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SEC. 921. ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO JOBS FOR LOAN 
ORIGINATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1518. EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION OF LOAN ORIGINA-
TORS. 
‘‘(a) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ORIGINATE LOANS 
FOR LOAN ORIGINATORS MOVING FROM A DEPOSITORY 
INSTITUTION TO A NON-DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon employment by a 
State-licensed mortgage company, an individual who 
is a registered loan originator shall be deemed to 
have temporary authority to act as a loan originator 
in an application State for the period described in 
paragraph (2) if the individual— 
‘‘(A) has not had an application for a loan 
originator license denied, or had such a license 
revoked or suspended in any governmental ju-
risdiction; 
‘‘(B) has not been subject to or served 
with a cease and desist order in any govern-
mental jurisdiction or as described in section 
1514(c);
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‘‘(C) has not been convicted of a felony 
that would preclude licensure under the law of 
the application State; 
‘‘(D) has submitted an application to be a 
State-licensed loan originator in the application 
State; and 
‘‘(E) was registered in the Nationwide 
Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a 
loan originator during the 12-month period pre-
ceding the date of submission of the informa-
tion required under section 1505(a). 
‘‘(2) PERIOD.—The period described in para-
graph (1) shall begin on the date that the individual 
submits the information required under section 
1505(a) and shall end on the earliest of— 
‘‘(A) the date that the individual with-
draws the application to be a State-licensed 
loan originator in the application State; 
‘‘(B) the date that the application State 
denies, or issues a notice of intent to deny, the 
application; 
‘‘(C) the date that the application State 
grants a State license; or 
‘‘(D) the date that is 120 days after the 
date on which the individual submits the appli-
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cation, if the application is listed on the Nation-
wide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry 
as incomplete. 
‘‘(b) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ORIGINATE LOANS 
FOR
STATE-LICENSED
LOAN
ORIGINATORS
MOVING 
INTERSTATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State-licensed loan origi-
nator shall be deemed to have temporary authority 
to act as a loan originator in an application State 
for the period described in paragraph (2) if the 
State-licensed loan originator— 
‘‘(A) meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of subsection 
(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) is employed by a State-licensed mort-
gage company in the application State; and 
‘‘(C) was licensed in a State that is not the 
application State during the 30-day period pre-
ceding the date of submission of the informa-
tion required under section 1505(a) in connec-
tion with the application submitted to the appli-
cation State. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD.—The period described in para-
graph (1) shall begin on the date that the State-li-
censed loan originator submits the information re-
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quired under section 1505(a) in connection with the 
application submitted to the application State and 
end on the earliest of— 
‘‘(A) the date that the State-licensed loan 
originator withdraws the application to be a 
State-licensed loan originator in the application 
State; 
‘‘(B) the date that the application State 
denies, or issues a notice of intent to deny, the 
application; 
‘‘(C) the date that the application State 
grants a State license; or 
‘‘(D) the date that is 120 days after the 
date on which the State-licensed loan originator 
submits the application, if the application is 
listed on the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing 
System and Registry as incomplete. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) Any person employing an individual who is 
deemed to have temporary authority to act as a loan 
originator in an application State pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to the requirements of this 
title and to applicable State law to the same extent 
as if such individual was a State-licensed loan origi-
nator licensed by the application State.
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‘‘(2) Any individual who is deemed to have tem-
porary authority to act as a loan originator in an ap-
plication State pursuant to this section and who en-
gages in residential mortgage loan origination activi-
ties shall be subject to the requirements of this title 
and to applicable State law to the same extent as if 
such individual was a State-licensed loan originator 
licensed by the application State. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) STATE-LICENSED MORTGAGE COMPANY.— 
The term ‘State-licensed mortgage company’ means 
an entity licensed or registered under the law of any 
State to engage in residential mortgage loan origina-
tion and processing activities. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION STATE.—The term ‘applica-
tion State’ means a State in which a registered loan 
originator or a State-licensed loan originator seeks 
to be licensed.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in section 1(b) of the Housing and Economic 
Recovery Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 4501 note) is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1517 the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 1518. Employment transition of loan originators.’’.
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(c) AMENDMENT TO CIVIL LIABILITY OF THE BU-
REAU
AND OTHER OFFICIALS.—Section 1513 of the 
S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 
5112) is amended by striking ‘‘are loan originators or are 
applying for licensing or registration as loan originators’’ 
and inserting ‘‘are applying for licensing or registration 
using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and 
Registry’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 922. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN DATA COLLECTION RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 704B of the Equal Credit Op-
portunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c–2) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 701(b) of 
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5).
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for title VII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 704B. 
SEC. 923. DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS SUBJECT TO MAINTE-
NANCE OF RECORDS AND DISCLOSURE RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Home Mort-
gage Disclosure Act of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2803) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as paragraph 
(2) and adjusting the margin appropriately; and 
(2) by inserting before such paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(i) EXEMPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a deposi-
tory institution, the requirements of subsections (a) 
and (b) shall not apply— 
‘‘(A) with respect to closed-end mortgage 
loans, if such depository institution originated 
less than 100 closed-end mortgage loans in each 
of the two preceding calendar years; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to open-end lines of 
credit, if such depository institution originated 
less than 200 open-end lines of credit in each 
of the two preceding calendar years.’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 304(i)(2) of 
such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 303(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
303(3)(A)’’. 
SEC. 924. RATE OF INTEREST AFTER TRANSFER OF LOAN. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE REVISED STATUTES.—Sec-
tion 5197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(12 U.S.C. 85) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘A loan that is valid when made as 
to its maximum rate of interest in accordance with this 
section shall remain valid with respect to such rate regard-
less of whether the loan is subsequently sold, assigned, or 
otherwise transferred to a third party, and may be en-
forced by such third party notwithstanding any State law 
to the contrary.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO
THE HOME OWNERS’ LOAN 
ACT.—Section 4(g)(1) of the Home Owners’ Loan Act (12 
U.S.C. 1463(g)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘A loan that is valid when made 
as to its maximum rate of interest in accordance with this 
subsection shall remain valid with respect to such rate re-
gardless of whether the loan is subsequently sold, as-
signed, or otherwise transferred to a third party, and may 
be enforced by such third party notwithstanding any State 
law to the contrary.’’.
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(c) AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 
ACT.—Section 205(g)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1785(g)(1)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘A loan that is valid when 
made as to its maximum rate of interest in accordance 
with this subsection shall remain valid with respect to such 
rate regardless of whether the loan is subsequently sold, 
assigned, or otherwise transferred to a third party, and 
may be enforced by such third party notwithstanding any 
State law to the contrary.’’. 
(d) AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSUR-
ANCE ACT.—Section 27(a) of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831d(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence: ‘‘A loan that is valid 
when made as to its maximum rate of interest in accord-
ance with this section shall remain valid with respect to 
such rate regardless of whether the loan is subsequently 
sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred to a third party, 
and may be enforced by such third party notwithstanding 
any State law to the contrary.’’. 
SEC. 925. BRINGING THE BUREAU INTO THE REGULAR AP-
PROPRIATIONS PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1017 of the Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497) is 
amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending the heading of such sub-
section to read as follows: ‘‘BUDGET, FINAN-
CIAL MANAGEMENT, AND AUDIT.—’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(D) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) 
of paragraph (1), as so redesignated; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Bu-
reau for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 an 
amount equal to the aggregate amount of funds 
transferred by the Board of Governors to the Bu-
reau during fiscal year 2015.’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (2). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2018. 
(2) IMMEDIATE
REPEAL
OF
REVIEWABILITY 
PROVISION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), sub-
paragraph (C) of section 1017(a)(2) of the Con-
sumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 
5497(a)(2)) is repealed effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 926. ELIMINATION OF SUPERVISION AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Financial Protec-
tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1002(15)(B)(ii)(I), by striking 
‘‘examination or’’; 
(2) in section 1013(a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘com-
pliance examiners, compliance supervision analysts,’’; 
(3) in section 1016(c)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘super-
visory and’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘orders, 
and supervisory actions’’ and inserting ‘‘and or-
ders’’; 
(4) in section 1024— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SUPER-
VISION
OF’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY 
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN’’;
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(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘as defined by rule in accordance with 
paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘as of the 
date of the enactment of the Financial 
CHOICE Act of 2017’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(iv) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
(2), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘1025(a) or’’; 
(C) by striking subsection (b); 
(D) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
(e), and (f) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), 
respectively; 
(E) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND 
EXAMINATION AUTHORITY’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, conduct examina-
tions,’’ each place such term appears; 
(F) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘rulemaking and en-
forcement, but not supervisory,’’ before 
‘‘authority of the Bureau’’; and
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sumer financial law, the Bureau shall have pri-
mary authority to enforce that Federal con-
sumer financial law with respect to an insured 
depository institution or insured credit union, if 
such depository institution or credit union has 
total assets of more than $10,000,000,000, and 
any affiliate thereof. 
‘‘(B) REFERRAL.—Any Federal agency, 
other than the Federal Trade Commission, that 
is authorized to enforce a Federal consumer fi-
nancial law may recommend, in writing, to the 
Bureau that the Bureau initiate an enforcement 
proceeding with respect to a person described in 
subparagraph (A), as the Bureau is authorized 
to do by that Federal consumer financial law. 
