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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business 
Act (Public Law 83–163), $100,650,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2020 com-
mitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2020 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not 
exceed $30,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing 
term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit 
provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2020 commitments for loans authorized under 
subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not ex-
ceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2020 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
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Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2020, guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$155,150,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $150,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000), to be available until expended, 
of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General 
of the Small Business Administration for audits and re-
views of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for the Office of Inspector General; and of which 
$8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses for the 
direct loan program, which may be transferred 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. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Information Technology System Moderniza-
tion and Working Capital Fund’’ (IT WCF), as authorized 
by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such 
Act, upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF 
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under this section shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2023. 
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, $56,711,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000): Provided, That mail for overseas 
voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: 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: Provided further, 
That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall con-
tinue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Spe-
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cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized 
under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241): 
Provided further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, 
and shall continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Alz-
heimer’s Semipostal Stamp issued under section 416 of 
title 39, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
previous proviso shall not be construed to limit or other-
wise prevent the Postal Service from issuing for sale any 
other semipostal stamp pursuant to such section. 
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, $252,000,000, 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, 
$53,550,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 
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judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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. 
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 
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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 
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 2020, 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-
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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 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, or increases the number of full-time employee 
equivalents by 10 percent or more; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $1,000,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, or reduces the number of full-time 
employee equivalents by 10 percent or more; (7) relocates 
an office or employees; or (8) creates, reorganizes, or re-
structures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, com-
mission, agency, administration, or department different 
from the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate or the tables in the report accompanying 
this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 60 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating 
to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are 
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notified in writing 30 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming, and approval is received from the Committees: Pro-
vided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 
That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 
for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 
equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 
to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 
each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and activity as 
detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 
budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 
for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 
for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 
discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
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or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2021, 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 
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exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards 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. 
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SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
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 
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to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
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. 
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(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the 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 
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Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to 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. 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 
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Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 621. 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. 622. (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-
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. 
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SEC. 623. 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. 624. 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. 625. 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-
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. 626. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
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