835 
under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al-
lowances, training, employment and case management serv-
ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 
to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, $790,000,000 together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15, 2018: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
tion provided under this heading may remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,380,625,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,639,600,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title
836 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less than 
$120,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews, and to provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training as appro-
priate, for claimants of unemployment insurance for 
ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and 
for claimants of regular unemployment compensation, 
including those who are profiled as most likely to ex-
haust their benefits in each State: Provided, That 
such activities shall not be subject to section 306 of 
the Social Security Act; and $9,000,000 for continued 
support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
Center of Excellence), the administration of unem-
ployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex- 
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501– 
8523, and the administration of trade readjustment 
allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assist-
ance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance 
under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2018, except 
that funds used for automation shall be available for
837 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2018, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2020, or, 
if the automation is being carried out through con-
sortia of States, for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, and funds for competitive grants 
awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-
sessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2018, and for obligation by the States through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and funds for the Unemployment In-
surance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be avail-
able for obligation by the State through September 30, 
2019, and funds used for unemployment insurance 
workloads experienced through September 30, 2018 
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
cember 31, 2018; 
(2) $13,897,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system;
838 
(3) $645,000,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 
6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2018 through 
June 30, 2019; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit 
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 shall 
be available for the Federal administration of such 
activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for 
grants to States for the administration of such activi-
ties; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
839 
tion for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 
2019: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2018 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,246,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 
State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 
such title III if the other States include areas that have 
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 
the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 
States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires 
under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur-
840 
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 
which are used to support the national activities of the Fed-
eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities 
under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to 
the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, 
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a 
State participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
Social Security Act to other States participating in the con-
841 
sortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the ad-
ministration of the unemployment compensation law of the 
State making the request: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may collect fees for the costs associated with addi-
tional data collection, analyses, and reporting services re-
lating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey re-
quested by State and local governments, public and private 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organiza-
tions and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the 
provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural 
Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to 
meet the information collection and reporting needs of such 
entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, for such 
purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 
the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 
Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment
842 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2019. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $181,000,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2019, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ-
ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
843 
year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ-
ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2018, 
for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2018 shall be avail-
able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$424,417,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
number of new plan participants in plans terminated by 
the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2018, an 
amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2019, for obligation for ad-
ministrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in 
excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be 
incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination 
expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 
expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $227,500,000.
844 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $40,187,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $103,476,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation 
Programs, 
$115,424,000, 
together 
with 
$2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 
continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the 
War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations in-
845 
curred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional com-
pensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$220,000,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any 
period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for de-
posit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): 
Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, 
who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions 
of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Pro-
vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated 
on September 30, 2017, shall remain available until ex-
pended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be 
transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service 
and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share 
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
determines to be the cost of administration for employees 
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac-
846 
count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis-
tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$71,188,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $24,540,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $21,946,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
such identifying information (including Social Security ac-
count number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $54,319,000, to remain available until expended.
847 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a 
claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such 
claim such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest 
on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended
848 
from the Fund for fiscal year 2018 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$31,994,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $552,787,000, including not to 
exceed $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law
849 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 
safety and health training and education: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to 
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such 
sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
to administer national and international laboratory rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or 
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees 
who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently published
850 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to a report of an employment accident which 
is fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
any action pursuant to such investigation authorized 
by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to complaints of discrimination against em-
ployees for exercising rights under the Act:
851 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $10,537,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of 
which the Secretary shall reserve not less than $4,500,000 
for Susan Harwood Training Capacity Building Develop-
mental grants, as described in Funding Opportunity Num-
ber SHTG–GY–16–02 (referenced in the notice of avail-
ability of funds published in the Federal Register on May 
3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 30568)) for program activities start-
ing not later than September 30, 2018 and lasting for a 
period of 12 months: Provided further, That not less than 
$3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $373,816,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State 
assistance grants: Provided, That amounts available for 
State assistance grants may be used for the purchase and 
maintenance of new equipment required by the final rule
852 
entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal 
Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors’’ 
published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Reg-
ister on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et seq.), for opera-
tors that demonstrate financial need as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by 
the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 
board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
safety and health education and training activities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 
collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for 
the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 
explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 
and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
853 
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe-
ty Association as a principal safety association and, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in-
cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga-
nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of 
the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $547,000,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $38,203,000.
854 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$337,536,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $59,825,000 for the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
cember 31, 2018: Provided further, That funds available to 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 
administer or operate international labor activities, bilat-
eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
more than $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat ex-
ploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
$6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs that 
address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agree-
ments or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 
$8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
855 
tion may be used to administer grants for the purpose of 
evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for the pur-
pose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open 
competition: Provided further, That funds available for pro-
gram evaluation may be transferred to any other appro-
priate account in the Department for such purpose: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may 
be used for grants to serve and promote the interests of 
women in the workforce: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 
shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap-
prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $245,041,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 
which: 
(1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
856 
ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such 
title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2018, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
resentatives 
in 
the 
provision 
of 
services 
to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
participated in the Transition Assistance Program 
and have been identified as in need of intensive serv-
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
ed, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and 
to the spouses or other family caregivers of such 
wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $19,500,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $42,127,000 is for Federal administration of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code; and
857 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$50,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 
30, 2018, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under section 2023 may in-
clude, in addition to services to the individuals described 
in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans recently 
released from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) 
of the HIRE Vets Act, as amended herein, and such 
amounts shall be available to the Secretary to carry out 
the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as authorized 
by such Act, and shall remain available until expended:
858 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to any other 
funds available for such purposes, including funds available 
under paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, That 
section 2(d) of division O of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) 
shall not apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $20,769,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $83,487,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II.
859 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act 
may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, 
but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased 
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 
be used to create any new program or to fund any project 
or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 
or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
already identified by the United States Department of 
Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com-
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petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com-
petitive grants for training individuals who are older than 
16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
within a local educational agency in the occupations and 
industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to 
hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin-
istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower 
limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local 
government employees, and the size of the organizations 
that administer Federal programs involved including Em-
ployment and Training Administration programs.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap-
propriation made available to the Employment and Train-
ing Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administra-
tion’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities re-
lating to any of the programs or activities that are funded 
under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such ac-
count to carry out program integrity activities related to 
the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds trans-
ferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2019.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 
within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2019: Provided, That such 
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 
‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 
Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability
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Employment Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bu-
reau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Train-
ing’’. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning October 1, 2017, the Secretary of Labor, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may select an 
entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center on a com-
petitive basis in accordance with section 147 of the WIOA, 
if the Secretary of Labor determines such Center has had 
consistently low performance under the performance ac-
countability system in effect for the Job Corps program 
prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected levels of 
performance established under section 159(c) of such Act be-
ginning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol-
lowing text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis-
aster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an 
employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate,
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in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, cas-
ualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average 
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per 
week or any minimum weekly amount established by 
the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of 
weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activi-
ties described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages or 
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
nesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
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‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to 
a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 110. Of the funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training 
and Employment Services’’ in division H of Public Law 
115–31, $12,500,000 is rescinded, to be derived from the 
amount made available in paragraph (2)(A) under such 
heading for the period October 1, 2017, through September 
30, 2018. 
SEC. 111. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the 
petition into the United States at any time during 
the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH 
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
after the date that is 90 days after the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer—
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(A) completes a new assessment of the local 
labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con-
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings 
H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during 
the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 
staggering the date of need in violation of section 
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted 
to 
the 
United 
States 
pursuant 
to 
section
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101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 112. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of— 
(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other em-
ployees with similar experience and qualifications for such 
position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage 
level for the occupational classification of the position in 
the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will 
be employed, based on the best information available at the 
time of filing the petition. In the determination of pre-
vailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the 
Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in in-
stances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey 
data are available unless the Secretary determines that the 
methodology and data in the provided survey are not statis-
tically supported. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found 
in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini-
tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. 
Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of tem-
porary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of 
temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).
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SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$2,000,000 of excess personal property to apprenticeship 
programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those 
programs. 
SEC. 115. The proviso at the end of paragraph (1) 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment 
and Training Administration—State Unemployment In-
surance and Employment Service Operations’’ in title I of 
division G of Public Law 113–235 shall be applied in fiscal 
year 2018 by substituting ‘‘seven’’ for ‘‘six’’. 
