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SEC. 776. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration shall not allow the introduction or delivery for introduction 
into interstate commerce of any food that contains genetically engi-
neered salmon until the FDA publishes final labeling guidelines 
for informing consumers of such content. 
SEC. 777. In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, there 
is hereby appropriated $216,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’: 
Provided, That the funds made available under this section shall 
be used for the purposes set forth in the Food for Peace Act 
for both emergency and non-emergency purposes. 
SEC. 778. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Farm Service Agency’’ 
$9,000,000 for purposes of making payments to producers impacted 
by an oriental fruit fly quarantine as referenced in H.Rpt.115- 
232 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
unobligated balances available under Treasury symbol code 12 18/ 
19 0600, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 779. In administering the pilot program established by 
section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that applicants that are determined to be ineli-
gible for the pilot program have a means of appealing or other-
wise challenging that determination in a timely fashion; and 
(2) in determining whether an entity may overbuild or 
duplicate broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that 
has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service, 
not consider loans that were rescinded or defaulted on, or 
loans the terms and conditions of which were not met, if the 
entity under consideration has not previously defaulted on, 
or failed to meet the terms and conditions of, a Rural Utilities 
Service loan or had a Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded. 
SEC. 780. For the cost of loans and grants, $3,000,000 under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): 
Provided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 
of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent
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members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the International Trade Administration 
between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 
title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 
States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad 
for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation 
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 
use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance 
on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $495,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $11,000,000 
is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance 
activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the first sentence 
of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 
shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 
of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 
for assessments for services provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens 
by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Control 
Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public 
Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as 
authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 
223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 
special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard 
to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $118,050,000, 
to remain available until expended, except that of the amount 
appropriated, not less than $4,550,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019, and shall only be available for contractor
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support to implement the product exclusion process for articles 
covered by actions taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862): Provided, That the provisions of 
the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activi-
ties: Provided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of such 
activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such 
activities, and for providing information to the public with respect 
to the export administration and national security activities of 
the Department of Commerce and other export control programs 
of the United States and other governments: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Commerce may transfer up to $2,000,000 
to this account, from funds available for ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’ or for ‘‘Departmental Management, 
Renovation and Modernization’’: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, and shall only be available for contractor 
support to implement the product exclusion process for articles 
covered by actions taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862): Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for 
trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by section 
27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722), $265,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $23,500,000 shall be for grants under such section 27. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $39,000,000: 
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3722), and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $40,000,000.
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ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$101,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $270,000,000: 
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $3,551,388,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-
ties: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$3,556,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 
That not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available 
under this heading for information technology related to 2020 
census delivery, including the Census Enterprise Data Collection 
and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 
Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and resubmits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies 
for each CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, 
including cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and all 
revised estimates for development, maintenance, and operations; 
(C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts of cost variances 
on other Census programs; (2) details for each project/investment: 
(A) reasons for any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks 
and mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Govern-
ment Accountability Office. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$39,500,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal