required 
by each Agency in subsection (a) shall include individual
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FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 432. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en-
acted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 
note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 
108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 433. Section 424(a) of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), as amended by 
section 428 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115–141), shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘October 1, 2020’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2019’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 434. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initia-
tive Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 54 U.S.C. 320101 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET RESTRUCTURE 
SEC. 435. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall estab-
lish the ‘‘Forest Service Operations’’ account not later than 
October 1, 2020, for the necessary expenses of the Forest 
Service: (1) for the base salary and expenses of employees
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in the Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Perform-
ance Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 
Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administrative 
and general management support functions; (2) for the costs 
of facility maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings 
and sites; (3) for the costs of utility and communication 
expenses, business services, and information technology, in-
cluding cybersecurity requirements; and (4) for such other 
administrative support function expenses necessary for the 
operation of the Forest Service. 
(b) Subsequent to the establishment of the account 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may exe-
cute appropriations of the Department for fiscal year 2021 
as provided pursuant to such subsection, including any con-
tinuing appropriations made available for fiscal year 2021 
before enactment of a regular appropriations Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer any unobligated bal-
ances made available to the Forest Service by this or prior 
appropriations Acts to the account established under sub-
section (a) to carry out such subsection, and shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives within 5 days of such transfer: 
Provided, That no amounts may be transferred from 
amounts that were made available for wildfire suppression
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operations pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d)(1) Not later than November 1, 2020, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall establish the preliminary baseline for 
application of transfer authorities and submit the report 
specified in paragraph (2) to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(2) The report required in this subsection shall 
include— 
(A) a delineation of the amount and ac-
count of each transfer made pursuant to sub-
section (b) or (c); 
(B) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the fiscal year 2020 
enacted levels, adjustments made by Congress, 
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and adjustments made pursuant to the 
transfer authority in subsection (b) or (c), and 
the resulting fiscal year level; 
(C) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation, adjusted as described in paragraph 
(2), both by budget activity and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in the Budget 
Appendix; and
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(D) an identification of funds directed for a 
specific activity. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 436. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 
value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 
stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow-
ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap-
praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 
to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 
at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 
cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 
States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar-
kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel-
low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 437. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting
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from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 438. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 
provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 440. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 
jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and
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(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and re-
sponsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use 
of forest biomass as an energy solution, including 
policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest biomass 
for energy production does not cause conversion 
of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass.
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SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 441. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alas-
ka that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ units 
in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is 
issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and reg-
ulations in effect prior to such date. 
CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 442. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 
leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq, or to offer for oil and 
gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal area 
identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National Histor-
ical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Management 
and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of the cul-
tural resources investigation identified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
DAVID R. OBEY NORTHERN GREAT LAKES VISITOR CENTER 
SEC. 443. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Northern Great 
Lakes Visitor Center located in Ashland, Wisconsin, the title 
to which is owned by the Forest Service, shall be known
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and designated as the ‘‘David R. Obey Northern Great 
Lakes Visitor Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘David R. Obey Northern 
Great Lakes Visitor Center’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; President Pro Tempore Emer-
itus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Con-
ference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chair-
men of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 
$4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840.
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For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$216,321,170, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,533,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $759,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$326,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,506,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,525,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,793,000.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,738,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,476,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $862,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,776,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,552,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $510,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $26,818,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$85,867,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,940,000.
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AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $64,854,170. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,397,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,197,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th
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Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $14,536,000 of which $11,436,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024 and of which $3,100,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $128,753,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $18,871,410 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $449,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2022 and of which $6,000,000
520 
shall be allocated solely for the purpose of providing finan-
cial compensation to Senate interns. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in
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such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate). 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,370,725,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$28,884,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $8,295,000, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,947,000, including $10,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$2,448,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $2,219,000, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $2,340,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,340,000: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2020 until January 2, 
2021.
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MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$615,000,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER 
OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 
5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve in the of-
fices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$11,025,000, to remain available through December 31, 
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 
such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives may use not more than $25,000 of the allowance avail-
able under this heading during calendar year 2020. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113 of this 
Act for the compensation of interns who serve in House 
leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available through 
December 31, 2020: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $200,000 shall be available for the com-
pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices
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of the majority, to be allocated among such offices by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and $165,000 shall 
be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
House leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated 
among such offices by the Minority Floor Leader. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$135,359,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2020, except that $2,850,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $24,269,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2020. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $231,903,000, including: for sala-
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$2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,419,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other author-
ized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $323,920,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$1,526,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $294,377,000, to re-
main available until March 31, 2021; salaries and expenses 
for 
Business 
Continuity 
and 
Disaster 
Recovery, 
$17,668,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $4,489,000, to remain available until expended; 
Wounded Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold 
Star Family Fellowship Program, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 
$1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 
exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House
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motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $1,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2020. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2020 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER 
OFFICES 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 120(f) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a(f)) is amended 
by striking the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and ‘Office of the Attending Physician’.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘ ‘Office of the Attending Physician’, and ‘Allowance 
for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices’.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 120 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 
5322a).