‘‘(C) BACKUP
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—If the Bureau does not, before the end of 
the 120-day period beginning on the date on 
which the Bureau receives a recommendation 
under subparagraph (B), initiate an enforce-
ment proceeding, the other agency referred to 
in subparagraph (B) may initiate an enforce-
ment proceeding.’’; and 
(F) in subsection (d), as so redesignated—
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(i) by inserting after ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or to any person described 
under subsection (c)(3)(A),’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 1025’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘When conducting 
any examination or requiring any report 
from a service provider subject to this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘In carrying out 
any authority pursuant to this subsection 
with respect to a service provider’’; 
(7) in section 1027— 
(A) by striking ‘‘supervisory,’’ each place 
such term appears; 
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘su-
pervisory or’’; and 
(C) in subsection (p), by striking ‘‘section 
1024(c)(1)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1024(b)(1)’’; 
(8) in section 1034— 
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (b); 
(9) in section 1053—
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(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘sections 1024, 1025, and 1026’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 1024 and 1026’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii)(II), by 
striking ‘‘, by examination or otherwise,’’; 
(10) in section 1054(a), by striking ‘‘sections 
1024, 1025, and 1026’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 
1024 and 1026’’; 
(11) in section 1061— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end and inserting a period; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘means—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(A) all’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘means all’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) EXAMINATION.—A transferor agency that 
is a prudential regulator shall have exclusive author-
ity (relative to the Bureau) to require reports from 
and conduct examinations for compliance with Fed-
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eral consumer financial laws with respect to a person 
described in section 1026(a).’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking subparagraph (A); 
and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), respectively; 
(12) in section 1063, by striking ‘‘sections 
1024, 1025, and 1026’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘sections 1024 and 1026’’; and 
(13) in section 1067, by striking subsection (e). 
(b) HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1975.— 
Section 305(d) of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 
1975 (12 U.S.C. 2804(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘exam-
ine and’’. 
(c) OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009.—Section 
626 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (15 U.S.C. 
1638 note) is repealed. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act is amended— 
(1) in the item relating to section 1024, by 
striking ‘‘SUPERVISION OF’’ and inserting ‘‘AU-
THORITY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN’’; and
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(2) by striking the item relating to section 
1025. 
SEC. 927. REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SMALL- 
DOLLAR CREDIT. 
The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 
U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1024(a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(2) in section 1027, by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(t) NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SMALL-DOLLAR 
CREDIT.—The Bureau may not exercise any rulemaking, 
enforcement, or other authority with respect to payday 
loans, vehicle title loans, or other similar loans.’’. 
SEC. 928. REMOVAL OF BUREAU UDAAP AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Financial Protec-
tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1021(b)(2), by striking ‘‘from un-
fair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices and’’; 
(2) by striking section 1031; 
(3) in section 1036(a)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘provider’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘to offer’’ and inserting 
‘‘provider to offer’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
at the end and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(4) in section 1061(b)(5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(i) In general.—’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking clause (ii); 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(5) in section 1076(b)(2), by striking ‘‘deter-
mine—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B) provide 
for’’ and inserting ‘‘determine, provide for’’. 
(b) TELEMARKETING AND CONSUMER FRAUD AND 
ABUSE PREVENTION ACT.—Section 3(c) of the Tele-
marketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 
Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 
end and inserting a period;
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(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(1) shall’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) shall’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 1031. 
SEC. 929. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT ARBITRA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1028 of the Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5518) is hereby 
repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
under section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 1028. 
SEC. 930. EXEMPTION FROM RISK RETENTION REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15G of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o–11) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end;
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(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘asset-backed security’ refers only 
to an asset-backed security that is comprised wholly 
of residential mortgages.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(2) RESIDENTIAL MORT-
GAGES.—’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (h) and redesignating 
subsection (i) as subsection (h); and 
(4) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘effective—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(1) with respect to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘effective with respect to’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 941 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec-
tion Act is amended by striking subsection (c).
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SEC. 931. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING A SINGLE BALLOT. 
Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78n) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING A SINGLE BAL-
LOT.—The Commission may not require that a solicitation 
of a proxy, consent, or authorization to vote a security 
of an issuer in an election of members of the board of 
directors of the issuer be made using a single ballot or 
card that lists both individuals nominated by (or on behalf 
of) the issuer and individuals nominated by (or on behalf 
of) other proponents and permits the person granting the 
proxy, consent, or authorization to select from among indi-
viduals in both groups.’’. 
SEC. 932. REPEAL OF THE VOLCKER RULE AND OTHER 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sections of title VI 
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act are repealed, and the provisions of law 
amended or repealed by such sections are restored or re-
vived as if such sections had not been enacted: 
(1) Section 618. 
(2) Section 619. 
(3) Section 620. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
under section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
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and Consumer Protection Act is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 618, 619, and 620. 
TITLE X—FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTION BANKRUPTCY 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Institution 
Bankruptcy Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COVERED FI-
NANCIAL CORPORATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 101 of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting the following after 
paragraph (9): 
‘‘(9A) The term ‘covered financial corporation’ 
means any corporation incorporated or organized 
under any Federal or State law, other than a stock-
broker, a commodity broker, or an entity of the kind 
specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 109(b), 
that is— 
‘‘(A) a bank holding company, as defined 
in section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company 
Act of 1956; or 
‘‘(B) a corporation that exists for the pri-
mary purpose of owning, controlling and financ-
ing its subsidiaries, that has total consolidated 
assets of $50,000,000,000 or greater, and for
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which, in its most recently completed fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(i) annual gross revenues derived by 
the corporation and all of its subsidiaries 
from activities that are financial in nature 
(as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank 
Holding Company Act of 1956) and, if ap-
plicable, from the ownership or control of 
one or more insured depository institu-
tions, represents 85 percent or more of the 
consolidated annual gross revenues of the 
corporation; or 
‘‘(ii) the consolidated assets of the 
corporation and all of its subsidiaries re-
lated to activities that are financial in na-
ture (as defined in section 4(k) of the 
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956) and, 
if applicable, related to the ownership or 
control of one or more insured depository 
institutions, represents 85 percent or more 
of the consolidated assets of the corpora-
tion.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTERS.—Section 103 of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
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‘‘(l) Subchapter V of chapter 11 of this title applies 
only in a case under chapter 11 concerning a covered fi-
nancial corporation.’’. 
(c) WHO MAY BE A DEBTOR.—Section 109 of title 
11, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a covered financial corporation.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘an unin-
sured State member bank’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘a corpora-
tion’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, or a covered financial 
corporation’’ after ‘‘Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991’’. 
(d) CONVERSION TO CHAPTER 7.—Section 1112 of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
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‘‘(g) Notwithstanding section 109(b), the court may 
convert a case under subchapter V to a case under chapter 
7 if— 
‘‘(1) a transfer approved under section 1185 
has been consummated; 
‘‘(2) the court has ordered the appointment of 
a special trustee under section 1186; and 
‘‘(3) the court finds, after notice and a hearing, 
that conversion is in the best interest of the credi-
tors and the estate.’’. 
(e)(1) Section 726(a)(1) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘first,’’ the following: 
‘‘in payment of any unpaid fees, costs, and expenses of 
a special trustee appointed under section 1186, and then’’. 
(2) Section 1129(a) of title 11, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(17) In a case under subchapter V, all payable 
fees, costs, and expenses of the special trustee have 
been paid or the plan provides for the payment of 
all such fees, costs, and expenses on the effective 
date of the plan. 
‘‘(18) In a case under subchapter V, confirma-
tion of the plan is not likely to cause serious adverse 
effects on financial stability in the United States.’’.
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(f) Section 322(b)(2) of title 11, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘In cases 
under subchapter V, the United States trustee shall rec-
ommend to the court, and in all other cases, the’’. 
SEC. 3. LIQUIDATION, REORGANIZATION, OR RECAPITAL-
IZATION OF A COVERED FINANCIAL COR-
PORATION. 
Chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—LIQUIDATION, REORGANIZA-
TION, OR RECAPITALIZATION OF A COV-
ERED FINANCIAL CORPORATION 
‘‘§ 1181. Inapplicability of other sections 
‘‘Sections 303 and 321(c) do not apply in a case 
under this subchapter concerning a covered financial cor-
poration. Section 365 does not apply to a transfer under 
section 1185, 1187, or 1188. 
‘‘§ 1182. Definitions for this subchapter 
‘‘In this subchapter, the following definitions shall 
apply: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Board’ means the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘bridge company’ means a newly 
formed corporation to which property of the estate 
may be transferred under section 1185(a) and the
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equity securities of which may be transferred to a 
special trustee under section 1186(a). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘capital structure debt’ means all 
unsecured debt of the debtor for borrowed money for 
which the debtor is the primary obligor, other than 
a qualified financial contract and other than debt se-
cured by a lien on property of the estate that is to 
be transferred to a bridge company pursuant to an 
order of the court under section 1185(a). 
‘‘(4) The term ‘contractual right’ means a con-
tractual right of a kind defined in section 555, 556, 
559, 560, or 561. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘qualified financial contract’ 
means any contract of a kind defined in paragraph 
(25), (38A), (47), or (53B) of section 101, section 
741(7), or paragraph (4), (5), (11), or (13) of sec-
tion 761. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘special trustee’ means the trust-
ee of a trust formed under section 1186(a)(1). 
‘‘§ 1183. Commencement of a case concerning a cov-
ered financial corporation 
‘‘(a) A case under this subchapter concerning a cov-
ered financial corporation may be commenced by the filing 
of a petition with the court by the debtor under section 
301 only if the debtor states to the best of its knowledge
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under penalty of perjury in the petition that it is a covered 
financial corporation. 
