SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water, 
Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION A—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 
the collection and study of basic information pertaining 
to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction,
shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $128,000,000 (increased 
by $1,200,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new study 
starts during fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts proposed 
in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $2,323,000,000 (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro-
gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 
of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion 
of inland waterways projects shall be derived from the In-
land Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided for in law: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall initiate five new construction starts during fiscal year 
2019: Provided further, That for new construction 
projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be executed 
as soon as practicable but no later than August 31, 2019: 
Provided further, That no allocation for a new start shall 
be considered final and no work allowance shall be made 
until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an out-year funding 
scenario demonstrating the affordability of the selected 
new starts and the impacts on other projects: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may not deviate from the new 
starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $430,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $3,820,000,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 
Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs 
for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors 
shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund; of which such sums as become available from the 
special account for the Corps of Engineers established by 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall 
be derived from that account for resource protection, re-
search, interpretation, and maintenance activities related 
to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recre-
ation is available; and of which such sums as become avail-
able from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 
104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per-
cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 
shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 
to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 
to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi-
neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 
that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 
fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 
used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance
with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 
activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $187,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,200,000) (reduced by $1,030,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be used for official reception and representa-
tion purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That no part of any other appropriation provided 
in this title shall be available to fund the civil works activi-
ties of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil 
works executive direction and management activities of the 
division offices: Provided further, That any Flood Control 
and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used to 
fund the supervision and general administration of emer-
gency operations, repairs, and other activities in response 
to any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title (as designated under such head-
ing in the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac-
companying this Act) to specific programs, projects, or ac-
tivities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that
is not consistent with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections 
(a)(1) and (a)(2). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SEC. 108. The final rule issued by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water Rule: ‘Definition of 
Waters of the United States’ ’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 37053 (June 
29, 2015)) is repealed, and, until such time as the Admin-
istrator and the Secretary issue a final rule after the date 
of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters pro-
tected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
such new final rule goes into effect, any regulation or pol-
icy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the
rule repealed by this section shall be applied as if that 
repealed rule had not been issued. 
SEC. 109. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-
hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 
an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 
development project covered under section 327.0 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act), if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
SEC. 110. For fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 
provided in this Act or available in the revolving fund es-
tablished by the Civil Functions Appropriations Act of 
1954 (33 U.S.C. 576(a)) may be obligated or expended 
on a new hopper dredge.
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $898,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,398,675 shall 
be available until September 30, 2020, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2019, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion:
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,381,992,000 (re-
duced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced 
by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which $67,393,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to 
the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such trans-
fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap-
propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 
that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu-
reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: 
Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C.
395 are available until expended for the purposes for 
which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That 
funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited 
to this account and are available until expended for the 
same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head-
ing: Provided further, That of the amounts provided here-
in, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $62,008,000 
(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to be 
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 
full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 
payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 
102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for the acquisi-
tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water
is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 
adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 
costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur-
ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 
in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 
demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 
and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 
the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, $61,000,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in
43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro-
priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by this Act; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following 
limits—
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 
the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili-
tation category or the Resources Management and 
Development category to any program, project, or 
activity in the other category; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 
contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 
to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de-
ficiency judgments. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds
by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 
such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 
law. 
SEC. 203. Hereinafter, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, during the period from November 1 
through April 30, water users may use their diversion 
structures for the purpose of recharging the Eastern 
Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Advisory Committee and Water District 1 
watermaster, determines there is water available in excess 
of that needed to satisfy existing Minidoka Project storage 
and hydropower rights and ensure operational flexibility. 
SEC. 204. Section 9001(d) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1295) is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 
‘‘20’’. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural 
Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., 
Eastern District of California, No. Civ. 9 S–88–1658 
LKK/GGH) or subtitle A of title X of Public Law 111– 
11.
SEC. 206. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the purchase of water in the State of California 
to supplement instream flow within a river basin that has 
suffered a drought within the last two years. 
SEC. 207. Section 9(c)(1) of the Reclamation Project 
Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)(1)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and pumped storage hydropower development exclu-
sively using Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs’’ after ‘‘in-
cluding small conduit hydropower development’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,078,640,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $153,700,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2020, for program direction.
CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 
sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re-
sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $146,000,000 (increased 
by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec-
tricity delivery activities in carrying out the purposes of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $175,000,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of such amount, $17,000,000 shall
be available until September 30, 2020, for program direc-
tion. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 
energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi-
tion, construction, or expansion, $1,346,090,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of such 
amount, $66,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2020, for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activi-
ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac-
quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in-
terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in-
quiries, technological investigations and research con-
cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 
mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
$785,000,000 (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $61,070,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 
carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac-
tivities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op-
erations and program management activities pursuant to 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell not to exceed $300,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur-
ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall
be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 
Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2019: Provided 
further, That such amounts shall be made available and 
shall remain available until expended for necessary ex-
penses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur-
suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), 
and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
Law 114–255), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 
and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
istration, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de-
fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$240,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi-
ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 
title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$870,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich-
ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re-
main available until expended, of which $32,959,000 shall 
be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, including for the purchase of 
not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only.
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 
16 passenger motor vehicles and one airplane for replace-
ment only, including one bus, $6,600,000,000 (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$183,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 
for program direction. 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public Law 97– 
425), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘NWPA’’), including the acquisition of any real property 
or facility construction, or expansion, $190,000,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That of the funds made
available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 1.62 percent shall be pro-
vided to the Office of the Attorney General of the State 
of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 
expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over-
sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
pursuant to the NWPA: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal 
and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 2.91 percent 
shall be provided to affected units of local government, as 
defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities 
and participate in licensing activities under Section 116(c) 
of the NWPA: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided to affected units of local government, 7.5 percent 
shall be made available to affected units of local govern-
ment in California with the balance made available to af-
fected units of local government in Nevada for distribution 
as determined by the Nevada affected units of local gov-
ernment: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 
nuclear waste disposal activities, 0.16 percent shall be pro-
vided to the affected Federally-recognized Indian tribes, 
as defined in the NWPA, solely for expenditures, other 
than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to conduct 
appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities
under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste 
disposal and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 3.0 
percent shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 0.05 
percent shall be provided to Clark County, Nevada, and 
0.46 percent shall be provided to the State of Nevada as 
payment equal to taxes under section 116(c)(3) of the 
NWPA: Provided further, That within 90 days of the com-
pletion of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attor-
ney General of the State of Nevada, each affected Feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribe, and each of the affected units 
of local government shall provide certification to the De-
partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 
payments have been expended for activities authorized by 
the NWPA and this Act: Provided further, That failure 
to provide such certification shall cause such entity to be 
prohibited from any further funding provided for similar 
activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 
appropriated may be: (1) used for litigation expenses; (2) 
used for interim storage activities; or (3) used to support 
multi-State efforts or other coalition building activities in-
consistent with the restrictions contained in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That all proceeds and recoveries realized by 
the Secretary in carrying out activities authorized by the 
NWPA, including but not limited to any proceeds from
the sale of assets, shall be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended, for carrying out the pur-
poses of this account. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$325,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received 
from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec-
essary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 
Guarantee program, $32,000,000 is appropriated from 
fees collected in prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise 
appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That if the amount in the previous 
proviso is not available from such fees, an amount for such 
purposes is also appropriated from the general fund so as
to result in a total amount appropriated for such purpose 
of no more than $32,000,000: Provided further, That fees 
collected pursuant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 
2019 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this 
heading and shall not be available until appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 
subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola-
tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 
subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 
other debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 
10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi-
cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of En-
ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $280,524,000 (re-
duced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional 
amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated 
amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the pro-
visions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et 
seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are 
offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: 
Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 
for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 
in fiscal year 2019 may be retained and used for operating 
expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 
of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received 
during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $184,524,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $51,330,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for re-
placement 
only, 
$11,200,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$24,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $102,022,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
and the purchase of not to exceed three aircraft, 
$1,902,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ-
ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc-
tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,788,618,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which, $85,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 
Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 
$48,709,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 
for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration,
$422,529,000 (reduced by $24,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, including official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 
energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car-
rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui-
sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan-
sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger 
minivan for replacement only, $5,759,220,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$295,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 
for program direction. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 
energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac-
tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $870,300,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$301,085,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 
