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Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$26,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 
lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 
and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
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ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 
received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 
out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Small Business Administration 
may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 
fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 
be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal 
and State Technology Partnership Program under section 
34 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$241,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That $130,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 
year 2020 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
ness Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for 
marketing, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
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636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the 
microloan 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business con-
cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $21,900,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2019 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
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of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2019 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of 
amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 
of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans au-
thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2019 commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2019, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec-
tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 
principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available to the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be pro-
vided to a company— 
(1) that is headquarted in the People’s Republic 
of China; or 
(2) for which more than 25 percent of the vot-
ing stock of the company is owned by affiliates that 
are citizens of the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 532. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration 
shall conduct a study on whether the provision of match-
making services that, using data collected through outside 
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entities such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran 
entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors 
or geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans 
entrepreneurship programs of the Administration. 
SEC. 533. The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall— 
(1) work with Federal agencies to review each 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion’s efforts to comply with the requirements under 
section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(k)); and 
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives— 
(A) a report on Federal agency compliance 
with the requirements under such section 15(k); 
and 
(B) a report detailing the status of 
issuance by the Small Business Administration 
of detailed guidance for the peer review process 
of the Small Business Procurement Advisory 
Council in order to facilitate a more in depth 
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review of Federal agency compliance with the 
requirements under such section 15(k). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $55,235,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 
employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$51,515,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 
judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
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SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
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that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
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creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 
the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 
with a separate column to display the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
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each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
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Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
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expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
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ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
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the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in 
prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over-
sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 
for the scholarship program established by section 
109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the 
amount of funds collected by the Board between January 
1, 2018 and December 31, 2018, including accrued inter-
est, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. 
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Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2019 shall re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
to award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an 
option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final 
quality review processes for background investigation 
fieldwork services or background investigation support 
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, 
are being conducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch 
agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 
related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
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tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 
budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 
as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 
33 of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 
in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 
the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 
that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
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tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 
shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-
terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 
law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
ity. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 
to trade associations. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other- 
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
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driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 
such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 
16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 
SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 
department, agency, board or commission of more than 
$500,000 at any single conference unless the head of the 
Executive branch department, agency, board, or commis-
sion determines that such attendance is in the national 
interest and advance notice is transmitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate that includes the basis of that determina-
tion. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single conference occurring outside the 
United States unless the head of the Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, or commission determines that 
such attendance is in the national interest and advance 
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
cludes the basis of that determination. 
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SEC. 632. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by de-
partments and agencies funded in this Act to acquire tele-
communications 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 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 
Federal 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-
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such system, including any risk associated with such 
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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 re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing 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 acqui-
sition 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 
system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
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(1), provided that such report may include a classi-
fied annex as necessary. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used for airline accommodations for any offi-
cer (as defined in section 2104 of title 5, United States 
Code) or employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, 
United States Code) in the executive branch that are not 
coach-class accommodations (which term is defined, for 
purposes of this section, as the basic class of accommoda-
tion by airlines that is normally the lowest fare offered 
regardless of airline terminology used, and (as referred to 
by airlines) may include tourist class or economy class, 
as well as single class when the airline offers only one class 
of accommodations to all travelers), unless such accom-
modations are consistent with section 301–10.123 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act) and, with respect to subsection 
(a)(3) and (b)(2) of such section, written authorization is 
provided by the head of the agency (or, if the accommoda-
tions are for the head of the agency, by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the agency). 
SEC. 634. The Comptroller General of the United 
States, in consultation with relevant regulators, shall con-
duct a study that— 
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(1) examines the financial impact of the min-
eral pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations; and 
(2) provides recommendations on regulatory 
and legislative actions needed to help mitigate the fi-
nancial impact described in paragraph (1) on banks, 
mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
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hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 
for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 
police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 
cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 
that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 
hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
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SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 
the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 
of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 
outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 
of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 
then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 
of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 
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more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 
above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, That any payment made to any officer or em-
ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 
further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 
to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 
of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 
Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 
employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 
120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 
to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
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performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
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title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States. 
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SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 
2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 
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any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 
213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 
instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 
the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 
(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
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SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
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tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by Congress. 