‘‘(b) The commencement of a case under subsection 
(a) constitutes an order for relief under this subchapter. 
‘‘(c) The members of the board of directors (or body 
performing similar functions) of a covered financial cor-
poration shall have no liability to shareholders, creditors, 
or other parties in interest for a good faith filing of a peti-
tion to commence a case under this subchapter, or for any 
reasonable action taken in good faith in contemplation of 
such a petition or a transfer under section 1185 or section 
1186, whether prior to or after commencement of the case. 
‘‘(d) Counsel to the debtor shall provide, to the great-
est extent practicable without disclosing the identity of the 
potential debtor, sufficient confidential notice to the chief 
judge of the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the 
district in which such counsel intends to file a petition to 
commence a case under this subchapter regarding the po-
tential commencement of such case. The chief judge of 
such court shall randomly assign to preside over such case 
a bankruptcy judge selected from among the bankruptcy 
judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United 
States under section 298 of title 28.
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‘‘§ 1184. Regulators 
‘‘The Board, the Securities Exchange Commission, 
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the De-
partment of the Treasury, the Commodity Futures Trad-
ing Commission, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration may raise and may appear and be heard on any 
issue in any case or proceeding under this subchapter. 
‘‘§ 1185. Special transfer of property of the estate 
‘‘(a) On request of the trustee, and after notice and 
a hearing that shall occur not less than 24 hours after 
the order for relief, the court may order a transfer under 
this section of property of the estate, and the assignment 
of executory contracts, unexpired leases, and qualified fi-
nancial contracts of the debtor, to a bridge company. 
Upon the entry of an order approving such transfer, any 
property transferred, and any executory contracts, unex-
pired leases, and qualified financial contracts assigned 
under such order shall no longer be property of the estate. 
Except as provided under this section, the provisions of 
section 363 shall apply to a transfer and assignment under 
this section. 
‘‘(b) Unless the court orders otherwise, notice of a 
request for an order under subsection (a) shall consist of 
electronic or telephonic notice of not less than 24 hours 
to— 
‘‘(1) the debtor;
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‘‘(2) the holders of the 20 largest secured 
claims against the debtor; 
‘‘(3) the holders of the 20 largest unsecured 
claims against the debtor; 
‘‘(4) counterparties to any debt, executory con-
tract, unexpired lease, and qualified financial con-
tract requested to be transferred under this section; 
‘‘(5) the Board; 
‘‘(6) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
tion; 
‘‘(7) the Secretary of the Treasury and the Of-
fice of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Treas-
ury; 
‘‘(8) the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion; 
‘‘(9) the Securities and Exchange Commission; 
‘‘(10) the United States trustee or bankruptcy 
administrator; and 
‘‘(11) each primary financial regulatory agency, 
as defined in section 2(12) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with 
respect to any affiliate the equity securities of which 
are proposed to be transferred under this section.
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‘‘(c) The court may not order a transfer under this 
section unless the court determines, based upon a prepon-
derance of the evidence, that— 
‘‘(1) the transfer under this section is necessary 
to prevent serious adverse effects on financial sta-
bility in the United States; 
‘‘(2) the transfer does not provide for the as-
sumption of any capital structure debt by the bridge 
company; 
‘‘(3) the transfer does not provide for the trans-
fer to the bridge company of any property of the es-
tate that is subject to a lien securing a debt, execu-
tory contract, unexpired lease or agreement (includ-
ing a qualified financial contract) of the debtor un-
less— 
‘‘(A)(i) the bridge company assumes such 
debt, executory contract, unexpired lease or 
agreement (including a qualified financial con-
tract), including any claims arising in respect 
thereof that would not be allowed secured 
claims under section 506(a)(1) and after giving 
effect to such transfer, such property remains 
subject to the lien securing such debt, executory 
contract, unexpired lease or agreement (includ-
ing a qualified financial contract); and
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‘‘(ii) the court has determined that as-
sumption of such debt, executory contract, un-
expired lease or agreement (including a quali-
fied financial contract) by the bridge company 
is in the best interests of the estate; or 
‘‘(B) such property is being transferred to 
the bridge company in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 363; 
‘‘(4) the transfer does not provide for the as-
sumption by the bridge company of any debt, execu-
tory contract, unexpired lease or agreement (includ-
ing a qualified financial contract) of the debtor se-
cured by a lien on property of the estate unless the 
transfer provides for such property to be transferred 
to the bridge company in accordance with paragraph 
(3)(A) of this subsection; 
‘‘(5) the transfer does not provide for the trans-
fer of the equity of the debtor; 
‘‘(6) the trustee has demonstrated that the 
bridge company is not likely to fail to meet the obli-
gations of any debt, executory contract, qualified fi-
nancial contract, or unexpired lease assumed and as-
signed to the bridge company; 
‘‘(7) the transfer provides for the transfer to a 
special trustee all of the equity securities in the
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bridge company and appointment of a special trustee 
in accordance with section 1186; 
‘‘(8) after giving effect to the transfer, ade-
quate provision has been made for the fees, costs, 
and expenses of the estate and special trustee; and 
‘‘(9) the bridge company will have governing 
documents, and initial directors and senior officers, 
that are in the best interest of creditors and the es-
tate. 
‘‘(d) Immediately before a transfer under this section, 
the bridge company that is the recipient of the transfer 
shall— 
‘‘(1) not have any property, executory con-
tracts, unexpired leases, qualified financial contracts, 
or debts, other than any property acquired or execu-
tory contracts, unexpired leases, or debts assumed 
when acting as a transferee of a transfer under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) have equity securities that are property of 
the estate, which may be sold or distributed in ac-
cordance with this title. 
‘‘§ 1186. Special trustee 
‘‘(a)(1) An order approving a transfer under section 
1185 shall require the trustee to transfer to a qualified 
and independent special trustee, who is appointed by the
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court, all of the equity securities in the bridge company 
that is the recipient of a transfer under section 1185 to 
hold in trust for the sole benefit of the estate, subject to 
satisfaction of the special trustee’s fees, costs, and ex-
penses. The trust of which the special trustee is the trust-
ee shall be a newly formed trust governed by a trust agree-
ment approved by the court as in the best interests of the 
estate, and shall exist for the sole purpose of holding and 
administering, and shall be permitted to dispose of, the 
equity securities of the bridge company in accordance with 
the trust agreement. 
‘‘(2) In connection with the hearing to approve a 
transfer under section 1185, the trustee shall confirm to 
the court that the Board has been consulted regarding the 
identity of the proposed special trustee and advise the 
court of the results of such consultation. 
‘‘(b) The trust agreement governing the trust shall 
provide— 
‘‘(1) for the payment of the fees, costs, ex-
penses, and indemnities of the special trustee from 
the assets of the debtor’s estate; 
‘‘(2) that the special trustee provide— 
‘‘(A) quarterly reporting to the estate, 
which shall be filed with the court; and
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‘‘(B) information about the bridge com-
pany reasonably requested by a party in inter-
est to prepare a disclosure statement for a plan 
providing for distribution of any securities of 
the bridge company if such information is nec-
essary to prepare such disclosure statement; 
‘‘(3) that for as long as the equity securities of 
the bridge company are held by the trust, the special 
trustee shall file a notice with the court in connec-
tion with— 
‘‘(A) any change in a director or senior of-
ficer of the bridge company; 
‘‘(B) any modification to the governing 
documents of the bridge company; and 
‘‘(C) any material corporate action of the 
bridge company, including— 
‘‘(i) recapitalization; 
‘‘(ii) a material borrowing; 
‘‘(iii) termination of an intercompany 
debt or guarantee; 
‘‘(iv) a transfer of a substantial por-
tion of the assets of the bridge company; 
or 
‘‘(v) the issuance or sale of any secu-
rities of the bridge company;
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‘‘(4) that any sale of any equity securities of 
the bridge company shall not be consummated until 
the special trustee consults with the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation and the Board regarding 
such sale and discloses the results of such consulta-
tion with the court; 
‘‘(5) that, subject to reserves for payments per-
mitted under paragraph (1) provided for in the trust 
agreement, the proceeds of the sale of any equity se-
curities of the bridge company by the special trustee 
be held in trust for the benefit of or transferred to 
the estate; 
‘‘(6) the process and guidelines for the replace-
ment of the special trustee; and 
‘‘(7) that the property held in trust by the spe-
cial trustee is subject to distribution in accordance 
with subsection (c). 
‘‘(c)(1) The special trustee shall distribute the assets 
held in trust— 
‘‘(A) if the court confirms a plan in the case, 
in accordance with the plan on the effective date of 
the plan; or 
‘‘(B) if the case is converted to a case under 
chapter 7, as ordered by the court.
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‘‘(2) As soon as practicable after a final distribution 
under paragraph (1), the office of the special trustee shall 
terminate, except as may be necessary to wind up and con-
clude the business and financial affairs of the trust. 
‘‘(d) After a transfer to the special trustee under this 
section, the special trustee shall be subject only to applica-
ble nonbankruptcy law, and the actions and conduct of 
the special trustee shall no longer be subject to approval 
by the court in the case under this subchapter. 
‘‘§ 1187. Temporary and supplemental automatic stay; 
assumed debt 
‘‘(a)(1) A petition filed under section 1183 operates 
as a stay, applicable to all entities, of the termination, ac-
celeration, or modification of any debt, contract, lease, or 
agreement of the kind described in paragraph (2), or of 
any right or obligation under any such debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement, solely because of— 
‘‘(A) a default by the debtor under any such 
debt, contract, lease, or agreement; or 
‘‘(B) a provision in such debt, contract, lease, 
or agreement, or in applicable nonbankruptcy law, 
that is conditioned on— 
‘‘(i) the insolvency or financial condition of 
the debtor at any time before the closing of the 
case;
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‘‘(ii) the commencement of a case under 
this title concerning the debtor; 
‘‘(iii) the appointment of or taking posses-
sion by a trustee in a case under this title con-
cerning the debtor or by a custodian before the 
commencement of the case; or 
‘‘(iv) a credit rating agency rating, or ab-
sence or withdrawal of a credit rating agency 
rating— 
‘‘(I) of the debtor at any time after 
the commencement of the case; 
‘‘(II) of an affiliate during the period 
from the commencement of the case until 
48 hours after such order is entered; 
‘‘(III) of the bridge company while the 
trustee or the special trustee is a direct or 
indirect beneficial holder of more than 50 
percent of the equity securities of— 
‘‘(aa) the bridge company; or 
‘‘(bb) the affiliate, if all of the di-
rect or indirect interests in the affil-
iate that are property of the estate 
are transferred under section 1185; or 
‘‘(IV) of an affiliate while the trustee 
or the special trustee is a direct or indirect
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beneficial holder of more than 50 percent 
of the equity securities of— 
‘‘(aa) the bridge company; or 
‘‘(bb) the affiliate, if all of the di-
rect or indirect interests in the affil-
iate that are property of the estate 
are transferred under section 1185. 
‘‘(2) A debt, contract, lease, or agreement described 
in this paragraph is— 
‘‘(A) any debt (other than capital structure 
debt), executory contract, or unexpired lease of the 
debtor (other than a qualified financial contract); 
‘‘(B) any agreement under which the debtor 
issued or is obligated for debt (other than capital 
structure debt); 
‘‘(C) any debt, executory contract, or unexpired 
lease of an affiliate (other than a qualified financial 
contract); or 
‘‘(D) any agreement under which an affiliate 
issued or is obligated for debt. 
‘‘(3) The stay under this subsection terminates— 
‘‘(A) for the benefit of the debtor, upon the ear-
liest of— 
‘‘(i) 48 hours after the commencement of 
the case;
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‘‘(ii) assumption of the debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement by the bridge company 
under an order authorizing a transfer under 
section 1185; 
‘‘(iii) a final order of the court denying the 
request for a transfer under section 1185; or 
‘‘(iv) the time the case is dismissed; and 
‘‘(B) for the benefit of an affiliate, upon the 
earliest of— 
‘‘(i) the entry of an order authorizing a 
transfer under section 1185 in which the direct 
or indirect interests in the affiliate that are 
property of the estate are not transferred under 
section 1185; 
‘‘(ii) a final order by the court denying the 
request for a transfer under section 1185; 
‘‘(iii) 48 hours after the commencement of 
the case if the court has not ordered a transfer 
under section 1185; or 
‘‘(iv) the time the case is dismissed. 
‘‘(4) Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 362 
apply to a stay under this subsection. 
‘‘(b) A debt, executory contract (other than a quali-
fied financial contract), or unexpired lease of the debtor, 
or an agreement under which the debtor has issued or is
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obligated for any debt, may be assumed by a bridge com-
pany in a transfer under section 1185 notwithstanding 
any provision in an agreement or in applicable nonbank-
ruptcy law that— 
‘‘(1) prohibits, restricts, or conditions the as-
signment of the debt, contract, lease, or agreement; 
or 
‘‘(2) accelerates, terminates, or modifies, or 
permits a party other than the debtor to terminate 
or modify, the debt, contract, lease, or agreement on 
account of— 
‘‘(A) the assignment of the debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement; or 
‘‘(B) a change in control of any party to 
the debt, contract, lease, or agreement. 
‘‘(c)(1) A debt, contract, lease, or agreement of the 
kind described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
(a)(2) may not be accelerated, terminated, or modified, 
and any right or obligation under such debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement may not be accelerated, terminated, 
or modified, as to the bridge company solely because of 
a provision in the debt, contract, lease, or agreement or 
in applicable nonbankruptcy law— 
‘‘(A) of the kind described in subsection 
(a)(1)(B) as applied to the debtor;
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‘‘(B) that prohibits, restricts, or conditions the 
assignment of the debt, contract, lease, or agree-
ment; or 
‘‘(C) that accelerates, terminates, or modifies, 
or permits a party other than the debtor to termi-
nate or modify, the debt, contract, lease or agree-
ment on account of— 
‘‘(i) the assignment of the debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement; or 
‘‘(ii) a change in control of any party to 
the debt, contract, lease, or agreement. 
‘‘(2) If there is a default by the debtor under a provi-
sion other than the kind described in paragraph (1) in 
a debt, contract, lease or agreement of the kind described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2), the 
bridge company may assume such debt, contract, lease, 
or agreement only if the bridge company— 
‘‘(A) shall cure the default; 
‘‘(B) compensates, or provides adequate assur-
ance in connection with a transfer under section 
1185 that the bridge company will promptly com-
pensate, a party other than the debtor to the debt, 
contract, lease, or agreement, for any actual pecu-
niary loss to the party resulting from the default; 
and
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‘‘(C) provides adequate assurance in connection 
with a transfer under section 1185 of future per-
formance under the debt, contract, lease, or agree-
ment, as determined by the court under section 
1185(c)(4). 
‘‘§ 1188. Treatment of qualified financial contracts 
and affiliate contracts 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(7), 
362(b)(17), 362(b)(27), 362(o), 555, 556, 559, 560, and 
561, a petition filed under section 1183 operates as a stay, 
during the period specified in section 1187(a)(3)(A), ap-
plicable to all entities, of the exercise of a contractual 
right— 
‘‘(1) to cause the modification, liquidation, ter-
mination, or acceleration of a qualified financial con-
tract of the debtor or an affiliate; 
‘‘(2) to offset or net out any termination value, 
payment amount, or other transfer obligation arising 
under or in connection with a qualified financial con-
tract of the debtor or an affiliate; or 
‘‘(3) under any security agreement or arrange-
ment or other credit enhancement forming a part of 
or related to a qualified financial contract of the 
debtor or an affiliate.
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‘‘(b)(1) During the period specified in section 
1187(a)(3)(A), the trustee or the affiliate shall perform 
all payment and delivery obligations under such qualified 
financial contract of the debtor or the affiliate, as the case 
may be, that become due after the commencement of the 
case. The stay provided under subsection (a) terminates 
as to a qualified financial contract of the debtor or an 
affiliate immediately upon the failure of the trustee or the 
affiliate, as the case may be, to perform any such obliga-
tion during such period. 
‘‘(2) Any failure by a counterparty to any qualified 
financial contract of the debtor or any affiliate to perform 
any payment or delivery obligation under such qualified 
financial contract, including during the pendency of the 
stay provided under subsection (a), shall constitute a 
breach of such qualified financial contract by the 
counterparty. 
‘‘(c) Subject to the court’s approval, a qualified finan-
cial contract between an entity and the debtor may be as-
signed to or assumed by the bridge company in a transfer 
under, and in accordance with, section 1185 if and only 
if— 
‘‘(1) all qualified financial contracts between 
the entity and the debtor are assigned to and as-
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sumed by the bridge company in the transfer under 
section 1185; 
‘‘(2) all claims of the entity against the debtor 
in respect of any qualified financial contract between 
the entity and the debtor (other than any claim that, 
under the terms of the qualified financial contract, 
is subordinated to the claims of general unsecured 
creditors) are assigned to and assumed by the bridge 
company; 
‘‘(3) all claims of the debtor against the entity 
under any qualified financial contract between the 
entity and the debtor are assigned to and assumed 
by the bridge company; and 
‘‘(4) all property securing or any other credit 
enhancement furnished by the debtor for any quali-
fied financial contract described in paragraph (1) or 
any claim described in paragraph (2) or (3) under 
any qualified financial contract between the entity 
and the debtor is assigned to and assumed by the 
bridge company. 
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any provision of a qualified fi-
nancial contract or of applicable nonbankruptcy law, a 
qualified financial contract of the debtor that is assumed 
or assigned in a transfer under section 1185 may not be 
accelerated, terminated, or modified, after the entry of the
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order approving a transfer under section 1185, and any 
right or obligation under the qualified financial contract 
may not be accelerated, terminated, or modified, after the 
entry of the order approving a transfer under section 1185 
solely because of a condition described in section 
1187(c)(1), other than a condition of the kind specified 
in section 1187(b) that occurs after property of the estate 
no longer includes a direct beneficial interest or an indi-
rect beneficial interest through the special trustee, in more 
than 50 percent of the equity securities of the bridge com-
pany. 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any provision of any agreement 
or in applicable nonbankruptcy law, an agreement of an 
affiliate (including an executory contract, an unexpired 
lease, qualified financial contract, or an agreement under 
which the affiliate issued or is obligated for debt) and any 
right or obligation under such agreement may not be ac-
celerated, terminated, or modified, solely because of a con-
dition described in section 1187(c)(1), other than a condi-
tion of the kind specified in section 1187(b) that occurs 
after the bridge company is no longer a direct or indirect 
beneficial holder of more than 50 percent of the equity 
securities of the affiliate, at any time after the commence-
ment of the case if—
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‘‘(1) all direct or indirect interests in the affil-
iate that are property of the estate are transferred 
under section 1185 to the bridge company within the 
period specified in subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) the bridge company assumes— 
‘‘(A) any guarantee or other credit en-
hancement issued by the debtor relating to the 
agreement of the affiliate; and 
‘‘(B) any obligations in respect of rights of 
setoff, netting arrangement, or debt of the debt-
or that directly arises out of or directly relates 
to the guarantee or credit enhancement; and 
‘‘(3) any property of the estate that directly 
serves as collateral for the guarantee or credit en-
hancement is transferred to the bridge company. 
‘‘§ 1189. Licenses, permits, and registrations 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any otherwise applicable non-
bankruptcy law, if a request is made under section 1185 
for a transfer of property of the estate, any Federal, State, 
or local license, permit, or registration that the debtor or 
an affiliate had immediately before the commencement of 
the case and that is proposed to be transferred under sec-
tion 1185 may not be accelerated, terminated, or modified 
at any time after the request solely on account of—
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‘‘(1) the insolvency or financial condition of the 
debtor at any time before the closing of the case; 
‘‘(2) the commencement of a case under this 
title concerning the debtor; 
‘‘(3) the appointment of or taking possession by 
a trustee in a case under this title concerning the 
debtor or by a custodian before the commencement 
of the case; or 
‘‘(4) a transfer under section 1185. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any otherwise applicable non-
bankruptcy law, any Federal, State, or local license, per-
mit, or registration that the debtor had immediately before 
the commencement of the case that is included in a trans-
fer under section 1185 shall be valid and all rights and 
obligations thereunder shall vest in the bridge company. 
‘‘§ 1190. Exemption from securities laws 
‘‘For purposes of section 1145, a security of the 
bridge company shall be deemed to be a security of a suc-
cessor to the debtor under a plan if the court approves 
the disclosure statement for the plan as providing ade-
quate information (as defined in section 1125(a)) about 
the bridge company and the security. 
‘‘§ 1191. Inapplicability of certain avoiding powers 
‘‘A transfer made or an obligation incurred by the 
debtor to an affiliate prior to or after the commencement
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of the case, including any obligation released by the debtor 
or the estate to or for the benefit of an affiliate, in con-
templation of or in connection with a transfer under sec-
tion 1185 is not avoidable under section 544, 547, 
548(a)(1)(B), or 549, or under any similar nonbankruptcy 
law. 
‘‘§ 1192. Consideration of financial stability 
‘‘The court may consider the effect that any decision 
in connection with this subchapter may have on financial 
stability in the United States.’’. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 13.—Chapter 13 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 298. Judge for a case under subchapter V of chap-
ter 11 of title 11 
‘‘(a)(1) Notwithstanding section 295, the Chief Jus-
tice of the United States shall designate not fewer than 
10 bankruptcy judges to be available to hear a case under 
subchapter V of chapter 11 of title 11. Bankruptcy judges 
may request to be considered by the Chief Justice of the 
United States for such designation. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 155, a case under sub-
chapter V of chapter 11 of title 11 shall be heard under 
section 157 by a bankruptcy judge designated under para-
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graph (1), who shall be randomly assigned to hear such 
case by the chief judge of the court of appeals for the cir-
cuit embracing the district in which the case is pending. 
To the greatest extent practicable, the approvals required 
under section 155 should be obtained. 
‘‘(3) If the bankruptcy judge assigned to hear a case 
under paragraph (2) is not assigned to the district in 
which the case is pending, the bankruptcy judge shall be 
temporarily assigned to the district. 
‘‘(b) A case under subchapter V of chapter 11 of title 
11, and all proceedings in the case, shall take place in 
the district in which the case is pending. 
‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘covered financial cor-
poration’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(9A) of title 11.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1334 OF TITLE 28.— 
Section 1334 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) This section does not grant jurisdiction to the 
district court after a transfer pursuant to an order under 
section 1185 of title 11 of any proceeding related to a spe-
cial trustee appointed, or to a bridge company formed, in 
connection with a case under subchapter V of chapter 11 
of title 11.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) The table of sections of chapter 13 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘298. Judge for a case under subchapter V of chapter 11 of title 11.’’. 
(2) The table of subchapters of chapter 11 of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—LIQUIDATION, REORGANIZATION, OR RECAPITALIZATION OF 
A COVERED FINANCIAL CORPORATION 
‘‘1181. Inapplicability of other sections. 
‘‘1182. Definitions for this subchapter. 
‘‘1183. Commencement of a case concerning a covered financial corporation. 
‘‘1184. Regulators. 
‘‘1185. Special transfer of property of the estate. 
‘‘1186. Special trustee. 
‘‘1187. Temporary and supplemental automatic stay; assumed debt. 
‘‘1188. Treatment of qualified financial contracts and affiliate contracts. 
‘‘1189. Licenses, permits, and registrations. 
‘‘1190. Exemption from securities laws. 
‘‘1191. Inapplicability of certain avoiding powers. 
‘‘1192. Consideration of financial stability.’’. 
TITLE XI 
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 1101. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
consistent with sections 746 and 819, any reference to 
‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of this division. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 1102. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–234. The effect of such
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Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 1103. $0. 
SEC. 1104. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue, complete, 
process, or approve a public-private competition under the 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76. 
SEC. 1105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to authorize a transaction by a U.S. fi-
nancial institution (as defined under section 561.309 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) that is ordinarily 
incident to the export or re-export of a commercial pas-
senger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
SEC. 1106. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Treasury by this division may be used to 
issue a license pursuant to any Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) memo regarding Section 5.1.1 of Annex 
II to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 
2015 (JCPOA), including the January 16, 2016, OFAC 
memo titled, ‘‘Statement of Licensing Policy For Activi-
ties Related to the Export Or Re-Export to Iran of Com-
mercial Passenger Aircraft and Related Parts and Serv-
ices’’ and any other OFAC memo of the same substance.
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SEC. 1107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act (including title IV and title VIII) may be used to carry 
out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amend-
ment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20–261) or to implement 
any rule or regulation promulgated to carry out such Act. 
SEC. 1108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce a 
rule issued pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION 
E—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOME-
LAND 
SECURITY 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$138,997,000 (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000): Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for operations and support, $696,131,000 (reduced 
by $76,400,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), of which $227,516,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for procurement, construction, and improvements,
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$27,755,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for research and development, $2,545,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS 
COORDINATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination 
for operations and support, $252,405,000, of which 
$77,915,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for operations and support, $154,830,000 (in-
creased by $25,600,000): Provided, That not to exceed 
$300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational 
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be ex-
pended at the direction of the Inspector General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Hereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the 
time the President’s budget proposal is submitted pursu-
ant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as author-
ized by section 874 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 454). 
SEC. 102. Hereafter, the Chief Financial Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a monthly budget and staffing 
report that includes total obligations of the Department 
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation 
and program, project, and activity levels, by the source 
year of the appropriation, not later than 30 days after the 
last day of each month. 
SEC. 103. (a) Notwithstanding section 518 of division 
F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public 
Law 114–113), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report not later than October 15, 2018, to the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means
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other than full and open competition during fiscal years 
2017 and 2018. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli-
ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 
results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 
than February 15, 2019. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to success-
ful acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms 
of cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 
of funds available under section 9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 
United States Code (as added by Public Law 102–393) 
from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a 
transfer may be obligated until the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified of the proposed transfers.
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SEC. 106. (a) All official costs associated with the 
use of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland 
Security personnel to support official travel of the Sec-
retary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from 
amounts made available for the Office of the Secretary. 
(b) A travel report of all direct and indirect costs of 
official and nonofficial travel by the Secretary and Deputy 
Secretary by appropriation to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 107. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
a report for fiscal year 2017 on visa overstay data by 
country as required by section 1376 of title 8, United 
States Code: Provided, That the report on visa overstay 
data shall also include— 
(1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat-
egories under the immigration laws, delineated by
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each of the classes and sub-classes of such cat-
egories; and 
(2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for 
each class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant cat-
egories on a per-country basis. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish 
on the Department’s website the metrics developed to 
measure the effectiveness of security between the ports of 
entry, including the methodology and data supporting the 
resulting measures. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 
INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 
by the Department of Homeland Security; at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision 
of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in 
other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian ef-
forts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for
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replacement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, main-
tenance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and un-
manned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals 
for personal services abroad; $11,553,315,000 (reduced by 
$20,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000); of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the col-
lection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 
9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 
9505(c)(3)) 
and 
notwithstanding 
section 
1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $681,441,500 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019; and of which such sums 
as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex-
cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $15,000,000 may be transferred to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs for the maintenance and repair 
of roads on Native American reservations, as required by 
the Border Patrol: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space 
in connection with preclearance operations: Provided fur-
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ther, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards 
of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely 
under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For U.S. Customs and Border Protection for pro-
curement, construction and improvements, in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading by 
the Department of Homeland Security Border Infrastruc-
ture 
Construction 
Appropriations 
Act, 
2018, 
$437,480,000, of which $377,705,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, and of which $59,775,000 
shall remain available until September 30,2022: Provided, 
That such aggregate amount shall be available as follows: 
$8,955,000 for Cross Border Tunnel Threat, $17,438,000 
for Integrated Fixed Towers, $1,600,000 for Mobile Video 
Surveillance 
Systems, 
$20,000,000 
for 
Unattended 
Ground Sensors, $49,738,000 for border road construc-
tion, $33,193,000 for Remote Video Surveillance Systems, 
$109,240,000 for non-intrusive inspection systems, 
$55,530,000 for two multi-role enforcement aircraft, 
$3,300,000 for FAA Next Generation radar systems, 
$7,800,000 for various sensor upgrades, $14,034,000 for 
one medium-lift helicopter, $13,250,000 for Air and Ma-
rine tactical communications, $12,421,000 for two light
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enforcement helicopters, $3,573,000 for coastal intercep-
tors, $1,200,000 for Department of Defense reuse, 
$45,000,000 for the Brown Field Border Patrol Station, 
$14,775,000 for Office of Field Operations Facilities, and 
$26,433,000 for revenue modernization. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 
and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 
improvements 
at 
owned 
and 
leased 
facilities; 
$7,002,043,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000); of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced 
child labor; of which $33,700,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019; of which not less than 
$4,413,244,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and 
removal operations, including transportation of unaccom-
panied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for conducting special operations 
under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of
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1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 
informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund 
or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associ-
ated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 
smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $52,899,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity 
Administration 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$7,082,874,000, of which $1,770,719,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That security serv-
ice fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated
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under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $4,612,874,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $53,314,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for research and development, 
$20,190,000 (increased by $10,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operations and main-
tenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; 
purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor ve-
hicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 
lease of small boats for contingent and emergent require-
ments (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and 
repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total 
of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvement of other
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equipment (at a unit cost of not more than $250,000); 
minor 
shore 
construction 
projects 
not 
exceeding 
$1,000,000 in total cost on any location; payments pursu-
ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 
note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 
$7,163,464,000 (reduced by $5,000,000); of which 
$340,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; of 
which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 
Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,397,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve; 
operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve 
Program; personnel and training costs; and equipment 
and services; $114,875,000.