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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
SEC. 113. (a) There is established for the House of Rep-
resentatives an allowance which shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership of-
fices. 
(b) Section 104(b) of the House of Representatives Ad-
ministrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 
5321(b)) shall apply with respect to an intern who is com-
pensated under the allowance under this section in the same 
manner as such section applies with respect to an intern 
who is compensated under the Members’ Representational 
Allowance. 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘House leadership office’’ means, 
with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the 
appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office 
for the fiscal year is provided under the heading 
‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the Act making appro-
priations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year; and 
(2) term ‘‘intern’’, with respect to a House lead-
ership office, has the meaning given such term with 
respect to a Member of the House of Representatives 
in section 104(c)(2) of the House of Representatives
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Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)). 
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
(e) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)), as amended by 
section 112(b), is further amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Al-
lowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices’.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 
Member Offices’, and ‘Allowance for Compensation of In-
terns in House Leadership Offices’.’’. 
(f) This section and the amendments made by this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 114. The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu-
rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys-
tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure 
the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ-
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ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread 
or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 
RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 115. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es-
tablished under House Resolution 94, Ninety-Eighth Con-
gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma-
nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $1,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 
the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading ‘‘House 
of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the House’’ in 
the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $4,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
USE OF AVAILABLE BALANCES OF EXPIRED 
APPROPRIATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 116. (a) Subject to section 119 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 5511), avail-
able balances of expired appropriations for the House of 
Representatives shall be available to the House of Represent-
atives—
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(1) for the payment of a death gratuity which is 
specifically appropriated by law and which is made 
in connection with the death of an employee of the 
House of Representatives, without regard to the fiscal 
year in which the payment is made; and 
(2) for deposit into the account established under 
section 109 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 5508) for making payments of 
the House of Representatives to the Employees’ Com-
pensation Fund under section 8147 of title 5, United 
States Code, and for reimbursing the Secretary of 
Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unem-
ployment compensation payments for former employ-
ees of the House. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED FOR 
CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER 
SEC. 117. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a child of an employee of the 
center who is furnished care at the center, the Chief 
Administrative Officer shall reduce the amount of tui-
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tion otherwise charged with respect to such child dur-
ing a month by the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent; or 
‘‘(B) such percentage as may be necessary to 
ensure that the total amount of tuition paid by 
the employee with respect to all children of the 
employee who are furnished care at the center 
during the month does not exceed $1,000.’’. 
(b) Section 312(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)(2)) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘similar benefits and pro-
grams’’ the following: ‘‘(including the subsidies provided on 
behalf of employees of the center as a result of reductions 
in the amount of tuition otherwise charged with respect to 
children of such employees under paragraph (4))’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate.
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JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
CEREMONIES OF 2021 
For salaries and expenses associated with conducting 
the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, January 20, 2021, in accordance 
with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres-
sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere-
monies of 2021, $1,500,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs-
able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
2020: Provided further, That the compensation of any em-
ployee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate who has been designated to perform service with 
respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2021 shall continue 
to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
but the account from which such staff member is paid may 
be reimbursed for the services of the staff member out of 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That there are authorized to be paid from the appropria-
tions account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investiga-
tions’’ of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, without 
fiscal year limitation, for agency contributions related to
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the compensation of employees of the joint congressional 
committee. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,563,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,800,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending
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Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,868,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,509,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $379,062,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$47,048,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
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plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, $85,279,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2020 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 120. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$40,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 
of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $6,333,000,
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of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021, and of which not more than $1,000 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $54,941,000: 
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than $500,000 
of the amount made available under this heading for (1) 
improving technical systems, processes, and models for the 
purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budg-
etary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members 
of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the avail-
ability of models, economic assumptions, and data for Mem-
bers of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
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furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $88,424,000, of which 
$23,100,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $153,273,000, 
of which $30,300,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the restoration and renovation 
of the Cannon House Office Building: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $8,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the House Office Building 
Fund established under section 176(d) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 101(3) of 
the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note). 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage,
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and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 
and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $98,957,000, of which 
$15,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That not more than $10,000,000 of the 
funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation 
as herein provided shall be available for obligation during 
fiscal year 2020. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $55,746,000, of which $25,200,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 
the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap-
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itol security operations, $55,216,000, of which $28,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $16,094,000, of which $4,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $24,321,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 130. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make
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incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 
services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 
trust fund held by the Board, $504,164,000, of which not 
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred-
ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2020, and 
shall remain available until expended, under the Act of
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June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): 
Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate 
or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 
of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, not more than $18,000 may be expended, on 
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses, includ-
ing for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $9,110,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the digital collections and edu-
cational curricula program: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,350,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch 
Financial Management System: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Surplus Books Program to 
promote the program and facilitate a greater number of do-
nations to eligible entities across the United States: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$3,587,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Veterans History Project to continue digitization efforts of
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already collected materials, reach a greater number of vet-
erans to record their stories, and promote public access to 
the Project: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the development of the Library’s Visitor Experi-
ence project, and may be obligated and expended only upon 
approval by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and by the Subcommittee on the Legislative 
Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$91,840,000, of which not more than $43,221,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2020 
under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 
Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate 
or expend any funds derived from collections under such 
section in excess of the amount authorized for obligation 
or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That not more than $6,482,000 shall be derived from collec-
tions during fiscal year 2020 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, 
That the total amount available for obligation shall be re-
545 
duced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$49,703,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for mod-
ernization initiatives, of which $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 
not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is 
available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy-
right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 
Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for 
activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 
copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of 
title 17, United States Code, any amounts made available 
under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees 
and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant 
to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e).
