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training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available under 
the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous ap-
propriations Acts may be made available for the protection 
of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director of the 
United States Secret Service may enter into agreements to 
provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 228. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, 
up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United 
States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 229. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the 
Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in ad-
vance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.
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SEC. 230. (a) Of the amount made available in this 
Act under ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procure-
ment, Construction, and Improvements’’, $1,571,000,000 
shall be available only as follows: 
(1) $251,000,000 for approximately 14 miles of 
secondary fencing, all of which provides for cross-bar-
rier visual situational awareness, along the southwest 
border in the San Diego Sector; 
(2) $445,000,000 for 25 miles of primary pedes-
trian levee fencing along the southwest border in the 
Rio Grande Valley Sector; 
(3) $196,000,000 for primary pedestrian fencing 
along the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley 
Sector; 
(4) $445,000,000 for replacement of existing pri-
mary pedestrian fencing along the southwest border; 
(5) $38,000,000 for border barrier planning and 
design; and 
(6) $196,000,000 for acquisition and deployment 
of border security technology. 
(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(2) 
through (a)(4) shall only be available for operationally ef-
fective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017, (Public Law 115–31), such as
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currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize 
agent safety. 
(c) None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act shall be obligated for construction of a border barrier 
in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 231. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a risk-based plan for improving 
security along the borders of the United States, including 
the use of personnel, fencing, other forms of tactical infra-
structure, and technology, to include— 
(1) A statement of goals, objectives, activities, 
and milestones for the plan. 
(2) A detailed implementation schedule for the 
plan with estimates for the planned obligation of 
funds for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 that are 
linked to the milestone-based delivery of specific— 
(A) capabilities and services; 
(B) mission benefits and outcomes; 
(C) program management capabilities; and 
(D) lifecycle cost estimates. 
(3) A description of the manner in which specific 
projects under the plan will enhance border security
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goals and objectives and address the highest priority 
border security needs. 
(4) An identification of the planned locations, 
quantities, and types of resources, such as fencing, 
other physical barriers, or other tactical infrastruc-
ture and technology, under the plan. 
(5) A description of the methodology and anal-
yses used to select specific resources for deployment to 
particular locations under the plan that includes— 
(A) analyses of alternatives, including com-
parative costs and benefits; 
(B) an assessment of effects on communities 
and property owners near areas of infrastructure 
deployment; and 
(C) a description of other factors critical to 
the decision-making process. 
(6) An identification of staffing requirements 
under the plan, including full-time equivalents, con-
tractors, and detailed personnel, by activity. 
(7) A description of performance metrics for the 
plan for assessing and reporting on the contributions 
of border security capabilities realized from current 
and future investments. 
(8) A description of the status of the actions of 
the Department of Homeland Security to address
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open recommendations by the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and the Government Accountability Office relat-
ing to border security, including plans, schedules, and 
associated milestones for fully addressing such rec-
ommendations. 
(9) A plan to consult State and local elected offi-
cials on the eminent domain and construction process 
relating to physical barriers; 
(10) An analysis, following consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, of the environ-
mental impacts, including on wildlife, of the construc-
tion and placement of physical barriers planned 
along the Southwest border, including in the Santa 
Ana National Wildlife Refuge; and 
(11) Certifications by the Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Management, that— 
(A) the plan has been reviewed and ap-
proved in accordance with an acquisition review 
management process that complies with capital 
planning and investment control and review re-
quirements established by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, including as provided in Cir-
cular A–11, part 7; and
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(B) all activities under the plan comply 
with Federal acquisition rules, requirements, 
guidelines, and practices. 
(b) The Secretary shall concurrently submit the plan 
required in subsection (a) to the Comptroller General of the 
United States, who shall evaluate the plan and report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on the strengths and weaknesses 
of such plan not later than 120 days after receiving such 
plan. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs 
Directorate 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,482,165,000, of which $8,912,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,825 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally owned
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and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal 
Protective Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $414,111,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate for research and development, 
$15,126,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs 
for operations and support, $121,569,000, of which 
$14,020,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,030,135,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $85,276,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, and other activities, $3,293,932,000, 
which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $507,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which 
$85,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden, and 
$10,000,000 shall be for organizations (as described 
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from tax under such 501(a) of 
such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such 
section 2004, for fiscal year 2018, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico shall make available to local and trib-
al governments amounts provided to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
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(2) $630,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 
shall be for organizations (as described under section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such code) 
determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 
1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which $10,000,000 
shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall be 
for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such 
public transportation security assistance shall be pro-
vided directly to public transportation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
(5) $700,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, of which $350,000,000 shall be for 
Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $350,000,000 
shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
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gency Response Grants under sections 33 and 34 re-
spectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 of 
title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(7) $249,200,000 for the National Predisaster 
Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(8) $262,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood 
Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to 
and to supplement any other sums appropriated 
under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such 
additional sums as may be provided by States or 
other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), 
to remain available until expended.
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(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That not to 
exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total administrative 
costs. 