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for acqui-
sition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids 
to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De-
partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 
Guard), vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto, $1,298,745,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which 
$1,256,655,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2022. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte-
nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 
equipment; $18,641,000 (increased by $5,000,000); to re-
main available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses
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incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re-
lated special compensation, and payments for medical care 
of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 
55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,673,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use for replace-
ment only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of 
motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; 
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, 
lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or 
other property not in Government ownership or control, 
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; con-
duct of and participation in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; conduct of behavioral research in sup-
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port of protective intelligence and operations; payment in 
advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and payment, with-
out regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, 
of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective 
missions, whether at or away from their duty stations; 
$1,893,215,000; of which $33,692,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which $6,000,000 shall 
be for a grant for activities related to investigations of 
missing and exploited children; and of which not less than 
$13,869,000 shall be for activities related to training in 
electronic crimes investigations and forensics: Provided, 
That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance 
and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations 
in counterfeit investigations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$64,030,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $250,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115–31), related to overtime compensation 
limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail-
able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap-
plied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 
Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ shall be 
available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain 
operations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puer-
to Rico in addition to funding provided by 48 U.S.C. 740. 
SEC. 203. Hereafter, no U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection aircraft or other related equipment, with the 
exception of aircraft that are one of a kind and have been 
identified as excess to U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion requirements and aircraft that have been damaged 
beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal 
agency, department, or office outside of the Department
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of Homeland Security without prior notice to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 204. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 
from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad-
jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, 
$39,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion in fiscal year 2018 from amounts authorized to be 
collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and 
Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–125): 
Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from 
such collections exceed $39,000,000, those amounts in ex-
cess of $39,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, 
to remain available until expended.
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SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im-
porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 
That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 
further, That the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262). 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 
vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 
46, United States Code, for the transportation of crude 
oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after con-
sultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of En-
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ergy and Transportation and representatives from the 
United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 
measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels 
for such transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives within 2 business days 
of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspec-
tion laws pursuant to such section with respect to such 
transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-
ize, or otherwise allow the trafficking or import of prop-
erty confiscated by the Cuban Government. 
(b) In this section, the terms ‘‘confiscated’’, ‘‘Cuban 
Government’’, ‘‘property’’, and ‘‘traffic’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 
(13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (2216 
U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 209. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d), the Secretary may repro-
gram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and
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Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ as nec-
essary to ensure the detention of aliens prioritized for re-
moval. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue a dele-
gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec-
tion 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
Inspector General determines that the terms of the agree-
ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma-
terially violated. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any 
contract for the provision of detention services if the two 
most recent overall performance evaluations received by 
the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the 
equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 
evaluation system. 
SEC. 212. Members of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, including the leadership; the heads of 
Federal agencies and commissions, including the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assist-
ant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security;
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the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant 
Attorneys General, and United States Attorneys; and sen-
ior members of the Executive Office of the President, in-
cluding the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and 
baggage screening. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2018, any funds in 
the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 
for the procurement and installation of explosives detec-
tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree-
ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec-
tion 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Ex-
penses’’ shall be for expenses incurred for recreational ves-
sels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, 
except to the extent fees are collected from owners of 
yachts and credited to the appropriation made available 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are in-
sufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel docu-
mentation under such section 12114, and there is a back-
log of recreational vessel applications, personnel per-
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forming non-recreational vessel documentation functions 
under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 
States Code, may perform documentation under section 
12114. 
SEC. 215. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d), after June 30, up to 
$10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Mili-
tary Pay and Allowances funding category within ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with sub-
section (a) of section 503. 
SEC. 216. The United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel 
receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end 
of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary re-
sources available under the heading ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec-
tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director
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of the Secret Service may enter into agreements to provide 
such protection on a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 218. 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. 219. 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 limi-
tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des-
ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days 
in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex-
penditures. 
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, 
$1,427,062,000, (increased by $1) (reduced by $1) of 
which $8,912,000 shall remain available until September
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30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
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 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, $335,033,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for research and development, 
$11,126,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af-
fairs for operations and support, $119,319,000, of which 
$13,520,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019.
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,027,135,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $76,578,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
and 
other 
activities, 
$3,003,798,000 (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000), which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $467,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 
which 
$55,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding sub-
section (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2018, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make
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available to local and tribal governments amounts 
provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 
this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 
of such section 2004. 
(2) $630,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 
the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 
2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 shall be for orga-
nizations (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 and Railroad Security Assistance 
under sections 1406 and 1513 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135 and 1163), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 
accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(5) $690,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2018, of 
which $345,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
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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. 
(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 remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total adminis-
trative costs. 
(10) $269,267,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
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.), $7,327,720,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $6,793,000,000 shall be for 
major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is 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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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 
Protection 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 Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $203,500,000, to remain 
available until September 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 mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $189,927,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account, to be available for flood plain management and 
flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2017, 
no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of—
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(1) $165,224,000 for operating expenses and 
salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 
operations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes 
of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(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 Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci-
fied as available 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 administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available
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to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 
Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—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 As-
sistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made 
available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall 
submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant 
announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency 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
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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing 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 build-
ing or other physical facility. 
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 Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for 
grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and 
Local Programs’’ in Public Law 114–4, division F of Pub-
lic Law 113–76, or division D of Public Law 113–6 may 
be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reim-
bursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian re-
lief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults ac-
companied 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.
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SEC. 306. The aggregate charges assessed during fis-
cal year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: 
Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collec-
tion 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 Pre-
paredness Program account as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 
1, 2018, and remain available 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 Im-
migration Services for operations and support of the E- 
Verify Program, $108,856,000.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021. 
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, $260,099,000, of which $49,409,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$254,618,000 (increased by $42,300,000), of which 
$134,795,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
$383,482,000 (increased by $34,100,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $87,096,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection 
Office 
for 
research 
and 
development, 
$144,161,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear De-
tection Office for Federal assistance through grants, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities,
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$44,519,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 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 Serv-
ices 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 vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi-
dences 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. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the re-
sults 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 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
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migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 
title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 
$10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services in fiscal year 2018 for the purpose of 
providing an immigrant 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 Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring
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and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for 
planning, operational development, engineering, and pur-
chases prior to sustainment and for information tech-
nology-related procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account es-
tablished by subsection (a) from Government agencies re-
questing the construction of special use facilities, as au-
thorized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Pro-
vided, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters maintain 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).
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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 appropria-
tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 
to appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 
Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available 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,
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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 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
(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; 
(5) reorganizes components; or 
(6) 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. 
(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
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Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
propriations 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 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans-
fer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be-
tween appropriations based upon an initial notification 
provided after June 30, except in extraordinary cir-
cumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human 
life or the protection 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 pre-
vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a work-
ing 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 
remaining 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 
expenses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Train-
ing’’ 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: Pro-
vided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifi-
cation shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 
accordance with section 503.
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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 Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2018 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives 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 Se-
curity 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), in-
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation.
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(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 
appropriated; 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 ad-
ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
law enforcement training without advance notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 
or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo-
dated in existing Center facilities.
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SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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, except that necessary funds may be expended 
for each project for required expenses for the development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
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 pur-
poses 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). 
SEC. 513. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
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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 avail-
able in that Act. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 
not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe-
cifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 
(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. 517. 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
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301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 518. 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. 519. 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 perform-
ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con-
tract. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the De-
partment 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 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 
contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 
into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 521. (a) For an additional amount for financial 
systems 
modernization, 
$42,233,000 
(reduced 
by
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$33,000,000), 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. 522. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 523. 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.
