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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Science and Tech-
nology’’ for necessary expenses related to improving pre-
paredness of the water sector, $600,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, cal-
endar year 2018 earthquakes, and Typhoon Yutu, 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For additional amounts for ‘‘State and Tribal Assist-
ance Grants’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and cal-
endar year 2018 earthquakes for the hazardous waste fi-
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nancial assistance grants program, $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended; for necessary expenses related to 
the consequences of Typhoon Yutu for the hazardous 
waste financial assistance grants program and for other 
solid waste management activities, $56,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, provided that none of these funds 
shall be subject to section 3011(b) of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act; and for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to address impacts of Hurricane Flor-
ence, Hurricane Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and calendar 
year 2018 wildfires, notwithstanding subsections (b), (e), 
and (f), of such section: Provided, That such amounts are 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As-
sistance 
Grants’’, 
$349,400,000 
(increased 
by 
$8,800,000) to remain available until expended, of which 
$53,300,000 (increased by $8,800,000) shall be for cap-
italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, and of which $296,100,000 shall be for capital-
ization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) 
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of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 
1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds ap-
propriated herein shall be provided to States or Territories 
in EPA Regions 4, 9, and 10 in amounts determined by 
the Administrator for wastewater treatment works and 
drinking water facilities impacted by Hurricanes Florence 
and Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and calendar year 2018 
wildfires and earthquakes: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of section 603(i) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(d) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds appropriated here-
in, each State shall use not less than 20 percent but not 
more than 30 percent of the amount of its capitalization 
grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipi-
ents in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative inter-
est loans or grants or any combination of these: Provided 
further, That the Administrator shall retain $10,400,000 
(increased by $8,800,000) of the funds appropriated here-
in for grants for drinking water facilities and waste water 
treatment plants impacted by Typhoon Yutu: Provided 
further, That the funds appropriated herein shall be used 
for eligible projects whose purpose is to reduce flood or 
fire damage risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency 
to rapid hydrologic change or natural disaster at treat-
ment works as defined by section 212 of the Federal 
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Water Pollution Control Act or any eligible facilities under 
section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for 
other eligible tasks at such treatment works or facilities 
necessary to further such purposes: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy may retain up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
herein for management and oversight: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
In addition, for an additional amount for ‘‘State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’, $500,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $261,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, and of which $239,000,000 shall be for capital-
ization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 
1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds ap-
propriated herein shall be provided to States or Territories 
in EPA Regions 2, 4, and 6 in amounts determined by 
the Administrator for wastewater and drinking water 
treatment works and facilities impacted by Hurricanes 
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Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Provided further, That, for Re-
gion 2, such funds allocated from funds appropriated here-
in shall not be subject to the matching or cost share re-
quirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching require-
ments of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 
Provided further, That, for Region 2, notwithstanding the 
requirements of section 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act and section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, each State and Territory shall use the full 
amount of its capitalization grants allocated from funds 
appropriated herein to provide additional subsidization to 
eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
negative interest loans or grants or any combination of 
these: Provided further, That, for Regions 4 and 6, not-
withstanding the requirements of section 603(i) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(d) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds allocated, 
each State shall use not less than 20 percent but not more 
than 30 percent amount of its capitalization grants allo-
cated from funds appropriated herein to provide additional 
subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgive-
ness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any 
combination of these: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator shall retain $74,600,000 of the funds appropriated 
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herein for grants to any State or territory that has not 
established a water pollution control revolving fund pursu-
ant to title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
or section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act for drink-
ing water facilities and waste water treatment plants im-
pacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Provided further, 
That the funds appropriated herein shall only be used for 
eligible projects whose purpose is to reduce flood damage 
risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hy-
drologic change or a natural disaster at treatment works 
as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act or any eligible facilities under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible 
tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 
further such purposes: Provided further, That, for Region 
2, notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, funds allocated from funds appro-
priated herein may be used to make loans or to buy, refi-
nance or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipi-
ents only where such debt was incurred on or after Sep-
tember 20, 2017: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 
up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for 
management and oversight: Provided further, That such 
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quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys-
tem’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the calendar 
year 2018 wildfires, $84,960,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount 
$21,000,000 shall be used for hazardous fuels manage-
ment activities: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 
and Maintenance’’ for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the 
calendar year 2018 wildfires, $36,040,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $720,271,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022, for urgent wildland fire suppression 
operations: Provided, That such funds shall be solely avail-
able to be transferred to and merged with other appropria-
tions accounts from which funds were previously trans-
ferred for wildland fire suppression in fiscal year 2018 to 
fully repay those amounts: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences’’ for necessary expenses in 
carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 
126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
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tion Act of 1986 related to the consequences of major dis-
asters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) in 2018, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 601. Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro-
priated by this title shall provide a detailed operating plan 
of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 
by State and Territory, and by program, project, and ac-
tivity, to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That no such funds shall be obligated before the operating 
plans are provided to the Committees: Provided further, 
That such plans shall be updated, including obligations to 
date, and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
every 60 days until all such funds are expended. 
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TITLE VII 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $50,000,000, for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve for necessary expenses directly 
related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 
Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, 
wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, and tornadoes 
and floods occurring in calendar year 2019, to remain 
available through September 30, 2020: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Labor may transfer up to $1,000,000 of such 
funds to any other Department of Labor account for re-
construction and recovery needs, including worker protec-
tion activities: Provided further, That these sums may be 
used to replace grant funds previously obligated to the im-
pacted areas: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, up to $500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of activities responding to such consequences: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
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to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 
and Program Support’’, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, for grants, contracts and coop-
erative agreements for behavioral health treatment, crisis 
counseling, and other related helplines, and for other simi-
lar programs to provide support to individuals impacted 
by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 
Super Typhoon Yutu, wildfires occurring in 2018, and tor-
nadoes and floods occurring in calendar year 2019 in 
those areas for which a major disaster or emergency has 
been declared under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, That obligations 
incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act may be charged to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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