for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, 
including the acquisition of real property or facility con-
struction or expansion, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 
are approved for official reception and representation ex-
penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2019, no new direct loan obligations 
may be made.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 
and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
southeastern power area, $6,500,000, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,500,000 col-
lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 
sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, up to $55,360,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 
of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 
annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re-
covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 
purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and mainte-
nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 
electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 
of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili-
ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re-
ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
Southwestern Power Administration, $45,802,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $35,402,000 col-
lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re-
main available until expended, for the sole purpose of
funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $10,000,000 collected by 
the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off-
setting collections, to remain available until expended for 
the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, 
REHABILITATION, 
OPERATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS-
TRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con-
servation and renewable resources programs as author-
ized, $265,142,000, including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500,
to remain available until expended, of which $265,142,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 
$175,770,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 
purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 
Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re-
duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $89,372,000, of which 
$89,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $180,408,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 
and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur-
chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $5,207,000, to remain available until expended, 
and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 
and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad-
ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 
18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$4,979,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration from the sale of power and related services from 
the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 
Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 
activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than
$228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap-
propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 
generally recovered in the same year that they are in-
curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 
may accept up to $122,000 in funds contributed by United 
States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams 
for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 
the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said 
sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: 
Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 
without further appropriation and without fiscal year limi-
tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Com-
mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re-
pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro-
electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree-
ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 
and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$369,900,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $369,900,000 of revenues from fees and an-
nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2019 shall be retained and used for expenses nec-
essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op-
portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 
funded by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca-
tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim-
its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 
previous quarter.
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 
the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which 
the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 
of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 
Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 
increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act.
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094)
during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. The Secretary of Energy may not transfer 
more than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available 
under this title to the working capital fund established 
under section 653 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7263): Provided, That the Secretary 
may transfer additional amounts to the working capital 
fund after the Secretary provides notification in advance 
of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That any
such notification shall identify the sources of funds by pro-
gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress before adding or removing any 
activities from the fund. 
SEC. 306. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 
contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 
to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
such activity is in the national security interests of the 
United States. This waiver authority may not be dele-
gated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec-
tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re-
port on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 307. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may not establish any new regional pe-
troleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 
regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested
in advance in an annual budget submission and approved 
by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(1) the justification for the new reserve; 
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
funding sources; 
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products 
may be released; 
(4) the location of the reserve; and 
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 308. (a) Funds provided by this Act for Project 
99–D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and 
any funds provided by prior Acts for such Project that 
remain unobligated, may be made available only for con-
struction and project support activities for such Project. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the require-
ment under subsection (a) if the Secretary concurrently 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress— 
(1) the commitment, certification, and details 
described in section 3121(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1892); and 
(2) the lifecycle cost estimate used to make 
such certification. 
(c) If the Secretary waives the requirements under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may not use funds provided 
for the Project described in such subsection to eliminate 
such Project until the date that is 30 days after the sub-
mission of the lifecycle cost estimate required under sub-
section (b)(2). 
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 
determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 
regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 
significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in-
crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 
result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 
of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig-
nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 
the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 
into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 
167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 
without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
SEC. 310. (a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall submit to Congress and the State of Nevada a report 
on the potential of locating a reprocessing or recycling fa-
cility for spent nuclear fuel near the Yucca Mountain site. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in the 
report required under subsection (a) a description of— 
(1) the energy technology benefits associated 
with a reprocessing or recycling facility for spent nu-
clear fuel; 
(2) the potential economic benefits for the host 
community associated with such a facility, including 
employment, infrastructure development, and work-
force development benefits; 
(3) the energy and national security implica-
tions for the supply and availability of nuclear fuel 
associated with such a facility; and 
(4) the potential for locating other nuclear fuel 
cycle facilities near the Yucca Mountain site, such as 
an enrichment facility for national defense purposes. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Edu-
cation, as defined by the State of Nevada, with prior re-
processing research experience. 
(d) YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Yucca Mountain site’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2(30) of the Nuclear Waste Pol-
icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(30)). 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co- 
Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $31,243,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020.