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SEC. 524. 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 
Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 
the United States, at a single international conference un-
less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 
days of that determination and the basis for that deter-
mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 
term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 
occurring outside of the United States attended by rep-
resentatives of the United States Government and of for-
eign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations: Provided further, That the 
total cost to the Department of Homeland Security of any 
such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 525. 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 Secu-
rity Event. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 
Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that
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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 Sec-
retary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notifi-
cation that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the 
current year and through the Future Years Home-
land Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 
such change that were considered by the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 527. (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 com-
promises homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
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(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 otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 528. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op-
erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure-
ment, construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 
to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per-
sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 530. For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may provide, out of funds available to 
the Department of Homeland Security, for the primary 
and secondary schooling of dependents of Department of 
Homeland Security personnel who are stationed outside 
the continental United States and for the transportation 
of such dependents in the same manner and to the same 
extent that, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 544, the Secretary may 
provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of 
the Coast Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling
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of, and the transportation of, dependents of Coast Guard 
personnel stationed outside the continental United States. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 531. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here-
by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177): 
(1) $12,928,000 from Public Law 115–31 
under the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Admin-
istration—Operations and Support’’; 
(2) $1,785,697 from Public Law 108–334 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of 
Bridges’’; 
(3) $1,920,100 from Public Law 109–90 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(4) $1,791,454 from Public Law 109–295 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of 
Bridges’’;
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(5) $3,221,594 from Public Law 110–161 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of 
Bridges’’; 
(6) $3,680,885 from Public Law 111–83 under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(7) $25,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’; and 
(8) $95,000,000 from Public Law 115–31 
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 532. From the unobligated balances available 
in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund estab-
lished by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code 
(added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 
$187,000,000 shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 533. Not later than 90 days from the date of 
this Act, the Commissioner of United States Customs and 
Border Protection shall: (a) conduct a survey of inter-
national passenger traffic at the airports listed in section 
122.15(b) of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
designate any airport as a port of entry if that airport: 
(1) has scheduled international service by one or more air 
carriers; and (2) received over 75,000 international pas-
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senger arrivals during the most recent calendar year in 
which federal passenger data is available; (b) ensure a suf-
ficient number of United States Customs and Border Pro-
tection officers are available at any airport designated as 
a port of entry under subsection (a) in order for landing 
rights requests to be granted in accordance with section 
122.14 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of 
the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 
should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 
court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 
and void. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 
way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 536. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Assistant Secretary of Home-
land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment to provide escort services necessary for a female de-
tainee to receive such service outside the detention facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
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ishes the effect of section llll [preceding section] 
intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual 
employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment. 
SEC. 537. In fiscal year 2018, nonimmigrants shall 
be admitted to the United States under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) to perform agricul-
tural labor or services, without regard to whether such 
labor is, or services are, of a temporary or seasonal nature. 
SEC. 538. (a) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
Christopher William Gard, Constance Rhoda Keely Yates, 
and Charles Matthew William Gard shall each be eligible 
for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of 
status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence upon filing an application for issuance of an im-
migrant visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjust-
ment of status to lawful permanent resident. 
(b) If Christopher William Gard, Constance Rhoda 
Keely Yates, or Charles Matthew William Gard enters the 
United States before the filing deadline specified in sub-
section (c), he or she shall be considered to have entered 
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be 
eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or per-
manent residence to Christopher William Gard, Constance 
Rhoda Keely Yates, and Charles Matthew William Gard, 
the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to 
reduce by 3, during the current or next following fiscal 
year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made 
available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 
under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act or, if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas 
that are made available to natives of the country of the 
aliens’ birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 
(e) The natural parents, brothers, and sisters of 
Christopher William Gard, Constance Rhoda Keely Yates, 
and Charles Matthew William Gard shall not, by virtue 
of such relationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or 
status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 539. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 705 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5205) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except’’ and inserting 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 3716(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, and except’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘report for the disaster or 
emergency’’ and inserting ‘‘report for project 
completion as certified by the grantee’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘report 
for the disaster or emergency’’ and inserting 
‘‘report for project completion as certified by 
the grantee’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘for 
project completion as certified by the grantee’’ 
after ‘‘final expenditure report’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to disaster or 
emergency assistance provided to a State or local 
government on or after January 1, 2004— 
(A) no administrative action may be taken 
to recover a payment of such assistance after 
the date of enactment of this Act if the action 
is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5205(a)(1)); 
and 
(B) any administrative action to recover a 
payment of such assistance that is pending on 
such date of enactment shall be terminated if 
the action is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) 
of such Act. 
(2) LIMITATION.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section, may not be construed 
to invalidate or otherwise affect any administration 
action completed before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 540. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 541. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division or the Department of 
Homeland Security Border Infrastructure Construction 
Appropriations Act, 2018, shall be treated as a reference 
to House Report 115–239. The effect of such Report shall 
be limited to this division and such Act and shall apply 
for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro-
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vided by, and the implementation of, this division and such 
Act. 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 44917 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 543. $0. 
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 235B of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. 
SEC. 545. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to establish an anchorage on the Hudson 
River between Yonkers, New York and Kingston, New 
York. 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Coast Guard to enforce Executive 
Order No. 13449 or section 697.7(b) of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, in the Block Island Transit Zone (as 
that term is defined in section 697.7(b)(3) of such title). 
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or divisions A, C, D, or F may be used for a new 
hire who has not been verified through the E-Verify pro-
gram. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, $3,042,720,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,624,108,000 (increased by $10,000,000) as fol-
lows: 
(A) $776,736,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $64,736,000
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shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through 
June 
30, 
2019, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; 
(B) 
$831,842,000 
(increased 
by 
$10,000,000) for youth activities, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; and 
(C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$155,530,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $418,612,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $130,000,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, which shall be 
available for the period October 1, 2017 
through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
funds 
provided 
to 
carry 
out 
section
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132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to pro-
vide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
use in order to address cases where there have 
been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers 
remain dislocated; coordinate the State work-
force development plan with emerging economic 
development needs; and train such eligible dis-
located workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out section 168(b) of the 
WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
projects that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 
168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds provided 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That, of the 
funds provided under this subparagraph, up to 
$66,000,000 may be made available for applica-
tions submitted in accordance with section 170 
of the WIOA for training and employment as-
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sistance for workers in the Appalachian region, 
as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102 (a)(1); 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(C) $72,000,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $66,716,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$4,850,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $434,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 
2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices; 
(D) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which
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shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; and 
(E) $82,078,000 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 employ-
ment, with a priority for projects serving high- 
crime, high-poverty areas. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the WIOA, $1,688,155,000 (increased by 
$16,000,000), plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,572,886,000 (increased by $16,000,000) 
for Job Corps Operations, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;
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(2) $83,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2021, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative ef-
ficiencies: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30, 2019: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer; and 
(3) $32,269,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 
2018: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2018 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I
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of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 
payments, allowances, training, employment and case 
management services, and related State administration 
provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 
of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$790,000,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2018: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 
Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$70,000,000, together with not to exceed $2,760,903,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security
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Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,665,775,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $160,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide 
reemployment services and referrals to training as 
appropriate, for claimants of unemployment insur-
ance for ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. 