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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $120,495,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden-
tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro-
vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in-
cludes any written product containing research or analysis 
that is currently available for general congressional access 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made 
available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 
course of business and does not include material prepared 
in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal-
ysis or research.
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NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT 
DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$58,563,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 
at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 140. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$231,975,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in
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any format; publishing of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
publishing, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended 
balances of expired discretionary funds made available 
under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be
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transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading 
‘‘Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 
for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 
United States Code, this appropriation may be used to pre-
pare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly 
and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
in any format, and their distribution to the public, Mem-
bers of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $31,296,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are 
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
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serial sets and other related publications for fiscal years 
2018 and 2019 to depository and other designated libraries: 
Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances 
of expired discretionary funds made available under this 
heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government 
Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no 
later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 
year for which such funds are available for the purposes 
for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,704,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
551 
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro-
vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of 
the Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for con-
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tracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s 
passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $630,000,000: 
Provided, That, in addition, $24,800,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
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partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,900,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 
Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 
in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 
central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section
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116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2020 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various
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items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
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LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. 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 appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless 
through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of 
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 
2242(b)(8)). 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol.
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LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire 
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech-
nologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or 
moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 
the equipment or system has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the Fed-
eral Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
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nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such system, including any risk associated with such 
system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 
by one or more entities identified by the United 
States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ-
ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-
rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high- 
impact or moderate impact information system reviewed 
and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as-
sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi-
tion of such system is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the
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system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
paragraph (1), provided that such report may include 
a classified annex as necessary. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (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, or adjudication activities or 
other official government activities. 
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION 
SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this divi-
sion that contract with a food service provider or providers 
shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 
or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 
groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 
waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 
items, and increase recycling and composting opportunities. 
ADJUSTMENT TO NORMAL COST PERCENTAGE RATES 
SEC. 211. Section 8423(a)(1)(B)(i) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(including a separate
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normal-cost percentage for Congressional employees that are 
members of the Capitol Police covered under subsection (d) 
of section 8412 and subsection (c) of section 8425)’’ after 
‘‘Congressional employees’’. 
CONGRESSIONAL STAFF COMPENSATION 
SEC. 212. (a) SENATE.— 
(1) CHANGE IN MAXIMUM RATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 
4575) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (d)(2), in the second 
sentence, by striking ‘‘or in excess’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘per annum.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or in excess of $173,900.’’; 
(ii) in subsection (e)(3)(B), by striking 
‘‘in excess of’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘in excess of $173,900.’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (f), in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘or in excess’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘unless expressly’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or in excess of $173,900, unless 
expressly’’. 
(B) AUTHORITY FOR STATUTORY EMPLOY-
EES.—
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(i) FIXED
SALARY
POSITIONS.—For 
any position for which the Secretary of the 
Senate disburses the pay for the position 
and for which the specific amount of the 
rate of pay for the particular position is 
fixed by statute on the day before the effec-
tive date of the amendments made by this 
section, on and after such effective date the 
amount of the rate of pay for such position 
shall be fixed by the President pro tempore 
in an amount not to exceed the maximum 
rate of pay in effect under section 105(f) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)). 
(ii) POSITIONS WITH MAXIMUMS.—For 
any position for which the Secretary of the 
Senate disburses the pay for the position 
and for which the maximum rate of pay for 
the particular position is fixed by statute 
on the day before the effective date of the 
amendments made by this section, on and 
after such effective date the maximum rate 
of pay for such position shall be fixed by the 
President pro tempore, which shall not ex-
ceed the maximum rate of pay in effect
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under section 105(f) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 
4575(f)). 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Federal 
Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4571) 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) in paragraph (1)— 
(aa) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 
(bb) by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) in the case of such personnel appointed to 
positions for which the rates of pay for the particular 
positions were fixed by or pursuant to law at specific 
rates on the day before the effective date of the amend-
ments made by section 212 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2020, adjust such rates; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of such personnel appointed to 
positions for which the maximum rates of pay for the 
particular positions were fixed by or pursuant to law 
on the day before such effective date, adjust such max-
imum rates; and’’; and
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(II) in the matter following para-
graph (2)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘and with 
such exceptions as may be nec-
essary to provide for appropriate 
pay relationships between posi-
tions’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘to restore’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘be-
tween positions.’’ and inserting 
‘‘to maintain the pay relation-
ships that existed on the effective 
date of the amendments made by 
section 212 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 
between the maximum rate of pay 
for Senate personnel and Sen-
ators.’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘to 
restore’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘to maintain the pay relationships that ex-
isted on the effective date of the amendments 
made by section 212 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 between
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the maximum rate of pay for Senate per-
sonnel and Senators.’’. 
(B) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 315(a) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1991 (2 U.S.C. 4573(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘to the extent necessary to maintain’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘(including such per-
sonnel appointed to positions for which the spe-
cific amount of the rate of pay for the particular 
position is fixed by statute on the day before the 
effective date of the amendments made by section 
212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2020 and such personnel appointed to posi-
tions for which the maximum rates of pay for 
the particular positions were fixed by or pursu-
ant to law on the day before such effective date) 
to the extent necessary to maintain the pay rela-
tionships that existed on such effective date be-
tween the maximum rate of pay for Senate per-
sonnel and Senators.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1976 (Public Law 94–59; 89 
Stat. 275) is repealed.
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(B) Section 201(a)(5)(A) of the Congres-
sional 
Budget 
Act 
of 
1974 
(2 
U.S.C. 
601(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the lower 
of—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the 
maximum rate of pay in effect under section 
105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’. 
(C) Section 302(a)(2)(B) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1382(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘the lesser 
of—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the 
maximum rate of pay in effect under section 
105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’. 
(D) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to fix the annual rates of pay for the Archi-
tect of the Capitol and the Assistant Architect of 
the Capitol’’ (2 U.S.C. 1802) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 
‘‘The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol shall 
be at an annual rate which is equal to the maximum rate 
of pay in effect under section 105(f) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’.
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(i) by striking paragraph (4) of sub-
section (a); and 
(ii) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the 
second sentence. 
(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(1) 
ADJUSTMENTS
BY
SPEAKER
OF
THE 
HOUSE.—Section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1988 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 101(i) of Public Law 100–202 (101 Stat. 1329– 
290)) (2 U.S.C. 4532) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the maintenance of the pay relationship de-
scribed in paragraph (3).’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) The pay relationship described in this paragraph 
is the relationship in existence as of the effective date of 
the amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 between— 
‘‘(A) an annual rate of pay of $173,900; and 
‘‘(B) the annual rate of pay of a Member of the 
House of Representatives who is not the Speaker, Ma-
jority Leader, or Minority Leader of the House.’’. 
(2) PAY ADJUSTMENTS BY CHIEF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE OFFICER.—Section 4(e) of the Federal Pay Com-
parability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4531(e)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) No rate of pay for any position shall be adjusted 
under this section to an amount in excess of the rate of 
pay in effect for such position under an order issued by 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to the 
authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 
(3) CERTAIN POSITIONS OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(A) LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL.—Section 523 of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 
U.S.C. 282b) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘equal 
to the rate of basic pay’’ and all that fol-
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lows and inserting ‘‘equal to the greater of 
$173,900 or the rate of pay in effect for 
such position under an order issued by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives 
pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘in 
excess of the rate of basic pay’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘in excess of the ap-
plicable rate of pay in effect under an order 
issued by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives pursuant to the authority of 
section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 
(B) 
LAW
REVISION
COUNSEL.—Section 
205(f) of House Resolution 988, 93rd Congress, 
agreed to October 8, 1974, as enacted into law by 
the matter under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES’’ under chapter III of 
title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1975 (2 U.S.C. 285e), is amended by striking 
‘‘Law Revision Counsel shall be paid’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘Law Revision Coun-
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sel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate de-
termined by the Speaker not to exceed the greater 
of $173,900 or the rate of pay in effect for such 
position under an order issued by the Speaker 
pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 
U.S.C. 4532); and members of the staff of the Of-
fice other than the Law Revision Counsel shall be 
paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the Law 
Revision Counsel with the approval of the Speak-
er or in accordance with policies approved by the 
Speaker, but not in excess of the applicable rate 
of pay in effect under an order issued by the 
Speaker pursuant to the authority of such sec-
tion.’’. 