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-
thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 
the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-
standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-
penses, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in 
an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 
for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 
Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap-
pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 
1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay-
ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant- 
in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro-
grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com-
mission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $12,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$953,050,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), including official representation expenses not 
to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $47,700,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear
Waste Fund: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
herein, not more than $9,500,000 may be made available 
for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office 
of the Commission, to remain available until September 
30, 2020, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) 
of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be ap-
proved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided 
further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection serv-
ices, and other services and collections estimated at 
$763,640,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and 
used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $9,896,000 
shall be for activities related to the development of regu-
latory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, 
and $16,080,000 shall be for international activities, ex-
cept that the amounts provided under this proviso shall 
not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re-
ceived during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$189,410,000: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
university research and development in areas relevant to 
the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a 
Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 
support multiyear projects that do not align with pro-
grammatic missions but are critical to maintaining the 
discipline of nuclear science and engineering, except that 
the amounts provided under this proviso shall not be de-
rived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $12,609,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $10,355,000 in fiscal year 2019 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2020, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2019 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$2,254,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,103,000 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve-
nues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 
its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 
Congressional requests for information, consistent with 
Department of Justice guidance for all federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
expended as directed in the report of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. 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. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 
authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 
Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in
the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment may provide goods or services to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 
III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro-
priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref-
erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 
transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may provide goods or services to an-
other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 
previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 
for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 
modify existing notification requirements for each author-
ity. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (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. 505. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 
and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage-
ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 
under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, or federal funds provided from any other source, may 
be used to operate the Federal Columbia River Power Sys-
tem hydroelectric dams in a manner that is inconsistent 
with the Army Corps of Engineers’ 2017 Fish Operations 
Plan. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned 
or operated dam unless the removal was previously author-
ized by Congress. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func-
tions, technical review, or support activities associated 
with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli-
cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi-
bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 
the future. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 509. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCES TO REPORT 
SEC. 510. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–697. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 511. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to sell the transmission assets of the 
Bonneville Power Administration, the Southwestern 
Power Administration, the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration, or the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
SEC. 513. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 
Science’’ may be used in contravention of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to purchase heavy water from Iran.
SEC. 516. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and in-
creasing the amount made available for the same account, 
by $100,000,000. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the criteria of abandonment 
described in provision G of provision V of the rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register at 58 Fed. Reg. 45008 (re-
lating to Clean Water Act Regulatory Programs). 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 
regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 
analysis contained in— 
(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 
Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 
United States Government, in February 2010; 
(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
May 2013 and revised in November 2013;
cial Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Gov-
ernment, in August 2016. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2019’’. 
DIVISION B—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,232,143,035 (increased by $250,000) (increased 
by $500,000), as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$25,378,875, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$7,123,634, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; 
Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$573,630,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $23,112,971, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2020. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $217,845,000 (increased by 
$500,000), including: for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain 
and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 
for official representation and reception expenses, of which 
not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not 
more than $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$28,305,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Super-
intendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency Man-
agement, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $18,773,000 of 
which $5,524,000 shall remain available until expended;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $147,558,000 
(increased by $500,000), of which $11,631,000 shall re-
main available until expended; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for sal-
aries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 
for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other 
authorized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $264,043,016 (increased by $250,000), 
including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 
Federal tort claims, $525,016; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 
House, $190,000; Government contributions for health, 
retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee
benefits, $239,000,000, to remain available until March 
31, 2020; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
Wounded Warrior Program $2,750,000 (increased by 
$250,000), to remain available until expended; Office of 
Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous 
items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair 
and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 
receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees 
of the House, $722,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 
Member requests a copy. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
any version of the Congressional Record to the office of 
a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 
HOUSE 
SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number 
of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the 
United States Code to all offices of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
the report of disbursements for the operations of the 
House of Representatives under section 106 of the House 
of Representatives Administration Reform Technical Cor-
rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 
of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a print-
ed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representa-
tives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.
REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS 
SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF-
FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING AND PRINT-
ING PRIVILEGES, AND STAFF.—The first section and sec-
tions 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety- 
first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted 
into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 
5128, and 5129) are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 
the first section of Public Law 93–532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) 
is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any individual who 
serves as a Representative in Congress during the One 
Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 
of Congress) during fiscal year 2019. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 120. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS 
AMONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES.—Section 101 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 
U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 
House of Representatives under the heading ‘House Lead-
ership Offices’ may be transferred among and merged with 
the various offices and activities under such heading, ef-
fective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such 
alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which 
begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 
the transfer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 
Physician and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 
Attending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 
Senior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 
three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-
fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $374,804,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$47,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances,
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $50,737,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
RELOCATION EXPENSES 
SEC. 130. (a) AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF RELOCA-
TION EXPENSES.—Amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office for a fis-
cal year may be used to reimburse new employees of the 
Office for relocation expenses if the Director of the Office 
determines that reimbursing such expenses is of sufficient 
benefit or value to the Office. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con-
struction, operation, and general and administrative sup-
port in connection with facilities and activities under the
care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 
Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur-
nishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $103,962,000 (reduced 
by $250,000). 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $44,379,000, of which 
$17,731,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office 
buildings, 
and 
the 
Capitol 
Power 
Plant, 
$16,761,000 (reduced by $500,000), of which $5,519,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and 
operation 
of 
the 
House 
office 
buildings, 
$187,098,000, of which $127,552,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023, and of which $62,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the restoration 
and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building; Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $7,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
House Office Building Fund established under section 
176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 
added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro-
priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 
note). 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 
the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 
into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
$118,980,000, of which $36,292,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more 
than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2019. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$70,201,000, 
of 
which 
$42,079,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 
the Capitol security operations, $52,542,000, of which 
$26,605,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023.
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $14,759,000, of which $3,559,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 
sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the National Garden established under sec-
tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $23,322,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 140. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap-
itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 
such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 
the overall scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 141. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used for scrims containing photo-
graphs of building facades during restoration or construc-
tion projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SECURITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 142. (a) PURPOSE
OF PROGRAMS.—Section 
906(b) of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist At-
tacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1865(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) Funds in the account shall be used by the Archi-
tect of the Capitol for all necessary expenses for— 
‘‘(1) resilience and security programs of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol; and 
‘‘(2) the maintenance, care, and operation of 
buildings, grounds, and security enhancements for 
facilities of the United States Capitol Police and for
other facilities associated with such resilience and 
security programs at any location.’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Section 906 of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 1865) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) For carrying out the purposes of the account, 
the Architect of the Capitol may receive transfers of ap-
propriations from any agency or instrumentality of the 
United States Government upon the approval of— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, in the case of a transfer 
from an office of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, in the case of a transfer from an office of 
the Senate; or 
‘‘(C) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, in the 
case of a transfer from any other office of the Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection shall 
be merged with the account and made available under this 
section.
‘‘(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR SMALL PURCHASE 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY 
SEC. 143. (a) INCREASE.—Section 1201(a)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 
1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$250,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
INTERAGENCY DETAILS 
SEC. 144. (a) AUTHORIZING DETAILS OF EMPLOY-
EES UNDER JOINT AGENCY AGREEMENTS.—In addition 
to any other authority relating to the detail of employees, 
the Architect of the Capitol and the head of any other 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government may enter into a joint agency agree-
ment under which— 
(1) employees of the Office of the Architect of 
the Capitol (including employees of the United 
States Botanic Garden) may be detailed to such de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality on a reimburs-
able or non-reimbursable basis; and
(2) employees of such department, agency, or 
instrumentality may be detailed to the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol on a reimbursable or non- 
reimbursable basis. 
(b) DURATION.—The detail of an employee under a 
joint agency agreement under this section shall be for such 
duration as may be provided in the agreement, except that 
in the case of a detail made on a non-reimbursable basis, 
the duration of the detail may not exceed one year unless 
the Architect of the Capitol and the head of the depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality involved each determine 
that an extension of the detail of the employee is in the 
public interest. 
(c) NO EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RECIPIENT 
OF NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL.—For purposes of any 
law, rule, or regulation, the detail of an employee on a 
non-reimbursable basis under a joint agency agreement 
under this section for a fiscal year shall not be treated 
as an increase or modification of the appropriation for the 
fiscal year of the office to whom the employee is detailed. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.
ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM NON-FEDERAL 
SOURCES 
SEC. 145. (a) PERMITTING ACCEPTANCE OF EX-
PENSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Architect of the Capitol may accept payment or authorize 
an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 
to accept payment on the Office’s behalf from non-Federal 
sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with 
respect to attendance of the employee (or the spouse of 
such employee) at any meeting or similar function relating 
to the employee’s official duties. Any cash payment so ac-
cepted shall be credited to the appropriation applicable to 
such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so accept-
ed, a pro rata reduction shall be made in any entitlement 
of the employee to payment from the Government for such 
expenses. 