(10) $275,201,000 to sustain current operations 
for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other 
programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,900,720,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $7,366,000,000 shall be for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) and is designated by the Congress as being for dis-
aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert- 
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insur-
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ance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 
Stat. 1020), $203,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, which shall be derived from offsetting 
amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which 
$13,573,000 shall be available for mission support associ-
ated with flood management; and of which $189,927,000 
shall be available for flood plain management and flood 
mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur-
suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offset-
ting collections to this account, to be available for flood 
plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2018, no funds shall be available from 
the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) 
in excess of— 
(1) $165,224,000 for operating expenses and sal-
aries and expenses associated with flood insurance op-
erations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of 
agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and
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(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as avail-
able for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e), 
and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): 
Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 
24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 
2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or 
any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of the 
amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1)
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through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the grantee for 
expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
SEC. 302. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made avail-
able to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall sub-
mit applications not later than 80 days after the grant an-
nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 303. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives 5 full business days in advance of an-
nouncing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a building 
or other physical facility.
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SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the 
United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds 
provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for grants under para-
graph (1) in this Act, or under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—State and Local Programs’’ in 
Public Law 114–4, division F of Public Law 113–76, or 
division D of Public Law 113–6 may be used by recipients 
or sub-recipients for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related 
to providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien 
children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor 
where they are encountered after entering the United States, 
provided that such costs were incurred between January 1, 
2014, and December 31, 2014, or during the award period 
of performance. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 114–4) shall be applied in fiscal year 2018 with re-
spect to budget year 2019 and current fiscal year 2018, re-
spectively—
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(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 
after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire-
fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv-
ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal 
year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 
U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That 
the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 
be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing 
such services, including administrative costs of collecting 
such fees: Provided further, That such fees shall be deposited 
in a Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ac-
count as offsetting collections and will become available for
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authorized purposes on October 1, 2018, and remain avail-
able until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for operations and support of the E-Verify 
Program, $108,856,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$254,000,000, of which $62,701,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed
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$7,180 shall be for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for operations and support, including the pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $331,113,000, of 
which $196,361,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology 
Directorate for research and development, $509,830,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $89,096,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for research and development, $145,661,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and other activities, $46,019,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services may be used to acquire, operate, equip, 
and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for 
areas where the Administrator of General Services does not 
provide vehicles for lease: Provided, That the Director of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize 
employees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehi-
cles to travel between the employees’ residences and places 
of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the results 
of background checks required by law to be completed prior 
to the granting of the benefit have been received by U.S.
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Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the results do 
not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services 
provided by employees (including employees serving on a 
temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services of the Department of Homeland Security who 
are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigra-
tion Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investiga-
tive Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 
8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immi-
gration Examinations Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may 
be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
in fiscal year 2018 for the purpose of providing an Immi-
grant Integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
integration under subsection (a) may be used to provide 
services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence. 
SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to
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Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred par-
ticipating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Ac-
creditation Board, including representatives from the Fed-
eral law enforcement community and non-Federal accredi-
tation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall 
lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation 
process to continue the implementation of measuring and 
assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law en-
forcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for plan-
ning, operational development, engineering, and purchases 
prior to sustainment and for information technology-related 
procurement, construction, and improvements, including 
non-tangible assets of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account estab-
lished by subsection (a) from Government agencies request-
ing the construction of special use facilities, as authorized 
by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers maintain
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administrative control and ownership upon completion of 
such facilities. 
SEC. 408. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pur-
suant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applica-
ble established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally en-
acted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components 
in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
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year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-
able to the components funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 
funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by Fed-
eral employees in the President’s budget proposal for 
fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or 
activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or 
more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change in 
funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as 
approved by the Congress.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of Home-
land Security by this Act or provided by previous appro-
priations Acts may be transferred between such appropria-
tions if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified at least 30 
days in advance of such transfer, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 
appropriations based upon an initial notification provided 
after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that 
imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protec-
tion of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by
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8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations 
available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public 
Law 115–31), related to the operations of a working capital 
fund, shall apply with respect to funds made available in 
this Act in the same manner as such section applied to 
funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2018, as re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming notification, but not later than June 30, 2019, from 
appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ and for 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and ex-
penses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Training’’ for 
fiscal year 2018 in this Act shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, in the account and for the purposes 
for which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That 
prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with 
section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2018 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence 
activities for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives at least 3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, 
grant, contract, other transaction agreement, or task 
or delivery order on a Department of Homeland Secu-
rity multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of 
intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds; 
(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or 
award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), includ-
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ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made 
without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after 
such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were ap-
propriated; the type of contract; and the account from 
which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without advance notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement
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for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Cen-
ters facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for expenses for 
any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project 
for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 
of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved, ex-
cept that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed pro-
spectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (di-
vision E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) 
shall apply with respect to funds made available in this 
Act in the same manner as such sections applied to funds 
made available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi-
sions of the Buy American Act: Provided, That for purposes 
of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1448).