seq. and for claimants of regular unemployment 
compensation, including those who are profiled as 
most likely to exhaust their benefits in each State, 
and $6,000,000 for continued support of the Unem-
ployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), 
the administration of unemployment insurance for 
Federal employees and for ex-service members as 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the ad-
ministration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and
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section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension 
Act of 2015, and shall be available for obligation by 
the States through December 31, 2018, except that 
funds used for automation shall be available for 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2018, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2020, or, 
if the automation is being carried out through con-
sortia of States, for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, and funds for competitive grants 
awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-
sessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2018, and for obligation by the States through 
September 30, 2020, and funds for the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall 
be available for obligation by the State through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and funds used for unemployment 
insurance workloads experienced through September 
30, 2018 shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2018;
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(2) $13,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(4) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(5) $70,000,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2019:
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Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2018 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,246,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 
Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 
III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 
to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 
Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 
carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 
declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 
Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 
the National Directory of New Hires under section 
453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 
Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants
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to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
which are used to establish a national one-stop career cen-
ter system, or which are used to support the national ac-
tivities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, em-
ployment service, or immigration programs, may be obli-
gated in contracts, grants, or agreements with States and 
non-State entities: Provided further, That States awarded 
competitive grants for improved operations under title III 
of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support 
the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States 
and non-State entities under such grants, subject to the 
conditions applicable to the grants: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized 
under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner- 
Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Un-
employment Insurance and Employment Service automa-
tion efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles pre-
scribed under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administra-
tive Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Require-
ments for Federal Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code 
of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary, at the request of a State participating in a consor-
tium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such 
State under title III of the Social Security Act to other 
States participating in the consortium in order to carry 
out activities that benefit the administration of the unem-
ployment compensation law of the State making the re-
quest: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect 
fees for the costs associated with additional data collec-
tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State 
and local governments, public and private institutions of 
higher education, and nonprofit organizations and may 
utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 
U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey 
infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the infor-
mation collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019, for such pur-
poses. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
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ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 
of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2019. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $106,461,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,887,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $175,600,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 
title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and
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to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2018 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $424,417,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2018, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for obligation for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for 
unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination expenses or 
extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local
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agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $217,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $41,129,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $94,500,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $114,377,000, together with 
$2,173,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 
the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 
heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security
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Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 
5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obliga-
tions incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$220,000,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for 
any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, 
for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em-
ployees’ Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 
8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may be 
used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse 
an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 
for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
unobligated on September 30, 2017, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 
and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there 
shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal 
Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality 
required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for 
its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as
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the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration 
for employees of such fair share entities through Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided further, That of those funds 
transferred to this account from the fair share entities to 
pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ 
Compensation Act, $71,188,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $24,540,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $21,946,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 
under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
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SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $54,319,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by
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section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 
interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 
of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 
expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2018 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $30,595,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 
for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $531,470,000, including not 
to exceed $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 
of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary
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under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 
such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2018, to collect and retain fees for 
services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 
is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 
camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 
respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is
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included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 
any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees,
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and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 
less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 
Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $359,975,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
amounts available for State assistance grants may be used 
for the purchase and maintenance of new equipment re-
quired by the final rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Expo-
sure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous 
Personal Dust Monitors’’ published by the Department of
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Labor in the Federal Register on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 24813 et seq.), for operators that demonstrate finan-
cial need as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed 
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health 
and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale 
of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, to be available for mine safety and health edu-
cation and training activities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and cer-
tification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use 
in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to ac-
cept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions 
from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri-
vate: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
education and training in the mining community through 
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety as-
sociations: Provided further, That the Secretary is author-
ized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 
as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or 
without reimbursement, personnel, including service of 
Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as offi-
cers in local chapters or in the national organization: Pro-
vided further, That any funds available to the Department 
of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, 
to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper-
ations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $544,000,000 (increased by $1) (reduced 
by $1) (reduced by $1,064,000), together with not to ex-
ceed $65,000,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 
and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 
of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $36,800,000.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$272,539,000 (reduced by $16,000,000) (increased by 
$906,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$906,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $1,064,000), together with 
not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund: Provided , That funds available 
to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 
to administer or operate international labor activities, bi-
lateral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That 
$8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
tion may be used to administer grants for the purpose of 
evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for the 
purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and 
open competition: Provided further, That funds available 
for program evaluation may be transferred to any other 
appropriate account in the Department for such purpose:
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Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided 
further, That the funds available to the Women’s Bureau 
may be used for grants to serve and promote the interests 
of women in the workforce: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, 
$994,000 (increased by $906,000) shall be used for grants 
authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontradi-
tional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $236,514,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
of which: 
(1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2018, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
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penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and perform-
ance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and 
representatives in the provision of services to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 
units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 
of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $16,073,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $42,027,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That of such amounts, not more 
than $1,000,000 shall be available for necessary ex-
penses of the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program 
authorized by the HIRE Vets Act (Division O of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 
115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note)), which shall be in 
addition to amounts available in the HIRE Vets Me-
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dallion Award Fund established by section 5 of such 
Act; and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 
Employment and Training Services Institute under 
38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made: Provided fur-
ther, That the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund shall 
be available to the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program authorized by the 
Hire Vets Act (Division O of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 
note)). 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$47,537,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 
2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 
of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 
September 30, 2018, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tion 2023 may include, in addition to services to the indi-
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viduals described in subsection (e) of such section, services 
to veterans recently released from incarceration who are 
at risk of homelessness. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $20,769,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $83,487,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
731 
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section shall not be used to create any new program 
or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 
or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 
and host countries already identified by the United States 
Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 
of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals who are
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older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 
in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 
necessary to support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 
apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 
Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
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ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 
appropriation made available to the Employment and 
Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-
istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 
relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-
ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That funds transferred from under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of the ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account shall be available 
under paragraph (3) of such account in order to carry out 
program integrity activities relating to the Job Corps pro-
gram: Provided further, That funds transferred under this 
subsection shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that
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are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 
‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-
tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 
Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 
available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 
and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans 
Employment and Training’’.
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SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, beginning October 1, 2017, the Secretary of Labor, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may se-
lect an entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center 
on a competitive basis in accordance with section 147 of 
the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Cen-
ter has had consistently low performance under the per-
formance accountability system in effect for the Job Corps 
program prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected 
levels of performance established under section 159(c) of 
such Act beginning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 
following text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 
disaster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 
an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-
filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-
erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-
tracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-
age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00
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per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-
lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 
number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 
of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 
or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 
witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department;
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‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 110. Of the funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 
Training and Employment Services’’ in division H of Pub-
738 
lic Law 115–31, $200,000,000 is rescinded, to be derived 
from the amount made available in paragraph (2)(A) 
under such heading for the period October 1, 2017, 
through September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 111. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 
the petition into the United States at any time dur-
ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 
for which the employer is seeking the services of the 
nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CROSSINGS
AFTER 
90TH
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 
may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 
States after the date that is 90 days after the start 
date for which the employer is seeking the services 
of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the 
local labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and
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(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 
TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 
consider an employer in the seafood industry who 
brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 
to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-
tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-
mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 112. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 
of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other
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employees with similar experience and qualifications for 
such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 
wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-
tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 
available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-
mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 
2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-
veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 
Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 
determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 
found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 
rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 
thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 
of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-
nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the final rule issued by the Department of Labor enti-
tled ‘‘Definition of the Term ‘‘Fiduciary’’; Conflict of In-
terest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice’’ and published 
by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on
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April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20946 et seq.), shall have 
no force or effect. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,491,522,000: Provided, 
That no more than $100,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 
$99,893,000 shall be available until expended for carrying 
out the provisions of sections 224(g)–(n) and (q) of the 
PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department 
of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act 
as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims made 
under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E
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and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $748,236,000 (reduced 
by $18,270,000) (increased by $18,270,000): Provided, 
That sections 736(h)(1), 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and 
the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not 
apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That for any program operating under sec-
tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 
in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any 
of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 
and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 
of a grant under such section: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure 
of information under section 427(b) of the Health Care 
Quality 
Improvement 
Act 
of 
1986 
and 
sections 
1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the pro-
grams authorized by such sections and shall remain avail-
able until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac-
count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D
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of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior 
year adjustments to awards made under such sections. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $848,617,000 (increased 
by $1,000,000) (increased by $24,800,000): Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $80,593,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional 
and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 
such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 
501(a)(3) of such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 
respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 
$2,318,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2020, 
for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 
of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 
section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act.
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HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $100,518,000. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 
711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $156,060,000, 
of which $43,609,000 from general revenues, notwith-
standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 
be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 
flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-
pital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 shall be available for 
the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program 
for quality improvement and adoption of health informa-
tion technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 
out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 
funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail-
able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 
services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use 
of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans 
care between rural providers and the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs electronic health record system: Provided
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further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS 
Act, $10,000,000 shall be available for State Offices of 
Rural Health. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $151,993,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-
lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 
after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 
XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
to exceed $8,250,000 shall be available from the Trust 
Fund to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
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gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref-
ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza-
tion and respiratory diseases, $470,700,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 
the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 
sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,117,278,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $499,522,000 (increased by 
$300,000) (increased by $1,000,000). 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 
PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 
XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-
vention and health promotion, $703,696,000: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this account may be avail-
able for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS 
Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organiza-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds available under
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this heading, $10,000,000 shall be available to continue 
and expand community specific extension and outreach 
programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest 
levels of obesity: Provided further, That the proportional 
funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $137,560,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $328,697,000: 
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$150,700,000 shall be available from amounts available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out Public 
Health Scientific Services. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $142,750,000 
(increased by $1,000,000) (increased by $400,000).
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INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$286,059,000 (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, $112,000,000 
shall be available for an evidence-based opioid drug over-
dose prevention program. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 
of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 
health, $325,200,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 
the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 
151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554.
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GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $435,121,000, of which 
$128,421,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-
sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 
related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 
$1,450,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$400,000), 
of 
which 
$600,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided, That in the 
event the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) activates 
the Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the 
CDC may detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up 
to 90 days to support the work of the CDC Emergency 
Operations Center, so long as the Director provides a no-
tice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days of the 
use of this authority and a full report within 30 days after
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use of this authority which includes the number of staff 
and funding level broken down by the originating center 
and number of days detailed: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used to support 
a contract for the operation and maintenance of an air-
craft in direct support of activities throughout CDC to en-
sure the agency is prepared to address public health pre-
paredness emergencies. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and up-
grade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Labora-
tory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety 
research facility: Provided further, That in addition, the 
prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned 
to former employees in accounts of CDC made available 
for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this head-
ing to support the replacement of the mine safety research 
facility.
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CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-
ties and program support for activities funded in other 
appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, $103,570,000: Provided, 
That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading and in all other accounts of 
the CDC: Provided further, That employees of CDC or the 
Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned of-
ficers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organiza-
tions under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or 
in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal 
employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be in-
cluded within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agen-
cy, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assign-
ment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 
from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official 
reception and representation expenses when specifically 
approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That 
in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 
user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 
respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from
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the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi-
cation Program shall be available through September 30, 
2019. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $5,471,181,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $3,819,000), of which up to 
$10,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-
provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 
Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 
Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-
eases, and blood and blood products, $3,256,521,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$432,363,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $1,899,733,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 
AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$1,810,011,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$5,005,813,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,713,775,000, of which $824,443,000 shall be from 
funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided, That not less than $373,361,000 is provided for 
the Institutional Development Awards program.
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EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,401,727,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$743,881,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$725,387,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $2,458,733,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $566,515,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $443,624,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $152,599,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$490,796,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,107,497,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,625,461,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
human 
genome 
research, 
$536,774,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $362,506,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$136,741,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 
HEALTH DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $293,583,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $73,353,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$413,848,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That