(C) 
PARLIAMENTARIAN.—Section 
of 
House Resolution 502, 95th Congress, agreed to 
April 20, 1977, as enacted into law by section 
115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
1978 (2 U.S.C. 287c), is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘but 
not in excess’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘but not in excess of the greater of 
$173,900 or the rate of pay in effect for 
such position under an order issued by the
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Speaker of the House of Representatives 
pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, but 
not in excess of the rate of basic pay set 
forth in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘but 
not in excess of the applicable rate of pay 
in effect under an order issued by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives 
pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532)’’. 
(D) CHAPLAIN.—Section 3 of House Resolu-
tion 661, 95th Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977, 
as enacted into law by section 111 of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 
5521), is amended by striking section 3 and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. The maximum per year gross rate of com-
pensation of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives 
shall not exceed the greater of $173,900 or the rate of pay 
in effect for such position under an order issued by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to the au-
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thority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 
(E) CERTAIN
LEADERSHIP
EMPLOYEES.— 
Subsection (b) of the first section of House Reso-
lution 393, 95th Congress, agreed to March 31, 
1977, as enacted into law by section 115 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 
U.S.C. 5141(b)), is amended by striking ‘‘The 
annual rate’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘United States Code,’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The maximum annual rate of com-
pensation for any individual employed under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed the greater of 
$173,900 or the applicable rate of pay in effect 
under an order issued by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives pursuant to the author-
ity of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532),’’. 
(4) CHIEF OF STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON 
TAXATION.—Section 214(e) of the Postal Revenue and 
Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 4302) is 
amended by striking ‘‘The per annum rate of com-
pensation’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘The maximum 
annual rate of compensation of the Chief of Staff of
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the Joint Committee on Taxation shall not exceed the 
greater of $173,900 or the rate of pay in effect for 
such position under an order issued by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives pursuant to the au-
thority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the later of— 
(1) the first day of the first applicable pay pe-
riod beginning on or after January 1, 2020; or 
(2) the first day of the first applicable pay pe-
riod beginning on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION F—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
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Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,178,499,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $136,099,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $2,449,632,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $178,715,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author-
ized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes
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and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,687,230,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $153,148,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,362,529,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation
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as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$298,655,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $210,819,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex-
ceed $20,469,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such
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purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$164,471,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$17,000,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $60,928,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the
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amount, not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$54,955,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $4,780,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec-
retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by
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chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $59,750,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $4,604,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $172,005,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense
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Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $398,526,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$141,372,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $357,907,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $47,661,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
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est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$317,870,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$103,631,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$295,016,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $57,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $3,045,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 
supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles.
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SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
United States for which specific appropriations have not 
been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 
of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available
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in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the
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Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 
of any proposed military exercise involving United States 
personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
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SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in-
creased pursuant to law.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of
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acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 
the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 
U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall
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be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not 
be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
590 
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $79,500,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $374,529,000;
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‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$288,200,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$155,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$57,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 
$24,800,000; and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$66,880,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2020 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 
projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and 
expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 
his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the
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following funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$45,055,000; and 
‘‘NATO 
Security 
Investment 
Program’’, 
$25,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
SEC. 126. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba.
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SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo-
cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi-
neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En-
gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 
the Secretary of the Air Force: (1) completes an analysis 
and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment 
required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad-
ron outside of the United States versus within the United 
States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de-
tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies 
in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 
consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 
the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 
this section does not include any territory or possession of 
the United States. 
SEC. 129. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con-
struction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in a National Defense Authoriza-
594 
tion Act specified for fiscal year 2020 in the funding table 
in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized 
projects. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 
improving military installation resilience, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $20,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $35,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $20,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this section: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021:
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‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, $50,000,000; 
‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $59,600,000; and 
‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force’’, $31,200,000. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States
596 
Code, $1,439,931,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2019; and, $118,246,975,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That not 
to exceed $18,147,000 of the amount made available for fis-
cal year 2021 under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 
51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 
Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili-
ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as author-
ized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, $12,578,965,000, to remain 
available until expended and to become available on October 
1, 2020: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 
services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized
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to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 
(5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 
account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United States 
Code, $17,620,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre-
viously appropriated under this heading that became avail-
able on October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended; 
and, in addition, $129,224,000, shall become available on 
October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 
by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 
United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That, during fiscal year 2020, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,377,391. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $57,729, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,008,232. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $401,880, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,186,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
599 
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $3,125,000,000: Provided, 
That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
(1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 
and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 
to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance and 
support services for caregivers as authorized by section
600 
1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments au-
thorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Om-
nibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 
124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 
allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 
States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, 
United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary 
to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 
States Code, and hospital care and medical services author-
ized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; 
$56,158,015,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, 
$1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es-
tablish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 
for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 
income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
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erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup-
plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount that became available on 
October 1, 2019, under this heading, not less than 
$585,000,000 shall be for gender-specific care for women. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, at non-Department facilities, $4,521,400,000, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2019; and, in addition, $17,131,179,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under 
this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until
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September 30, 2022: Provided further, That $615,000,000 
of the additional amounts provided for fiscal year 2020 
under this heading in this Act shall be derived by transfer 
from the Veterans Choice Fund pursuant to the authority 
in section 802(c)(4) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act of 2014, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
from prior year unobligated balances in that Fund that 
were provided by section 510 of the VA MISSION Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–182). 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $98,800,000 which shall be in addition 
to funds previously appropriated under this heading that 
became available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, 
$7,914,191,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2020, under this heading,
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$150,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services; $6,433,265,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under 
this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
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ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$800,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $329,000,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms,
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or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $355,911,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $182,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $4,371,615,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,204,238,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until
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September 30, 2021: Provided further, That $2,739,597,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That $427,780,000 shall be for in-
formation technology systems development, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, op-
erations and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development may be transferred among the three sub-
accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
count for development may be transferred among projects 
or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 
project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for infor-
mation technology systems development shall be for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading
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in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, 
development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte-
nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and sala-
ries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, 
United States Code, $1,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports de-
tailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment imple-
mentation by facility: Provided further, That the funds pro-
vided in this account shall only be available to the Office 
of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be obligated in a manner incon-
sistent with deployment schedules provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs provides notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of such change and an approval is issued.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $210,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$1,235,200,000, of which $1,036,600,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and of which 
$198,600,000 shall remain available until expended, of
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which $35,000,000 shall be available for seismic improve-
ment projects and seismic program management activities, 
including for projects that would otherwise be funded by 
the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or Na-
tional Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs as-
sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activi-
ties, including portfolio development and management ac-
tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through the 
advance planning fund and the planning and design activi-
ties funded through the design fund, including needs assess-
ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, 
and funds provided for the purchase, security, and mainte-
nance of land for the National Cemetery Administration 
through the land acquisition line item, none of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be used for any 
project that has not been notified to Congress through the 
budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Con-
gress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory 
statement accompanying such Act and presented to the 
President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reim-
burse the ‘‘General Administration’’ account for payment 
of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and
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Facilities Management employees to support the full range 
of capital infrastructure services provided, including minor 
construction and leasing services: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 
2020, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by 
the awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2020; and (2) by the awarding of a construction 
contract by September 30, 2021: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a written report on any approved major construction 
project for which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, amounts made available under this 
heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic pro-
gram management activities shall be available for the com-
pletion of both new and existing seismic projects of the De-
partment. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
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neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$398,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is 
equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 
by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 
STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
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model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2020 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 
in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 
for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 
to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued.
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SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
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able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2020 that are available for divi-
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dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2020 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 
the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adju-
dication, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for all 
services provided at rates which will recover actual costs 
but not to exceed $57,263,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management, $6,000,000 for the Office of Employment Dis-
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crimination Complaint Adjudication, and $4,628,000 for 
the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Provided, That pay-
ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 
based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 
received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ 
and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 
the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
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counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in-
cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 
rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 
Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department
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of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2020 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 
may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In-
formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 
That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support
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and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 
up to $314,409,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds 
may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That section 220 of title II of divi-
sion C of Public Law 115–244 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2020, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, up to $322,931,000, plus reimbursements, may
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be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration
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Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 
minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 
section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec-
tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans
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Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
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gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 
‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
114–223: Provided further, That the report shall also in-
clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 
Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 
Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
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tions made available for fiscal year 2020 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2020, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con-
gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 
not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 
appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 
as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 
and
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(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive 
action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 
appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 
position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a posi-
tion relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc-
tive. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 
a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub-
section (a) during the five-year period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data 
and data collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 
(1) shall—
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(A) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 
receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 
health services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not con-
tinue receiving, mental health care who commit sui-
cide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described 
in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ-
mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex-
isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities as 
part of a planned realignment of VA services until the Sec-
retary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a report including the following 
elements— 
(1) a national realignment strategy that includes 
a detailed description of realignment plans within 
each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), 
including an updated Long Range Capital Plan to 
implement realignment requirements;
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(2) an explanation of the process by which those 
plans were developed and coordinated within each 
VISN; 
(3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned 
realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans 
Health Administration services with contract care or 
other outsourced services; 
(4) an analysis of how any such planned re-
alignment of services will impact access to care for 
veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ-
ing travel distances and transportation costs to access 
a VA medical facility and availability of local spe-
cialty and primary care; 
(5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 
designation and the methodology used to determine 
the buildings’ condition and utilization; 
(6) a description of how any realignment will be 
consistent with requirements under the National His-
toric Preservation Act; and 
(7) consideration given for reuse of historic 
buildings within newly identified realignment re-
quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 
apply to capital projects in any VISN, which have 
been authorized or approved by Congress.