SEC. 116. Section 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act (division 
O of Public Law 115–31) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) To the extent provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts, the Secretary may assess a reasonable fee on em-
ployers that apply for receipt of a HIRE Vets Medallion 
Award and the Secretary shall deposit such fees into the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund. The Secretary shall es-
tablish the amount of the fee such that the amounts collected 
as fees and deposited into the Fund are sufficient to cover 
the costs associated with carrying out this division.’’. 
SEC. 117. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat.
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736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such Act: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is author-
ized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents 
to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 
to the performance of official duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the im-
mediate family of the Secretary who is participating 
in an activity or event relating to the official duties 
of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
retary (including during periods not described in 
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate 
family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 
of Labor or another senior officer representing the 
Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 
unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in
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accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may au-
thorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed 
under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the du-
ties authorized under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in the 
presence of such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, includ-
ing identifying and mitigating potential threats and 
conducting advance work to review security matters 
relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agen-
cies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 
into potential threats to the security of the Secretary, 
in coordination with the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforce-
ment officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) 
shall exercise any authority provided under this section in 
accordance with any—
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‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or 
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new 
Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on 
which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is situated. 
Any sale or other disposition will not be subject to any re-
quirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to the 
disposition of Federal real property, including but not lim-
ited to Subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the United 
States Code and Subchapter V of Chapter 119 of Title 42 
of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale 
shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be avail-
able until expended to carry out the Job Corps Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988, $1,626,522,000: Provided, That 
no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended 
for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That no more than $114,893,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out sub-
sections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS 
Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) 
pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: 
Provided further, That the ninth provisos under the heading 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Health Re-
sources and Services Administration—Health Resources 
and Services’’ in Public Laws 104–208 and 105–78 are 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$80,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$152,700,000’’ in each such ninth proviso and by adding 
at the end of each such ninth proviso the following new pro-
viso: ‘‘Provided further, That such costs, including the cost
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of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:’’: Provided further, 
That of funds provided for the Health Centers program, as 
defined by section 330 of the PHS Act, by this Act or any 
other Act for fiscal year 2018, not less than $200,000,000 
shall be obligated in fiscal year 2018 for improving quality 
of care or expanded service grants under section 330 of the 
PHS Act to support and enhance behavioral health, mental 
health, or substance use disorder services. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized under part A of title 
XVI of the PHS Act, for non-Federal lenders for the con-
struction, renovation, and modernization of medical facili-
ties that are operated by health centers: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, not to exceed $743,494,000. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 
1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Qual-
ity Improvement Act of 1986, $1,060,695,000, of which
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$111,916,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2019 to carry out sections 755 and 756 of the PHS Act: 
Provided, That sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the 
proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through 
(4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 
Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-
tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 
Act for the full project period of a grant under such section: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be available for sec-
tion 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That fees 
collected for the disclosure of information under section 
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 
and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security 
Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 
the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain 
available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac-
count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D 
of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such sections: Provided 
further, That $105,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
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pended, for the purposes of providing primary health serv-
ices, be used to assign National Health Service Corps 
(‘‘NHSC’’) members to expand the delivery of substance use 
disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment 
priorities 
and 
limitations 
in 
or 
under 
sections 
333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS 
Act, and to make NHSC Loan Repayment Program awards 
under section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That for 
purposes of the previous proviso, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the 
PHS Act shall be applied as if the term ‘‘primary health 
services’’ includes clinical substance use disorder treatment 
services, including those provided by masters level, licensed 
substance use disorder treatment counselors. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $886,789,000, of which 
$10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2022 to carry out section 330M of the PHS Act: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $83,593,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described
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in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 
such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
spect 
to 
the 
Ryan 
White 
HIV/AIDS 
program, 
$2,318,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2020, for 
parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 
not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 
Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 
or 311(c) of such Act. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $111,693,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-
ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 
Center. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, $290,794,000, of which 
$49,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for
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carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
program: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
$15,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and 
adoption of health information technology and up to 
$1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 
Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 
section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple-
mentation of telehealth services, including pilots and dem-
onstrations on the use of electronic health records to coordi-
nate rural veterans care between rural providers and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record sys-
tem: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,000,000 shall be available for 
State Offices of Rural Health: Provided further, That 
$15,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2020 to support the Rural Residency Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2022, for the Rural Com-
munities Opioids Response Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
$286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said
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projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, 
that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity 
(including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $155,000,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related 
injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 
the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$9,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary.