(b) 
PROHIBITING
ACCEPTANCE
FROM
OTHER 
SOURCES.—Except as provided in this section or section 
7342 of title 5, United States Code, the Office or an em-
ployee of the Office may not accept payment for expenses 
referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any 
payment in violation of the preceding sentence— 
(1) may be required, in addition to any penalty 
provided by law, to repay, for deposit in the general
fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the 
amount of the payment so accepted; and 
(2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph 
(1), shall not be entitled to any payment from the 
Government for such expenses. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 
and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 
Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 
and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li-
brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge-
able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$493,818,272, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available until 
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$93,407,000, of which not more than $39,218,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2019 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $45,490,000: Provided further, That $4,328,000 
shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 
the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation-
als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 
and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 
may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of
Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 
seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 
amounts made available under this heading which are at-
tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 
Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap-
ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 
in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 
program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 
section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$125,688,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 
Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 
publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 
Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con-
fidential CRS product includes any written product con-
taining research or analysis that is currently available for 
general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 
Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 
Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 
and does not include material prepared in response to 
Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re-
search. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $52,783,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 150. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2019, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$194,608,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; publishing of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation
under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act 
or any other Act for printing and binding and related serv-
ices provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, 
United States Code, may be expended to print a docu-
ment, report, or publication after the 27-month period be-
ginning on the date that such document, report, or publi-
cation is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Con-
gress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with sec-
tion 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 
That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this ac-
count or accounts for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year may be transferred to the 
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head-
ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, 
and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation 
may be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional 
Record on only a monthly and session basis.
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of 
the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 
provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members 
of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $32,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 
years 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 
libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal 
year may be transferred to the Government Publishing Of-
fice Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out 
the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate.
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 
$7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-
vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 
Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 
more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 
That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 
the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 
Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 
the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
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further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper-
ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 
Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 
Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv-
ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 
the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title;
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hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $578,916,653: Provided, That, in addition, 
$23,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 
Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 
of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 
to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi-
nanced: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available to transfer amounts to the Department of the 
Army for the construction of an Army facility at Redstone 
Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of GAO: Provided fur-
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ther, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for the salaries 
and expenses of the Government Accountability Office 
shall be available to transfer to the Department of the 
Army for the maintenance of such facility. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup-
port Russian participants shall only be used for those en-
gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi-
ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi-
cials of the central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 
$430,000.
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TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2019 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position 
appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
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resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 
section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 
2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 208. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall
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DIVISION C—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,001,768,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 
of this amount, not to exceed $110,068,000 shall be avail-
able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 
services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi-
tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
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tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, $2,100,298,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $185,542,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,454,723,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of 
this amount, not to exceed $206,577,000 shall be available
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for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
Air Force determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,465,738,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 
be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 
of Defense available for military construction or family 
housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 
same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $195,345,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au-
thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
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mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency shall provide quarterly reports 
to the congressional defense committees on the construc-
tion timeline and obligations for the Poland Aegis Ashore 
complex. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $180,122,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $16,622,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
Acts, $129,126,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$18,500,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $64,919,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $5,855,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army
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Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $43,065,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $4,695,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $50,163,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the
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amount, not to exceed $4,055,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 
Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de-
termination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 
That, the Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall take imme-
diate action to address unfunded military construction re-
quirements for access control points and security issues 
at Air Force Reserve facilities. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa-
cilities and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 
by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Acts, $171,064,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De-
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fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 
2687 
note), 
$322,390,000 
(reduced 
by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$330,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading for family housing construction may be ex-
pended for family housing improvements on Kwajalein 
Atoll until the Secretary of the Army certifies to the con-
gressional defense committees that the new housing units 
represent the best value to the taxpayer and that no rea-
sonable alternatives exist at a lower cost. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for op-
eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $376,509,000.
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FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 
authorized by law, $104,581,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 
law, $314,536,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$78,446,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges,
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and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$317,274,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments) for operation and maintenance, 
leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 
$58,373,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $1,653,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro-
viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili-
tary family housing and supporting facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED 
HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $600,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
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ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 
supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 
exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there-
for. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal High-
way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 
the construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author-
ized therein are certified as important to the national de-
fense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 
the United States for which specific appropriations have 
not been made.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 
the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi-
neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina-
tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 
by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 
relocate any activity from one base or installation to an-
other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
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ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 
awarded to United States firms or United States firms 
in joint venture with host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract