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(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION 
C—AGRICULTURE, 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
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ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro-
vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to 
exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part-
nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 
$23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 
shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro-
vide for necessary expenses for management support serv-
ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis-
tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
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cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 
for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 
the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis-
sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 
to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 
involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 
executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per-
cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 
amount made available under this paragraph for the im-
mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the amount made available under this head-
ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 
from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex-
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penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 
5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 
to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 
this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro-
vided further, That no funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 
notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 
agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Economist, $19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 
7 U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $15,222,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $9,525,000.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than 
$38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-
partment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 
alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $58,330,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector
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General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 
$98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 
U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 
certain confidential operational expenses, including the 
payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $45,146,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 
$4,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco-
nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
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able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $86,757,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $174,767,000, of which up to 
$45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 
for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-
rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 
2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 
the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de-
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fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas; of which not 
less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
dryland agriculture research program; and of which not 
less than $7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of en-
tering into a management, operations, and research sup-
port contract to expedite the hiring of a capable workforce 
for the commissioning of the Central Utility Plant and in 
support of operations and management of the National 
Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to 
be constructed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, 
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 
year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building or $500,000, whichever is 
greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
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shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any 
Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 
of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 
the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 
lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, 
and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be re-
moved upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 
24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at any Agricultural Research Service location for 
the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re-
search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 
that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 
Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds
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may be received from any State, other political subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $898,535,000, which shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 
and Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 3 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for re-
search grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 
1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant 
colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 
initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicul-
tural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution chal-
lenge grants, and grants management systems shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That each 
institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 
program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native
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and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail-
able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi-
ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 
States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 
for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 
U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more 
than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or 
any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Re-
search Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $486,692,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 3 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds
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for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That institu-
tions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for co-
operative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds for cooperative extension under 
sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 
shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensa-
tion costs for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 3 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense 
Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded 
under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 
U.S.C. 7626).
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
$901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available for the control of out-
breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 
control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 
which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 
purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 
which $705,000 shall be for activities under the authority 
of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 1831); of which $62,840,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 
which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 
which $178,170,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop 
and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic dis-
ease management; of which $41,466,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness 
and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 
$5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 
$2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 
safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this 
heading for wildlife services methods development, 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided further, That of amounts available under this head-
ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 
available until expended; of which $13,600,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense 
Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 
a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
five, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 
further, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten 
any segment of the agricultural production industry of the 
United States, the Secretary may transfer from other ap-
propriations or funds available to the agencies or corpora-
tions of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani-
mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of
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funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing. 
In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for 
providing such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
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authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 
79; and of which $7,000,000 shall be available for mar-
keting activities authorized under section 204(b) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) 
to provide to State departments of agriculture, State coop-
erative extension services, institutions of higher education, 
and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 
and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, 
process improvement, and marketing relating to dairy 
products: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701).
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) trans-
fers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than 
$20,489,000 for formulation and administration of mar-
keting agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural 
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for
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marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food 
Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
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Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedi-
cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq.): Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service shall continue implementation of section 
11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the 
amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 
79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM 
PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 
$901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS 
CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $149,000 of 
amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant 
to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,202,146,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the $44,691,000 made available under this heading for 
information technology related to farm program delivery, 
including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Ag-
ricultural Systems and other farm program delivery sys-
tems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, and receives written or electronic notification of re-
ceipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 
(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) 
the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered 
and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated 
lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well 
as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to 
be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, 
(a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 
Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 
with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid-
ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s cap-
ital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 
has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Of-
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fice and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the 
agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar-
ter of fiscal year 2019 to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden-
tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 
current performance against key indicators of customer 
satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree-
ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 
against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 
breakdown of current and planned spending on oper-
ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 
of whether the investment continues to meet business 
needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 
the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 
payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 
Provided further, That other funds made available to the 
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 
made available to county committees shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 
funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 
to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 
Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 
employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 
employees without prior notification and approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 
5106), $3,904,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
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tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 
seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer-
gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac-
quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 
U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 
1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul-
tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 
for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 
for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for un-
subsidized 
guaranteed 
operating 
loans 
and 
$1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$20,000,000; 
guaranteed 
conservation 
loans, 
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 
of boll weevil eradication program loans.
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For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 
grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
as follows: farm operating loans, $59,670,000 for direct 
operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 
operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 and 
$2,134,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to 
remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$325,068,000: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
this 
amount, 
$314,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, of which $8,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 
operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 
loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer.
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 
Agency, $74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$879,107,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 
improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on 
non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 
authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 
for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 
purpose of providing water to rural communities. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga-
tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 
changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001– 
1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provi-
sions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 
prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the water-
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shed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty 
thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken 
shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary 
purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land 
treatment measures): Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 
shall be allocated to projects and activities that can com-
mence promptly following enactment; that address re-
gional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wild-
life habitat, or watershed protection; or that address au-
thorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 
13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public 
Law 78–534) with a primary purpose of watershed protec-
tion by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 
stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion 
and sediment transport. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
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out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-
bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 
1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-
tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
(15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
modity Credit Corporation business.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of Rural Development pro-
grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 
and for cooperative agreements; $232,835,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for adver-
tising and promotional activities that support Rural Devel-
opment programs: Provided further, That in addition to 
any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by
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section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will 
immediately be credited to this account and will remain 
available until expended for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,100,000,000 
shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 
rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales 
of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 
$5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $53,900,000 shall be for direct loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $3,419,000; section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans, $431,000; section
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524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, reha-
bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 
housing, $9,484,000: Provided, That to support the loan 
program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 
adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan 
guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 
That applicants in communities that have a current rural 
area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural 
area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans pro-
vided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur-
suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 until June 1, 2019: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incen-
tives to nonprofit organizations and public housing au-
thorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such 
nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities
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that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined 
by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 
be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 
and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 
income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza-
tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re-
ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 
per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), 
$14,281,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into 
in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in addi-
tion such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by sec-
tion 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to 
fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental 
assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 
current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances remain-
ing at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; main-
tenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2019 for a farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 con-
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secutive months, if such project has a waiting list of ten-
ants seeking such assistance or the project has rental as-
sistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assist-
ance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental assist-
ance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another 
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That ex-
cept as provided in the third proviso under this heading 
and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a 
project that the Secretary determines no longer needs 
rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for cur-
rent needs. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not-
withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi-
tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous-
ing properties described in this paragraph, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $26,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-
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income household (including those not receiving rental as-
sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 
515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 
2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 
shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 
vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 
vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid-
ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 
by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de-
termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 
this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec-
retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 
for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 
rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $24,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra-
tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 
sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 
properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 
housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex-
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pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi-
cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 
providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi-
dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 
interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 
or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including 
the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in-
vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 
funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra-
tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 
authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 
program similar to the demonstration program described 
herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the demonstration program under this heading to carry 
out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than
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$1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 
under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi-
ties funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and 
rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $3,000,000,000 for di-
rect loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 
of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in
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section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $47,778,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for a 
Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 
capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 
housing and community development organizations, low- 
income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri-
vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro-
posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an 
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-
cent for administration and capacity building in the State 
rural 
development 
offices: 
Provided 
further, 
That
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$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 
tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sec-
tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 
(g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, $69,619,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development and $8,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appa-
lachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) 
for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose
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as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development: Provided further, 
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 
funds made available under this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as author-
ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac-
count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2019, for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi Delta Re-
gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the
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cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $45,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of 
the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting 
rural economic development and job creation projects shall 
not exceed $10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $30,050,000, of 
which $3,750,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially
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disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in-
dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
groups; and of which $17,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod-
uct market development grants, as authorized by section 
231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 
U.S.C. 1632a), of which $2,500,000 shall be for Agri-
culture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 
6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 
the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $338,000: Provided, That the cost 
of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 
and solid waste management programs authorized by sec-
tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de-
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scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $558,183,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That not 
to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 
306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 
306A(i)(1) of such Act and such grants may not exceed 
$1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 
grants including water and waste disposal systems grants 
authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 
by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 
formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: 
Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the
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funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 
State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro-
grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro-
vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 
formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 
training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist-
ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali-
fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or-
ganization, with experience in working with small commu-
nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 
with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan-
ning, financing, development, operation, and management 
of water and waste water systems, and of which not less 
than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
American organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount ap-
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propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be 
for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 
provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur-
ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 
and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) 
shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections
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305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 
rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 
section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
$690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 
be used for the construction, acquisition, design and engi-
neering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub-
surface utilization and storage systems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $1,725,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $29,851,000.