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization 
and respiratory diseases, $474,055,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu-
ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,127,278,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 
infectious diseases, $562,572,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 
of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion, $915,346,000: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this account may be available for mak-
ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less
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than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand com-
munity specific extension and outreach programs to combat 
obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: Pro-
vided further, That the proportional funding requirements 
under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $140,560,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $490,397,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $188,750,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$648,559,000, of which $475,579,000 shall remain available
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until September 30, 2019 for an evidence-based opioid drug 
overdose prevention program. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of 
the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, 
and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$335,200,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro-
vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) 
of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $488,621,000, of which 
(1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2019 for international HIV/AIDS and (2) $50,000,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2020 for
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Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response: Pro-
vided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance 
of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, 
and for expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 
chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,450,000,000, of 
which $610,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided, That in the 
event the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) activates the 
Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may 
detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days 
to support the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Cen-
ter, so long as the Director provides a notice to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and 
a full report within 30 days after use of this authority 
which includes the number of staff and funding level broken 
down by the originating center and number of days de-
tailed: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used to support a contract for the oper-
ation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of
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activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared 
to address public health preparedness emergencies. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $270,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2022, of 
which $240,000,000 shall be for a CDC biosafety level 4 lab-
oratory: Provided, That in addition to the amount pro-
vided, $240,000,000 shall be for a CDC biosafety level 4 lab-
oratory for the purposes described in the previous proviso 
and shall be derived by transfer from the Fund established 
by Public Law 110–161, division G, title II, section 223 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for 
repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine 
and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine 
safety research facility: Provided further, That in addition, 
the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned 
to former employees in accounts of CDC made available for 
Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this head-
ing to support the replacement of the mine safety research 
facility.
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CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities 
and program support for activities funded in other appro-
priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, $113,570,000: Provided, That 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 
of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided 
further, That employees of CDC or the Public Health Serv-
ice, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to 
States, municipalities, or other organizations under author-
ity of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assign-
ments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for report-
ing purposes only and shall not be included within any 
personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS 
during the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, 
That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts appro-
priated to CDC in this Act for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses when specifically approved by the Di-
rector of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such 
sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost 
thereof: Provided further, That with respect to the previous 
proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro-
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gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 
available through September 30, 2019. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $5,664,800,000, of which up to 
$30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve-
ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder-
ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred-
erick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $3,383,201,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$447,735,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $1,970,797,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND 
STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$2,145,149,000: Provided, That $250,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019 for research related to opioid 
addiction, development of opioid alternatives, pain man-
agement, and addiction treatment: Provided further, That 
each for-profit recipient of funds provided in the previous 
proviso shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 
or documented in-kind contributions of not less than 50 per-
cent of the total funds awarded to such entity. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$5,260,210,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,785,400,000, of which $922,871,000 shall be from funds 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That 
not less than $350,575,000 is provided for the Institutional 
Development Awards program.
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EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,452,006,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$772,317,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$751,143,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $2,574,091,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $586,661,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $459,974,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $158,033,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$509,573,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,383,603,000: Provided, 
That $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2019 for research related to opioid addiction, development 
of opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction 
treatment: Provided further, That each for-profit recipient 
of funds provided in the previous proviso shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind 
contributions of not less than 50 percent of the total funds 
awarded to such entity.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,711,775,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to human genome research, $556,881,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $377,871,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$142,184,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $303,200,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $75,733,000.