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SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
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reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 
reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
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Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 
and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno-
vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 
fiscal year 2019 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
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port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
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lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
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(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
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(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
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number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
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SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2019, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
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(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
to disclose any of the following information as a condition 
of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
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(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2019, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
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prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2019, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2019 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
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effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2018, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2018, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2018. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
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mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 
take place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
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title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv-
ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 
States Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 
higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 
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must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi-
tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 
through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 
in calendar year 2019 but ends in calendar year 2020, 
the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 
shall apply through the end of that pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
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(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
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board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
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is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 
other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 
such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
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ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 
reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 
law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 
of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe-
cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 
obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 
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Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 
is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 
than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 
or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 
will not disclose any classified information received in the 
course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen-
tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
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SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
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SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date 
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 748. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget author-
ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-
tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 
Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-
tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 
2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 
total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 
of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 
for all categories for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 749. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
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effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, 
and the overall average percentage of the adjustments tak-
ing effect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 
5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 
(with comparability payments to be determined and allo-
cated among pay localities by the President). All adjust-
ments under this subsection shall be effective as of the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after January 1, 2019. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than the 
percentages in subsection (a) as employees in the same 
location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant 
to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 
and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 
5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be con-
sidered to be located in the pay locality designated as 
″Rest of U.S.″ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 
for purposes of this subsection. 
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(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2019. 
SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
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available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
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unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2019. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
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lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
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SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 
for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 
pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 
local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 
be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
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SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-
reational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
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Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
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of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
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year 2019 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
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ment for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2020. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2020 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
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(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION 
C—AGRICULTURE, 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro-
vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to 
exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part-
nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 
$23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 
shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro-
vide for necessary expenses for management support serv-
ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis-
tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
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cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 
for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 
the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis-
sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 
to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 
involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 
executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per-
cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 
amount made available under this paragraph for the im-
mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the amount made available under this head-
ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 
from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex-
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penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 
5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 
to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 
this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro-
vided further, That no funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 
notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 
agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Economist, $19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 
7 U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $15,222,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than 
$38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-
partment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 
alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $58,330,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
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General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 
U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 
certain confidential operational expenses, including the 
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $45,146,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-
nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
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able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $86,757,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $174,767,000, of which up to 
$45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 
for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-
rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 
2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 
the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de-
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fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas; of which not 
less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
dryland agriculture research program; and of which not 
less than $7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of en-
tering into a management, operations, and research sup-
port contract to expedite the hiring of a capable workforce 
for the commissioning of the Central Utility Plant and in 
support of operations and management of the National 
Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to 
be constructed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, 
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 
year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 
greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
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shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 
Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 
of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 
the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 
lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 
and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re-
moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 
24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 
the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-
search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 
that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 
Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 
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may be received from any State, other political subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $898,535,000, which shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 
and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 3 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for re-
search grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 
1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant 
colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 
initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicul-
tural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal-
lenge grants, and grants management systems shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That each 
institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 
program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 
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and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail-
able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi-
ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 
States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 
for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 
U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more 
than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or 
any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Re-
search Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $486,692,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 3 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 
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for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That institu-
tions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for co-
operative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds for cooperative extension under 
sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 
shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensa-
tion costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 3 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense 
Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded 
under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 
U.S.C. 7626). 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
$901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available for the control of out-
breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 
control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 
which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 
purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 
which $705,000 shall be for activities under the authority 
of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 1831); of which $62,840,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 
which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 
which $178,170,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop 
and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis-
ease management; of which $41,466,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 
and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 
$5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 
$2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 
safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 
heading for wildlife services methods development, 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided further, That of amounts available under this head-
ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 
available until expended; of which $13,600,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense 
Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 
a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
five, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 
further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 
any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 
United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap-
propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora-
tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani-
mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 
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funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing. 
In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for 
providing such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
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authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 
79; and of which $7,000,000 shall be available for mar-
keting activities authorized under section 204(b) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) 
to provide to State departments of agriculture, State coop-
erative extension services, institutions of higher education, 
and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 
and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, 
process improvement, and marketing relating to dairy 
products: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701). 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
$20,489,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
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marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
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Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedi-
cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service shall continue implementation of section 
11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 
amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 
79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 
$901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $149,000 of 
amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 
to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account. 
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,202,146,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the $44,691,000 made available under this heading for 
information technology related to farm program delivery, 
including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Ag-
ricultural Systems and other farm program delivery sys-
tems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re-
ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 
(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) 
the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 
and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated 
lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 
as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to 
be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, 
(a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 
Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 
with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid-
ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s cap-
ital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 
has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Of-
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fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 
agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar-
ter of fiscal year 2019 to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden-
tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 
current performance against key indicators of customer 
satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree-
ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 
against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 
breakdown of current and planned spending on oper-
ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 
of whether the investment continues to meet business 
needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 
the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 
payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 
Provided further, That other funds made available to the 
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 
made available to county committees shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 
funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 
to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 
Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 
employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 
employees without prior notification and approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 
5106), $3,904,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
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