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For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $33,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 
be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri-
teria for a consortium as established by this section. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa. 
RURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and 
safety education programs authorized under section 502(i) 
of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) 
may be used under those programs to address the opioid
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abuse epidemic and to combat opioid abuse in rural com-
munities. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
$800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 
21; $23,184,012,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made avail-
able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 
amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available
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for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 
Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 
shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $30,000,000 
shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 
agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 
schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 
than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food 
safety, and to help support the establishment, mainte-
nance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, 
$28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That sec-
tion 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010 through 2019’’: Provided further, That section 
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
fiscal year 2019’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by
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striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2019’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,150,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2020, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, 
to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the 
Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 
of such Act, to support participation should cost or partici-
pation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than $67,500,000 
shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other 
related activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infra-
structure, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to promote breastfeeding and improved nutritional 
health through technologies and services, including tele-
medicine: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of
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the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 
Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a feder-
ally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms 
and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary 
may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the 
request of a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
$73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available through December 31, 2020, shall be placed in 
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 
as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 
Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be re-
quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available
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for Employment and Training under this heading shall re-
main available through September 30, 2020: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activi-
ties related to program integrity provided that such activi-
ties are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $322,139,000,
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to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 
use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
tion assistance program, $164,688,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 
the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 
amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246.
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are avail-
able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 
Alimentarius, $3,976,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020, for overseas op-
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erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made 
available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re-
main available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD 
FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
$1,716,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $210,255,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c).
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,845,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $2,463,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
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included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 
amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for 
carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) 
of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
tivities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not 
to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of 
Public Law 107–188; $5,419,299,000: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $960,568,000 
shall be derived from prescription drug user fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended; $196,668,000 
shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $501,396,000 shall 
be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 
shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited
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to this account and remain available until expended; 
$18,336,000 shall be derived from generic new animal 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended; $712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 
user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi-
cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic 
new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 
year 2019 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 
medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug as-
sessments for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees 
collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal 
year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limita-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept 
payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees specified 
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of
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such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Sec-
retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be 
included in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, estab-
lish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,052,315,000 shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of 
foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of 
imported seafood; (2) $1,720,807,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
$369,857,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $216,914,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$495,988,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $65,531,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$662,043,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod-
ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
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latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $174,751,000 shall be for 
Rent and Related activities, of which $50,987,000 is for 
White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 
the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 
exceed $240,887,000 shall be for payments to the General 
Services Administration for rent; and (10) $420,206,000 
shall be for other activities, including the Office of the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and 
Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 
Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the 
Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 
central services for these offices: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 
further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 
770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail-
able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts that are made available under 
this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not de-
rived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the
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Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 
Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That 
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 
reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro-
gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 
drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics 
provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure pri-
ority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
360bbb–4a, shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Admin-
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istration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 
Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such pur-
poses under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts trans-
ferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may 
be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in 
such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the 
previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the ac-
count: Provided further, That such transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith-
standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to
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be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 
public safety. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli-
gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances that are remaining available of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
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partment’s National Finance Center without written noti-
fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to 
the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, im-
plement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the Chief 
Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Fi-
nance Center prior to written notification to and prior ap-
proval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 
section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market to existing and new Depart-
ments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, pay-
roll, financial management, and human capital shared 
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 
technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in ex-
cess of the true costs of the shared services provided by 
the National Finance Center and budgeted for the Na-
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tional Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 
of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve-
ment, delivery, and implementation of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services, and other 
systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any un-
foreseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
funds pending notification to Congressional Committees 
shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by 
the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state 
of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of 
the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of 
the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue 
operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. 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. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
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States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
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funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid
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an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor-
rower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-
ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020, for infor-
mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth-
erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 
shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for 
information technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III
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of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 
were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 
to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural
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research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 
30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 
award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail-
able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 
awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 714. (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. 715. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of
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the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,299,600,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the pur-
poses of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 
the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: 
Provided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act 
to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32.