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$428,553,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2018, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $742,354,000: 
Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to im-
plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 
Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 
$542,771,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $1,803,293,000: Provided, That funding 
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur-
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ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund 
shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal 
year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$165,000,000 shall be for the National Children’s Study 
Follow-on: Provided further, That $588,116,000 shall be 
available for the Common Fund established under section 
402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Director of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of 
AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH 
may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction 
or renovation of facilities as provided for in section 
2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 
Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund for 
the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 
PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in 
the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or 
used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property,
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$128,863,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2022. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the 
appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 
$496,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 
section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 
Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National Insti-
tutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such Act: 
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Direc-
tor that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 
are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts 
may be transferred back to the Account: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and 
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 
$1,453,972,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car-
rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 
section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in ad-
dition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 
up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry 
out the Children’s Mental Health Services program may be 
used to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for 
early interventions with persons not more than 25 years 
of age at clinical high risk of developing a first episode of 
psychosis: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the 
PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act
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for fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That States shall ex-
pend at least 10 percent of the amount each receives for 
carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evi-
dence-based programs that address the needs of individuals 
with early serious mental illness, including psychotic dis-
orders, regardless of the age of the individual at onset: Pro-
vided further, That $100,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2020 for grants to communities and commu-
nity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Commu-
nity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 
of Public Law 113-93: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 
subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be to carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access 
to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 
290aa 22 note). 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven-
tion, $3,182,306,000: Provided, That $1,000,000,000 shall 
be for State Opioid Response Grants for carrying out ac-
tivities pertaining to opioids undertaken by the State agen-
cy responsible for administering the substance abuse preven-
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tion and treatment block grant under subpart II of part 
B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.): 
Provided further, That of such amount $50,000,000 shall 
be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: 
Provided further, That 15 percent of the remaining amount 
shall be for the States with the highest mortality rate related 
to opioid use disorders: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for State Opioid Response Grants not 
more than 2 percent shall be available for Federal adminis-
trative expenses, training, technical assistance, and evalua-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount not reserved by 
the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall make alloca-
tions to States, territories, and the District of Columbia ac-
cording to a formula using national survey results that the 
Secretary determines are the most objective and reliable 
measure of drug use and drug-related deaths: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall submit the formula method-
ology to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not less than 30 days 
prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement: 
Provided further, That prevention and treatment activities 
funded through such grants may include education, treat-
ment (including the provision of medication), behavioral 
health services for individuals in treatment programs, refer-
ral to treatment services, recovery support, and medical
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screening associated with such treatment: Provided further, 
That each State, as well as the District of Columbia, shall 
receive not less than $4,000,000: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts 
shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) 
$79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, 
national data, data collection and evaluation activities, 
and further that the total available under this Act for sec-
tion 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; 
and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment 
programs: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Re-
sponse Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $248,219,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 
of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and
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Mental Health Services Administration, $128,830,000: Pro-
vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act to supplement funds available to carry out national 
surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness 
and technical assistance activities: Provided further, That, 
in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publica-
tions, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed 
under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or 
private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this Act for carrying out section 501(m) of the 
PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, 
‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Pre-
vention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 
1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
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Modernization Act of 2003, $334,000,000: Provided, That 
section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 
2018: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 
from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $284,798,384,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making, after May 31, 2018, payments to States 
under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf 
of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
last quarter of fiscal year 2018 for unanticipated costs in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, 
$134,847,759,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 
in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to
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such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar-
ter. 
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 
1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 
278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act, $323,497,300,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 
of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in 
budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
ities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not 
to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all
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funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS 
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds 
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of 
the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 
from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under 
title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available 
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees 
in fiscal year 2018 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts 
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act. 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $745,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2019, to be trans-
ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $500,368,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity 
Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv-
902 
ices, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight ac-
tivities for Medicare Advantage under Part C and the Medi-
care Prescription Drug Program under Part D of the Social 
Security Act and for activities described in section 1893(b) 
of such Act, of which $84,398,000 shall be for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 
General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 
by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, of which $84,398,000 
shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance 
Program (‘‘CHIP’’) program integrity activities, and of 
which $75,836,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 
to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by sec-
tion 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-
quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for 
fiscal year 2018 shall include measures of the operational 
efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds pro-
vided by this appropriation: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is pro-
vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, and $434,000,000 is additional new 
budget 
authority 
specified 
for 
purposes 
of 
section 
251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide not less than $17,621,000 for the Senior
903 
Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 