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SEC. 513. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 
manner as such section applied to funds made available in 
that Act. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be available to carry out 
section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 516. Any official that is required by this Act to 
report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not 
delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifi-
cally authorized herein. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of 
agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or performance that does not 
meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 521. Hereafter, in developing any process to 
screen aviation passengers and crews for transportation or 
national security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall ensure that all such processes take into consid-
eration such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil lib-
erties consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and 
guidance.
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SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used by the Department 
of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract 
unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the 
requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, 
or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is other-
wise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard 
to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 523. (a) For an additional amount for financial 
systems modernization, $41,800,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan-
cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 
the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 
until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 
of such transfer. 
SEC. 524. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography.
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, deter-
mines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments,
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international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions: Provided further, That the total cost to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security of any such conference shall 
not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act 
may be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects 
more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than 
$5,000,000 in a single year before the end of the 30-day 
period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that 
includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the cur-
rent year and through the Future Years Homeland 
Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 
such change that were considered by the Department.
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SEC. 529. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for not less than 45 days except as other-
wise specified in law. 
SEC. 530. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Support’’ and funding provided in this Act for 
‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ may be used for 
minor procurement, construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to 
end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal 
property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms
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Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 532. For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Home-
land Security may provide, out of discretionary funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security, for the 
primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Depart-
ment of Homeland Security personnel who are stationed 
outside the continental United States and for the transpor-
tation of such dependents in the same manner and to the 
same extent that, pursuant to section 544 of title 14, United 
States Code, the Secretary may provide, out of funds appro-
priated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary 
and secondary schooling of, and the transportation of, de-
pendents of Coast Guard personnel stationed outside the 
continental United States: Provided, That no amounts may 
be provided from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be pro-
vided from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
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SEC. 533. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2019 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not 
been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues 
assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not 
enacted prior to October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 534. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, 
$41,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary 
law enforcement personnel costs for protection activities di-
rectly and demonstrably associated with any residence of 
the President that is designated or identified to be secured 
by the United States Secret Service. 
(b) Funds under subsection (a) shall be available only 
for costs that a State or local agency— 
(1) incurs on or after October 1, 2017, and before 
October 1, 2018; 
(2) can demonstrate to the Administrator as 
being—
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(A) in excess of the costs of normal and typ-
ical law enforcement operations; 
(B) directly attributable to the provision of 
protection described herein; and 
(C) associated with a non-governmental 
property designated or identified to be secured by 
the United States Secret Service pursuant to sec-
tion 3 or section 4 of the Presidential Protection 
Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524); 
and 
(3) certifies to the Administrator as being for 
protection activities requested by the Director of the 
United States Secret Service. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (a), a designation or 
identification of a property to be secured under subsection 
(b)(2)(C) made after incurring otherwise eligible costs shall 
apply retroactively to October 1, 2017. 
(d) The Administrator may establish written criteria 
consistent with subsections (a) and (b). 
(e) None of the funds provided shall be for hiring new 
or additional personnel. 
(f) The Inspector General of the Department of Home-
land Security shall audit reimbursements made under this 
section.
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SEC. 535. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may include in the President’s budget proposal for Coast 
Guard for fiscal year 2019, submitted pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, and accompanying 
justification materials, an account structure established by 
section 563 of Division F of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). 
(b) Not earlier than October 1, 2018, the accounts des-
ignated under subsection (a) may be established, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may execute appropria-
tions of the Department as provided pursuant to such sub-
section, including any continuing appropriations made 
available for fiscal year 2019 before enactment of a regular 
appropriations Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer any appro-
priation made available to the Department of Homeland 
Security by any appropriations Acts to the accounts created 
pursuant to subsection (b) to carry out the requirements 
of such subsection, and shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
within 5 days of each transfer. 
(d)(1) Not later than November 1, 2018, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall establish the preliminary base-
line for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
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None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart-
ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 
Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 
Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech-
nology Center and the Department of Agriculture’s Inter-
national Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out 
by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 
under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
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Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up 
to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal 
funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 
end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 
contributions to match funds made available by the Forest 
Service on at least a one-for-one basis: Provided further, 
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Fed-
eral or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 
rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal match-
ing funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 
to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation
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shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
portion of eligible participants receiving related 
assistance services or discouraging grantees from 
providing such services; 
(D) $89,534,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(E) $93,079,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019: Provided, 
That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young 
ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, 
with a priority for projects serving high-crime, 
high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and 
(G) $145,000,000 to expand opportunities 
relating to apprenticeship programs registered
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SEC. 528. Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment 
Contingency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal year 
2018 under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and the income derived from investment of those funds pur-
suant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, shall not be 
available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
SEC. 529. Of the amounts deposited in the Child En-
rollment Contingency Fund for fiscal year 2018 under sec-
tion 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act and the income 
derived from investment of those funds pursuant to section 
2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $1,967,678,000 shall not be 
available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of the funds made available for purposes 
of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security 
Act, $88,613,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 531. Any unobligated balances of available 
amounts appropriated under section 108 of Public Law 
111–3, as amended, other than amounts subject to section 
210(f) of the Social Security Act, are hereby rescinded. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; President Pro Tempore Emer-
itus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Con-
ference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chair-
men of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 
$4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840. 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$194,867,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248.