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$149,848,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $139,148,000 shall be available for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$10,700,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $8,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
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necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,762,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
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this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,480,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,099,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $57,000,000, of which $1,215,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019, for the Museum’s 
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equipment replacement program; and of which $2,500,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURES, DISCLOSURE OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AND OPERATING PLANS 
SEC. 403. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of 
this section: 
(1) ‘‘Reprogramming’’ includes: 
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(A) The reallocation of funds from one 
program, project, or activity, to another within 
any appropriation funded in this Act. 
(B) For construction, land acquisition, and 
forest legacy accounts, the reallocation of funds, 
including unobligated balances, from one con-
struction, land acquisition, or forest legacy 
project to another such project. 
(C) An operating plan or any later modi-
fication thereof submitted under subsection (i) 
of this section. 
(D) Proposed reorganizations even without 
a change in funding, including any change to 
the organization table presented in the budget 
justification. 
(2) ‘‘Program’’, ‘‘project’’, and ‘‘activity’’ con-
stitute the delineation below the appropriation ac-
count level of any agency funded by this Act, as 
shown in any table of the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(3) ‘‘Funds’’ includes funds provided in this Act 
or previous appropriations Acts that are available 
for obligation in the current fiscal year and any 
amounts available for obligation in the current fiscal 
year derived from collections, fees or charges. 
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(4) ‘‘Assessment’’ is any overhead charge, de-
duction, reserve or holdback, including working cap-
ital fund and cost pool charges, from any program, 
project, and activity to support government-wide, de-
partmental, agency, or bureau administrative func-
tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations 
or to provide for contingencies. 
(b) GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR REPROGRAMMING.— 
(1) A reprogramming should be made only 
when an unforeseen situation arises, and then only 
if postponement of the project or the activity until 
the next appropriation year would result in actual 
loss or damage. 
(2) Any project or activity, which may be de-
ferred through reprogramming, shall not later be ac-
complished by means of further reprogramming, but 
instead, funds should again be sought for the de-
ferred project or activity through the regular appro-
priations process. 
(3) Except under the most urgent situations, 
reprogramming should not be employed to initiate 
new programs or increase allocations specifically de-
nied or limited by the Congress, or to decrease allo-
cations specifically increased by the Congress. 
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(4) New programs requested in the budget 
should not be initiated before enactment of the bill 
without notification to, and the approval of, the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate (hereinafter ‘‘the Com-
mittees’’). This restriction applies to all such actions 
regardless of whether a formal reprogramming of 
funds is required to begin the program. 
(c) CRITERIA.— 
(1) A reprogramming shall be submitted to the 
Committees in writing 30 days prior to implementa-
tion if— 
(A) it exceeds $1,000,000 individually or 
cumulatively or results in a cumulative increase 
or decrease of more than 10 percent of funds 
annually in any affected program, project, or 
activity; 
(B) it is a reorganization; or 
(C) it is an operating plan or any later 
modification thereof as submitted under sub-
section (i) of this section: Provided, That such 
plan or modification thereof also meets any of 
the other criteria under subsection (c)(1) of this 
section. 
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(2) No funds shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming until 30 days 
after the receipt by the Committees of a notice of 
proposed reprogramming. 
(3) A reprogramming shall be considered ap-
proved 30 days after receipt if the Committees have 
posed no objection. However, agencies will be ex-
pected to extend the approval deadline if specifically 
requested by either Committee. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) With regard to the tribal priority allocations 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, there is no restric-
tion on reprogrammings among these programs. 
However, 
the 
Bureau 
shall 
report 
on 
all 
reprogrammings made during a given fiscal year no 
later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year. 
(2) With regard to the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ac-
count, the Committees do not require reprogram-
ming requests associated with States and Tribes 
Partnership Grants. 
(e) ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) No assessment shall be levied or collected 
unless such assessment and the basis therefor are 
presented to the Committees in the budget justifica-
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tions and are subsequently approved by the Commit-
tees. The explanation for any assessment in the 
budget justification shall show the amount of the as-
sessment, the activities assessed, and the purpose of 
the funds. 
(2) Proposed changes to estimated assessments, 
as such estimates were presented in annual budget 
justifications, shall be submitted through the re-
programming process set out in this section and 
shall be subject to the same dollar and reporting cri-
teria as any other reprogramming. 
(3) Each department, agency or bureau that 
utilizes assessments shall submit an annual report to 
the Committees which provides details on the use of 
all funds assessed from any other program, project, 
or activity. 
(4) In no case shall contingency funds or as-
sessments be used to finance agency actions dis-
approved or limited by the Congress. 
(f) LAND ACQUISITIONS, EASEMENTS, AND FOREST 
LEGACY.—Lands shall not be acquired for more than the 
approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) 
of Public Law 91–646), unless such acquisitions are sub-
mitted to the Committees for approval in compliance with 
these procedures. 
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(g) LAND EXCHANGES.—Land exchanges, wherein 
the estimated value of the Federal lands to be exchanged 
is greater than $1,000,000, shall not be consummated 
until the Committees have had a 30-day period in which 
to examine the proposed exchange. In addition, the Com-
mittees shall be provided advance notification of exchanges 
valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 
(h) BUDGET STRUCTURE.—The program, project, 
and activity structure for any agency appropriation ac-
count shall not be altered without advance approval of the 
Committees. 
(i) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each department or 
agency funded by this Act shall submit an operating plan 
to the Committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming for the current fiscal year. The oper-
ating plan shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by the Congress, enacted 
rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation by program, project, and activity for the re-
spective appropriation; and 
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(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2018, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
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