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SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided
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by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 
in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 
the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
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available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re-
ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 
funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 
receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro-
gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal
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year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 
or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; unless the 
agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 
funds for these purposes.
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(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 
the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 
the notification as required in this section. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available reports, questions, or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process to any non-Department of Agri-
culture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 
or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 
SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution
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in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 
for a pilot program to provide competitive grants to State 
departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension 
services, and nonprofit organizations to carry out pro-
grams to address farmer stress and suicide. 
SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 
the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 
project, and activity for all the funds made available under
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this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in 
Senate Report 115-259. 
SEC. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $501,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue an inter-
mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro-
gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re-
viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec-
retary shall continue agreements with current inter-
mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 
these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 
502 single family direct loan program in rural commu-
nities and shall set aside and make available from the na-
tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 
support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri-
ority for review of such loans. 
SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior
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to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de
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fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such 
plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 
subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014, within or outside the State in which the indus-
trial hemp is grown or cultivated.
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SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro-
priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini-
tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 
without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require-
ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en-
actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 
of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 731. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in
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paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 
to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246.
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SEC. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 
in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the 
meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro-
duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com-
merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 
shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 
402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con-
taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 
date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 
SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 
allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any 
part of their service territory and to offer loans to replace 
a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured 
housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective 
in saving energy. 
SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the 
Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 
make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year
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for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and 
Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: 
Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 
manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Pro-
vided further, That such appointments may be made at 
a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such 
positions under the General Schedule or the Executive 
Schedule, or other applicable schedule, as appropriate. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro-
vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 
economic outcomes modelling for certain currently en-
rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 
Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali-
fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 
forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 
conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 
use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary 
shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight 
years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 
of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 
multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 
CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40.
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SEC. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and 
Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 
delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 
food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 
FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con-
sumers of such content. 
SEC. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to implement non-renew-
able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri-
cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or
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steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
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tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 
Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 
15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 
under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund
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Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa-
cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac-
count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 
and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re-
spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 
recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 
such headings for REAP Zones. 
SEC. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
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ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a 
pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 
2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 
payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some 
of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 
the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 
State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 
based on the alternate calculation method described in 
subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the 
office for that State determines that the alternate calcula-
tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 
extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula-
tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 
subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield
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for the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk 
coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 
which— 
(1) county data of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 
‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 
county (as determined under standards of the Sec-
retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this 
Act) or the available NASS data produces a sub-
stantially disparate result, the calculation of the 
county yield is determined using comparable contig-
uous county NASS data as determined by the Farm 
Service Agency office in the applicable State; and 
(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 
comparable contiguous county (as determined under 
standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date 
of enactment of this Act), the calculation of the 
county yield is determined using reliable yield data 
from other sources, such as Risk Management Agen-
cy data, National Agricultural Statistics Service dis-
trict data, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
State yield data, or other data as determined by the 
Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State.
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(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot 
program established under this section may be made to 
an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate 
calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agri-
cultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level 
agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year 
in an amount that is less than the payment that the agri-
cultural producer would receive under the alternate cal-
culation method. 
(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an ag-
ricultural producer under this section may not exceed the 
difference between— 
(A) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would have received without the alternate calculation 
method described in subsection (b); and 
(B) the payment that the agricultural producer 
would receive using the alternate calculation method. 
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 
funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
to carry out the pilot program described in this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use 
not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program 
described in this section.
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(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary shall select States to participate in the pilot pro-
gram under this section so the cost of the pilot program 
equals the amount provided under subsection (d). 
(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program 
exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall re-
duce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata 
basis. 
(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of 
actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk 
coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 
payments made in accordance with the pilot program 
under this section. 
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter-
nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 
not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage 
payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur-
poses of the pilot program under this section. 
SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 
information and subject to the same requirements applica-
ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42
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U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 
verify the income for individuals participating in sections 
502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 
section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 749. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap-
plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 
reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 
final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 
date on which a dietary reference intake report with re-
spect to sodium is completed. 
SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access
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to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 752. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 
grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 
for wine and receive commercial processing that ade-
quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 
health significance. 
SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for an additional 
amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 
help address the opioid epidemic in rural America.
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SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 
756. 
There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
$425,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 
additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
SEC. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of 
direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $400,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation).
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SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geo-
graphic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 
USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); 
and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 
to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption 
covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 
calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 
(1) to assess damage to agricultural production 
and rural infrastructure; and 
(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted 
farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 
RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 
group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 
group’’)—
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(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 
marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 
the oceans; 
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 
that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 
while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 
commercial and industrial inputs; and 
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to de-
velop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of 
kelp and seagrass in order— 
(A) to deacidify ocean environments; 
(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 
and 
(C) to develop other scalable commercial 
applications for kelp, seagrass, or products de-
rived from kelp or seagrass. 
(b) The working group shall include— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; 
(3) representatives of any relevant offices with-
in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration; and 
(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes— 
(1) the findings of the research described in 
subsection (a); 
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) any policy recommendations based on those 
findings and results. 
SEC. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the ways in which 
conservation programs administered by the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service may be better used for the 
conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any ac-
tion taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 
SEC. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the 
Department of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a re-
port including— 
(1) a description of— 
(A) the number of properties assisted 
under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
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U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that are reaching the end 
of their loan term; 
(B) the location of each property described 
in subparagraph (A); 
(C) the number of units in each property 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
(D) the date on which each the loan for 
each property described in subparagraph (A) is 
expected to reach maturity; 
(2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service 
to preserve the long-term affordability of the prop-
erties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan 
matures; and 
(3) a description of the resources and tools that 
the Rural Housing Service needs from Congress in 
order to preserve the long-term affordability of the 
properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 
SEC. 764. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 
2019, and following the review required under Executive 
Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro-
vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About
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Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 
and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 
Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 
a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 
effects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 765. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that applicants that are determined 
to be ineligible for the pilot program have a means 
of appealing or otherwise challenging that deter-
mination in a timely fashion; and 
(2) in determining whether an entity may over-
build 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 de-
faulted on, or failed to meet the terms and condi-
tions of, a Rural Utilities Service loan or had a 
Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded.
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1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE 
UNIVERSITY 
SEC. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, the amounts made available by this Act to 
carry out sections 1444 and 1445, respectively, of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be 
increased by $3,000,000. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount made available under the heading ‘‘(INCLUD-
ING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI-
CULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading 
‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be de-
creased by $6,000,000. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirement in the final 
rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition 
and Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Federal 
Register on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any 
single ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including 
maple syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a 
single ingredient food bear the declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g 
Added Sugars’’.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, 
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT, 
AND 
RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$113,535,000, of which not to exceed $3,001,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,428,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $10,265,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of
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the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,550,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$2,142,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,835,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$12,325,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
ceed $16,686,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de-
termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law
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107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 
to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$8,471,000, of which $2,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin-
istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 
heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State,
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local government, transit agency, port authority, or a col-
laboration among such entities on a competitive basis for 
projects that will have a significant local or regional im-
pact: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; pas-
senger and freight rail transportation projects; and port 
infrastructure investments (including inland port infra-
structure and land ports of entry): Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, the Sec-
retary may use an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for 
the planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for 
funding under this heading: Provided further, That grants 
awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject 
to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for the purpose of paying the sub-
sidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code, or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad 
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public 
Law 94–210), as amended, if the Secretary finds that 
such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this
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paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds 
provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such 
measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribu-
tion of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the 
needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a 
variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That a 
grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 
$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided 
further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made 
available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 
of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 
heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 
funds in order to complete an overall financing package: 
Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo-
cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using funds provided under this head-
ing must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV 
of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided
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further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competi-
tion to select the grants and credit assistance awarded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to 
the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Administra-
tion to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit 
assistance made under the National Infrastructure Invest-
ments program: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in the previous proviso may be used to hire addi-
tional personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall consider and award projects based solely on the selec-
tion criteria from the fiscal year 2016 Notice of Funding 
Opportunity: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
not use the Federal share or an applicant’s ability to gen-
erate non-Federal revenue as a selection criteria in award-
ing projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require applica-
tion submissions 90 days after the publishing of such No-
tice: Provided further, That of the applications submitted 
under the previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make
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grants no later than 270 days after enactment of this Act 
in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Provided 
further, That such sums provided for national infrastruc-
ture investments for passenger rail transportation projects 
under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 
55; 125 Stat. 641), shall remain available for expenditure 
through fiscal year 2019 for the liquidation of valid obliga-
tions of active grants incurred in fiscal year 2012: Pro-
vided further, That such sums provided for national infra-
structure investments for port infrastructure projects 
under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 
113–6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain available through fis-
cal year 2020 for the liquidation of valid obligations of 
active grants incurred in fiscal year 2013: Provided fur-
ther, That the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied as if 
they were in effect on September 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That after calculating the distribution of obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways for fiscal year 2019 
under section 120(a), the obligation limitation shall be re-
duced by $52,000,000 to a total of $45,216,596,000: Pro-
vided further, That the reduction in the preceding proviso 
shall be applied to the obligation limitation determined
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under section 120(a)(4) for the TIFIA program (as de-
fined in section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code). 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $2,987,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2020. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2020.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,470,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $7,879,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed
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$203,883,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 
Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, the provision of financial education out-
reach activities to eligible transportation-related small 
businesses, the monitoring of existing loans in the guaran-
teed loan program, and the modification of such loans of 
the Minority Business Resource Center, $249,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That notwith-
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standing that section, these funds may be for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 
used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements 
shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract
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with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 
available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 
such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including
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the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 
the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating re-
serve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in ad-
vance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Govern-
ment employees: Provided further, That such reserve will 
not exceed one month of benefits payable and may be used 
only for the purpose of providing for the continuation of 
transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working Cap-
ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen-
cy from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 112–95, $10,410,758,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,843,427,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,334,377,000 shall be available for aviation 
safety activities; not to exceed $24,981,000 shall be avail-
able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $816,562,000 shall be available for finance and 
management activities; not to exceed $61,796,000 shall be 
available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
not to exceed $114,312,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and not to exceed
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$215,303,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except 
for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to 
any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropria-
tion by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 
fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De-
cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 
of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring
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goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, as off-
setting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $168,000,000
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shall be used to fund direct operations of the current 254 
air traffic control towers in the contract tower program, 
including the contract tower cost share program, and any 
airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall 
be used for providing matching funds to qualified commer-
cial entities seeking to demonstrate or validate tech-
nologies that the Federal Aviation Administration con-
siders essential to the safe integration of unmanned air-
craft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System at 
Federal Aviation Administration designated UAS test 
sites: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall identify essen-
tial integration technologies that could be demonstrated 
or validated at test sites designated in accordance with 
the preceding proviso.
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020, $2,362,977,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and 
$124,200,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
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curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
no later than March 31, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the 
Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding 
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, with total funding for each year of the plan con-
strained to the funding targets for those years as esti-
mated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$191,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall
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be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
the Government’s share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that sec-
tion shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large 
or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a 
multi-phased construction project for which the project 
sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the con-
struction project: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of funds limited under this 
heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall be available 
for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 
not less than $33,210,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available and transferred to 
‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 
out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, 
such program may include the participation of an airport 
that serves a community or consortium that is not larger
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than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifica-
tions effective at the time the Office of the Secretary 
issues a request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $750,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided 
under this heading as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set 
forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 
0.5 percent of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of 
grants made under this heading.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration 
for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
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count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 
to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or
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any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than eight political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 
Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the
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Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 
Program participants, as long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and as long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in the Federal Avia-
tion Administration report, Establishment and Dis-
continuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers 
(FAA–APO–90–7 as of August, 1990). 
SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to limit the use of an Organization 
Designation Authorization’s (ODA) delegated functions 
documented in its procedures manual on a type certifi-
cation project unless the Administrator documents a sys-
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temic airworthiness noncompliance performance issue as 
a result of inspection or oversight that the safety of air 
commerce requires a limitation with regard to a specific 
authorization or where an ODA’s capability has not been 
previously established in terms of a new compliance meth-
od or design feature: Provided, That in such cases the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall work with the ODA 
holder if requested to develop the capability to execute 
that function safely, efficiently and effectively. 
SEC. 119E. (a) TERMINAL
AERODROME
FORE-
CAST.—The Administrator shall permit an air carrier op-
eration under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, to operate to a destination determined to be under 
visual flight rules without a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast 
or Meteorological Aerodrome Report if a current Area 
Forecast, supplemented by other local weather observa-
tions or reports, is available, and an alternate airport that 
has an available Terminal Aerodrome Forecast and weath-
er report is specified. The air carrier shall have approved 
procedures for dispatch and en route weather evaluation 
and shall operate under instrument flight rules en route 
to the destination. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Without a written finding of neces-
sity, based on objective and historical evidence of immi-
nent threat to safety, the Administrator shall not promul-
446 
gate any operation specification, policy, or guidance docu-
ment that is more restrictive than, or requires procedures 
that are not expressly stated in, the regulations. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be 
for 
necessary 
expenses, 
including 
an 
independent 
verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport 
sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and pro-
viders of general aviation ground support services located 
at those airports closed during a temporary flight restric-
tion (TFR) for any residence of the President that is des-
ignated or identified to be secured by the United States 
Secret Service, and for direct and incremental financial 
losses incurred while such airports are closed solely due 
to the actions of the Federal Government: Provided, That 
no funds shall be obligated or distributed to airport spon-
sors that do not provide gateway operations and providers 
of general aviation ground support services until an inde-
pendent audit is completed: Provided further, That losses 
incurred as a result of violations of law, or through fault 
or negligence, of such operators and service providers or 
of third parties (including airports) are not eligible for re-
imbursements: Provided further, That obligation and ex-
penditure of funds are conditional upon full release of the
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United States Government for all claims for financial 
losses resulting from such actions. 
REPORT ON NEXTGEN IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 119G. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
of NextGen at commercial service airports in the United 
States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The number and percentage of commercial 
service airports in the United States that have fully 
implemented NextGen. 
(2) The percentage completion of NextGen im-
plementation at each commercial service airport in 
the United States. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD TO DETERMINE 
PERCENTAGE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXTGEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall de-
velop a standard for determining under subsection 
(b)(2) the percentage completion of NextGen imple-
mentation at commercial service airports in the 
United States based on factors that may include an 
accounting of efficiency benefits achieved, the degree
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of NextGen technology and infrastructure installed, 
and the extent of controller training on NextGen. 
(2) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—The Administrator 
shall include in the report submitted under sub-
section (a) the standard developed under paragraph 
(1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
(2) NEXTGEN.—The term ‘‘NextGen’’ means 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $446,444,304, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 
with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
449 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 
$45,268,596,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the 
Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by 
title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services 
of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 
and project finance to assist in the underwriting and serv-
icing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 
of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 
credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are 
available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided 
further, That such amounts are in addition to administra-
tive expenses that are also available for such purpose, and 
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limita-
tion on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 
23, United States Code.
450 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$46,007,596,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $3,300,000,000: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
rived from the general fund, shall be in addition to any 
funds provided for fiscal year 2019 in this or any other 
Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code, and shall not affect the distribu-
tion or amount of funds provided in any other Act: Pro-
vided further, That section 1101(b) of Public Law 114– 
94 shall apply to funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $2,389,200,000 shall be set aside for activi-
ties eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United 
States Code, $15,800,000 shall be set aside for activities 
eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as de-
scribed in section 165(b)(2)(C) of such title, $5,000,000
451 
shall be set aside for activities eligible under the Terri-
torial Highway Program, as described in section 165(c)(6) 
of such title, $90,000,000 shall be set aside for the elimi-
nation of hazards and installation of protective devices at 
railway-highway crossings, as described in section 
130(e)(1)(A) of such title, and $800,000,000 shall be set 
aside for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program 
for States: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
heading, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States 
or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading for activities eli-
gible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States 
Code, shall be suballocated in the manner described in sec-
tion 133(d) of such title, except that the set-aside de-
scribed in section 133(h) of such title shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for (1) 
activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of such title 
(2) the elimination of hazards and installation of protec-
tive devices at railway-highway crossings, and (3) a bridge 
replacement and rehabilitation program shall be adminis-
tered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A)
452 
of title 23, United States Code, shall be apportioned to 
the States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation 
for fiscal year 2019 is distributed among the States in 
section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as provided in the following proviso, the funds made 
available under this heading for activities eligible under 
the Puerto Rico Highway Program and activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program shall be adminis-
tered as if allocated under sections 165(b) and 165(c), re-
spectively, of such title and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2022: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be sub-
ject to the requirements of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 
165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading for the elimi-
nation of hazards and installation of protective devices at 
railway-highway crossings shall be apportioned to the 
States as described in sections 130(f)(1) and (f)(2) of such 
title: Provided further, That at least one-half of the funds 
made available to a State under this heading for the elimi-
nation of hazards and installation of protective devices at 
railway-highway crossings shall be available for the instal-
lation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this
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heading for the elimination of hazards and installation of 
protective devices at railway-highway crossings shall be 
subject to the special rule described in section 130(e)(2) 
of such title: Provided further, That projects carried out 
with funds made available under this heading for the 
elimination of hazards and installation of protective de-
vices at railway-highway crossings shall be (1) subject to 
sections 130(b), (c), and (j) of such title, (2) included in 
the annual report described in section 130(g) of such title, 
and (3) subject to the Federal share requirement de-
scribed in section 130(f)(3) of such title: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for the 
elimination of hazards and installation of protective de-
vices at railway-highway crossings shall be (1) available 
for matching, as described in section 130(h) of such title, 
subject to the requirements of such section, (2) available 
for incentive payments, as described in section 130(i) of 
such title, subject to the requirements of such section, and 
(3) subject to the limitation in section 130(k) of such title: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro-
gram shall be used for highway bridge replacement or re-
habilitation projects on public roads: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following proviso the funds 
made available under this heading for a bridge replace-
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the 
Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that—
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(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 
204 of that title, by multiplying—
457 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code, (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 
the proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under 
title 23, United States Code, to each State for 
such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
458 
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 
Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but
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only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019, 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year—
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(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall—
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(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year.
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(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall provide an annual report to the House and
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Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writ-
ing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether cred-
it assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guar-
antee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assist-
ance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 
23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 
days before making a grant under that section, provides 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an
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evaluation and justification for the project and the amount 
of the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written 
notification required in the previous proviso shall be made 
no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 
165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 
State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to 
use its authority under this section and submits a quar-
terly report to the Secretary identifying the projects to 
which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the 
original period of availability of funds to be obligated 
under this section, such funds and associated obligation 
limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period 
of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary of Transportation is notified. The Federal share of 
the cost of a project carried out with funds made available 
under this section shall be the same as associated with 
the earmark.
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(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 50 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 
projects or activities the State or territory certifies have
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been closed and for which payments have been made under 
a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 
of the information provided by the States and territories 
each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $284,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for imple-
mentation, execution or administration of motor carrier 
safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$284,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and
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Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, of which $9,073,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, 
is for the research and technology program, and of which 
$34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, is for information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, $382,800,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $382,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $304,300,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program, $32,500,000 shall be available for the commer-
cial driver’s license program implementation program, 
$44,000,000 shall be available for the high priority activi-
ties program, and $2,000,000 shall be made available for