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SEC. 234. Effective during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none of the 
funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration Clin-
ical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Vet-
erans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer 
Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Vet-
erans Health Administration National Center for Health 
Promotion and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 
the spouse of a covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 
as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code, who has a service-connected dis-
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ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 
a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 
section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
as described in the memorandum on the subject of 
‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 
Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 
II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 
April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 
such policy, including any limitations on the amount 
of such benefits available to such a member except 
that— 
(A) the time periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 
III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 
shall not apply; and 
(B) 
such 
term 
includes 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and 
storage.
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(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the De-
partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such in-
struction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 
in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require-
ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141). 
SEC. 236. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 237. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 
not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 
Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Admin-
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istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con-
tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 
51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 
in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 
or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec-
tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 
SEC. 238. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis-
continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
individuals in all information systems of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) For all individuals not described in para-
graph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual in an 
information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
if and only if the use of such number is required to obtain 
information the Secretary requires from an information 
system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
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SEC. 239. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of Division A of Public Law 
114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 
any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 241. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 
2021 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 
year to carry out and expand the child care program au-
thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith-
standing subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 242. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 
resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem-
bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 
prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.
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SEC. 243. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021, sec-
tion 258 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 244. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to deny an 
Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to 
any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency of the United States Government over 
which such Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
or impede the access of such Inspector General to such 
records, documents, or other materials, under any provision 
of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers to 
such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of ac-
cess of such Inspector General. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, doc-
uments, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure 
relevant to the information provided by the department or 
agency over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.).
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(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by 
any department or agency covered by this section to comply 
with this section. 
SEC. 245. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021, sec-
tion 248 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 246. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita-
tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ-
ment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
each such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to- 
staff ratio for each such program.
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SEC. 247. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 
times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 248. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration may be used in fiscal year 2020 to convert any pro-
gram which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 
2019 to a general purpose funded program unless the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs submits written notification of 
any such proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least thirty days prior to any 
such action and an approval is issued by the Committees. 
SEC. 249. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 
research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses 
any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifi-
cally and in writing pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 
the conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 
2019, using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the 
Secretary determines that—
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(A) the scientific objectives of the research can 
only be met by using such canines, felines, or non- 
human primates; 
(B) such scientific objectives are directly related 
to an illness or injury that is combat-related; and 
(C) the research is consistent with the revised 
Department of Veterans Affairs canine research policy 
document dated December 15, 2017, including any 
subsequent revisions to such document. 
(2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority 
under this subsection. 
(c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursu-
ant to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the com-
mencement of such research, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report describing— 
(1) the nature of the research to be conducted 
using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(2) the date on which the Secretary approved the 
research; 
(3) the justification for the determination of the 
Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research 
could only be met using canines, felines, or non- 
human primates;
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(4) the frequency and duration of such research; 
and 
(5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of the research; and 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to such Committees a report describing— 
(1) any research being conducted by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or 
non-human primates as of the date of the submittal 
of the report; 
(2) the circumstances under which such research 
was conducted using canines, felines, or non-human 
primates; 
(3) the justification for using canines, felines, or 
non-human primates to conduct such research; and 
(4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of such research. 
(e) Not later than December 31, 2020, the Secretary 
shall submit to such Committees a plan under which the 
Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research conducted 
using canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later 
than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 250. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
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close the community based outpatient clinic located in 
Bainbridge, New York, until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a market area as-
sessment. 
SEC. 251. (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a plan to reduce the chances that 
clinical mistakes by employees of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs will result in adverse events that require insti-
tutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent any unneces-
sary hardship for patients and families impacted by such 
adverse events. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of a process for the timely 
identification of individuals impacted by disclosures 
described in subsection (a) and the process for con-
tacting those individuals or their next of kin. 
(2) A description of procedures for expediting 
any remedial or follow-up care required for those in-
dividuals.
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(3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to the 
process of the Department for clinical quality checks 
and oversight. 
(4) A communication plan to ensure all facilities 
of the Department are made aware of any require-
ments updated pursuant to the plan. 
(5) A timeline detailing the implementation of 
the plan. 
(6) An identification of the senior executive of 
the Department responsible for ensuring compliance 
with the plan. 
(7) An identification of potential impacts of the 
plan on timely diagnoses for patients. 
(8) An identification of the processes and proce-
dures for employees of the Department to make lead-
ership at the facility and the Department aware of 
adverse events that are concerning and that result in 
disclosures and to ensure that the medical impact on 
veterans of such disclosures is minimized. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af-
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fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 252. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every five-year period thereafter, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall update the handbook of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs titled ‘‘Planning and Activating Com-
munity Based Outpatient Clinics’’, or a successor hand-
book, to reflect current policies, best practices, and clarify 
the roles and responsibilities of the personnel of the Depart-
ment involved in the leasing projects of the Department. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the handbook speci-
fied in subsection (a) defines ‘‘community based outpatient 
clinic’’ in the same manner as such term is defined in the 
Veterans Health Administration Site Tracking database 
(commonly known as ‘‘VAST’’) as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) The Secretary shall ensure that the Veterans Health 
Administration incorporates the best practices contained in 
the handbook specified in subsection (a) in conducting over-
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sight of the medical centers of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and the Veterans Integrated Service Network. 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide guidance and 
training to employees of the Veterans Health Administra-
tion for the use of the handbook specified in subsection (a). 
The Secretary shall update such guidance and training to-
gether with each update of such handbook. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 253. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations 
Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Serv-
ices’’, $350,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, $10,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical and 
Prosthetic Research’’, $50,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans 
Health 
Administration, 
DOD-VA 
Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, $15,949,000; 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$1,000,000; 
‘‘Departmental Administration, Board of Vet-
erans Appeals’’, $8,000,000; and
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‘‘Departmental Administration, Veterans Elec-
tronic Health Record’’, $70,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended. 
SEC. 254. Section 252 of the Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018 (division J of Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 825; 
38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary may carry out a 2-year pilot program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘During the period preceding October 1, 2022, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 2-year pilot pro-
gram’’. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 255. The remaining unobligated balances in the 
‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Adminis-
tration—General Operating Expenses’’ account from the 
following funds appropriated in Public Law 107–38 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That the amounts rescinded 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress
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as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that Act: 
(1) funds subject to subsequent enactment and 
transferred pursuant to chapter 13 of division B of 
Public Law 107–117; and 
(2) funds made available and subsequently trans-
ferred pursuant to the first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Executive Office of the President and Funds Appro-
priated 
to 
the 
President—Emergency 
Response 
Fund’’. 
SEC. 256. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account 
in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 
may be used for expenses that would otherwise be payable 
from the Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as 
amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 257. Hereafter, the matter preceding the first pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, 
Medical Services’’ in title II of division C of Public Law 
115–244 shall be applied for the purpose of the appropria-
tions under that heading that became available on October 
1, 2019, by striking ‘‘aid to State homes as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code,’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$84,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 
by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 
Code, $35,400,000: Provided, That $2,698,997 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
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ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $75,300,000, of which $12,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from 
the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries.
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TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $111,968,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $94,570,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United 
States: Provided, That such amount 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. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $391,988,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $46,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. None of the funds appropriated for military 
construction projects outside the United States under this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
of any project associated with the European Deterrence Ini-
tiative until the Secretary of Defense develops and submits 
to the congressional defense committees, in a classified and 
unclassified format, a list of all of the military construction 
projects associated with the European Deterrence Initiative 
which the Secretary anticipates will be carried out during 
each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
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TITLE V 
NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $3,477,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, for necessary expenses re-
lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Flor-
ence and flooding and earthquakes occurring in fiscal year 
2019: Provided, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act to the Navy and Marine Corps for such recovery 
efforts shall be available for obligation until the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request: Provided 
further, That, not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this heading in this title: 
Provided further, That such funds may be obligated or ex-
pended for planning and design and military construction 
projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $2,605,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and flooding 
and earthquakes occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Air Force for such recovery efforts shall be available for obli-
gation until the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 for 
each specific request: Provided further, That, not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this heading in this title: Provided further, That such 
funds may be obligated or expended for planning and de-
sign and military construction projects not otherwise au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $77,175,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and flooding 
and earthquakes occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense for such recovery efforts shall be 
available for obligation until the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive 
form 1391 for each specific request: Provided further, That, 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense, or his designee, shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this heading in this title: Provided further, 
That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning 
and design and military construction projects not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army National Guard’’, $66,000,000, to remain available
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until September 30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to 
the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 
flooding, tornadoes, and earthquakes occurring in fiscal 
year 2019: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
in this Act to the Army National Guard for such recovery 
efforts shall be available for obligation until the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request: Provided 
further, That, not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Army National Guard, or his 
designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading in 
this title: Provided further, That such funds may be obli-
gated or expended for planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army Reserve’’, $3,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and flooding
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and earthquakes occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Army Reserve for such recovery efforts shall be available 
for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 
1391 for each specific request: Provided further, That, not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this heading in this title: Provided further, That such 
funds may be obligated or expended for planning and de-
sign and military construction projects not otherwise au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 501. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available under each heading in this title shall 
only be used for the purposes specifically described under 
that heading.
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 
the funds are made available that the program, project, or 
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 
or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 603. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 604. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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SEC. 605. 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 or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 607. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days.
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SEC. 608. (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, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 609. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 
pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 
including construction services, where the contractor has 
not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
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SEC. 612. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of this division. 
SEC. 613. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 614. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 
expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or