abuse from the funds provided to this account. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,995,400,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2019, $1,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, $3,640,304,000: Provided, That all but 
$678,500,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though 
the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 
2018 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appro-
904 
priated under section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 
of such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for tech-
nical assistance, training, and monitoring of program ac-
tivities for compliance with internal controls, policies and 
procedures and may, in addition to the authorities provided 
in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 
with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga-
nizations. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998, $1,864,936,000, of which $1,830,446,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the 
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation 
with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, 
That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding
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transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub-
stituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $5,226,000,000 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev-
enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 
Provided, 
That 
technical 
assistance 
under 
section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 
the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds 
made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for 
that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision 
of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts re-
quired to be reserved by the Secretary under section 
658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $156,780,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That
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notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption 
opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social 
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Assets for Inde-
pendence Act, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
Act of 1980, $12,022,225,000, of which $75,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2019, shall be for 
grants to States for adoption and legal guardianship incen-
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tive payments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Se-
curity Act and may be made for adoptions and legal 
guardianships completed before September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That $9,863,095,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Head Start Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount in the previous proviso, $8,823,095,000 shall be 
available for payments under section 640 of the Head Start 
Act, of which $216,000,000 shall be available for a cost of 
living adjustment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of 
such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding such sec-
tion 640, of the amount in the second preceding proviso, 
$260,000,000 (of which up to one percent may be reserved 
for research and evaluation) shall be available through 
March 31, 2019 for award by the Secretary to grantees that 
apply for supplemental funding to increase their hours of 
program operations and for training and technical assist-
ance for such activities: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for making payments under the Head 
Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by 
the Secretary to supplement activities described in para-
graphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of such Act under 
the Designation Renewal System, established under the au-
thority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of 
such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding such sec-
tion 640, of the amount provided for making payments
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under the Head Start Act, and in addition to funds other-
wise available under such section 640 for such purposes, 
$755,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 2019 for 
Early Head Start programs as described in section 645A 
of such Act, for conversion of Head Start services to Early 
Head Start services as described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of 
such Act, for discretionary grants for high quality infant 
and toddler care through Early Head Start-Child Care 
Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible under section 
645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical assistance 
for such activities, and for up to $16,000,000 in Federal 
costs of administration and evaluation, and, notwith-
standing section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are 
available to serve children under age 4: Provided further, 
That funds described in the preceding two provisos shall 
not be included in the calculation of ‘‘base grant’’ in subse-
quent fiscal years, as such term is used in section 
640(a)(7)(A) 
of 
such 
Act: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$250,000,000 shall be available until December 31, 2018 for 
carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act: Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the 
funds in the preceding proviso shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and evaluation related to grants awarded 
under 
such 
section 
9212: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$742,883,000 shall be for making payments under the
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CSBG Act: Provided further, That $28,233,000 shall be for 
sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not 
less than $19,883,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not 
less than $8,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of 
such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services 
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State 
to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have 
not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with 
such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for ex-
penditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish proce-
dures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and pro-
gram income that permit such assets acquired with, and 
program income derived from, grant funds authorized 
under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole prop-
erty of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 
years after the end of the grant period for any activity con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 
investments and other debt instruments, and program in-
come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant 
funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided
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further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of 
the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development cor-
porations: Provided further, That $160,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, of which $5,000,000 shall be allocated 
notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying 
out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the per-
centages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further That 
$1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management 
system for federally declared disasters, to include a com-
prehensive national case management contract and Federal 
costs of administering the system: Provided further, That 
up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assist-
ance Reporting Information System, including grants to 
States to support data collection for a study of the system’s 
effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car-
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $99,765,000: Provided, That of the funds available to
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carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con-
sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section (as 
such section shall be so in effect on October 1, 2018): Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available to carry out sec-
tion 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described 
in section 471(e)(4)(C) (as such section shall be so in effect 
on October 1, 2018), $20,000,000 shall be for grants to each 
State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV–E 
plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship nav-
igator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of such 
Act, and $20,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise appro-
priated in section 436 for such purposes, shall be for com-
petitive grants to regional partnerships as described in sec-
tion 437(f): Provided further, That section 437(b)(1) shall 
be applied to amounts in the previous proviso by sub-
stituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwith-
standing section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be 
used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating prac-
tices to meet the criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C) 
(as such section shall be so in effect on October 1, 2018): 
Provided further, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2) 
and the limitations in section 437(d) shall not apply to 
funds specified in the second proviso: Provided further, That 
the minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs
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in the case of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, 
in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,225,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis-
cal year 2019, $2,700,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), titles III and 
XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS 
Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-
rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology 
Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect
913 
to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for 
Department-wide coordination of policy and program ac-
tivities 
that 
assist 
individuals 
with 
disabilities, 
$2,095,100,000, together with $49,115,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990: Provided, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading may be used for grants to States under 
section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and 
health promotion programs and activities which have been 
demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence- 
based and effective: Provided further, That of amounts made 
available under this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, 
and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of such amounts 
shall be available for developing and implementing evi-
dence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry 
out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Pro-
vided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to support alternative financing programs that pro-
vide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such 
as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program;
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a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
program: Provided further, That applicants shall provide 
an assurance that, and information describing the manner 
in which, the alternative financing program will expand 
and emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided fur-
ther, That State agencies and community-based disability 
organizations that are directed by and operated for individ-
uals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in 
section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals 
with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to 
pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on be-
half of an individual or group of individuals with a devel-
opmental disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the 
Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attrib-
utable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental 
and physical impairments), that has as the requested rem-
edy the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 
for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 
unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-
vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-
pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 
awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and
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residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 
affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 
legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 
guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 
rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-
diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 
individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 
legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 
individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public 
guardianship. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 
XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$470,629,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall 
be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
916 
this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive 
contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re-
duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 
with administering and evaluating such contracts and 
grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 
funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua-
tion, outreach, and additional program support activities, 
and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli-
cating programs that have been proven effective through rig-
orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral 
risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ-
ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re-
search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re-
fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 
for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 
shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi-
tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap-
proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants which exclusively implement education 
in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 
from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That
917 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid-
ance shall use medically accurate information referenced to 
peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, gov-
ernmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 
based approach integrating research findings with practical 
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired out-
comes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits asso-
ciated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty 
prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behav-
iors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without 
normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 
more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 
grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for em-
bryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ-
uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mecha-
nisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv-
ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4).
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ACCOUNT FOR THE STATE RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID 
ABUSE CRISIS, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in section 1003(c) of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
$500,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 
1003(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from amounts 
transferred under section 1003(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 
may be transferred by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to other accounts of the Department solely for the 
purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hear-
ings and Appeals, $182,381,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, to be transferred in appropriate 
part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel-
919 
opment and advancement of interoperable health informa-
tion technology, $60,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing 
protective services to the Secretary and investigating non- 
payment of child support cases for which non-payment is 
a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical 
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required 
during the current fiscal year.
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chem-
ical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and 
for other public health emergencies, $993,458,000, of which 
$536,700,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, for expenses necessary to support advanced research 
and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act 
and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading for the purpose of 
acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition 
to any other funds available for such purpose: Provided fur-
ther, That products purchased with funds provided under 
this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be de-
posited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to sec-
tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
$5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emer-
gency operations shall remain available through September 
30, 2020. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act), $710,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic,
921 
$250,000,000; of which $215,000,000 shall be available 
until expended, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 
be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 
vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con-
struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup-
plies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 
by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of
922 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 
programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 
for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 
the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 
this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a
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contract awarded in fiscal year 2018 under section 338B 
of such Act. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de-
cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 
it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 
to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such
924 
entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 
coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 
health activities abroad during fiscal year 2018: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
925 
sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
utes administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate 
fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
national health activities, including activities relating 
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
ties abroad.
926 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such personnel under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 
individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 
to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 
research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the
927 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im-
munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 
PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 
cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 
identified pursuant to or research and activities described 
in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re-
view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce-
928 
dures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re-
pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop-
er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 
at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 
NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program 
years, for purchase of research services or of security coun-
929 
termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 
effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2020 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise
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carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amend-
ments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and 
each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 
by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 
ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 
shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 
statement indicating the program, project, or activity 
receiving such funds, the Federal operating division 
or office that administers such program, and the 
amount of funding received in discretionary or man-
datory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full- 
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
signed to each authorized and funded provision de-
tailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
clude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;
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(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 
price contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2020 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health In-
surance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment 
of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal 
year 2020. Such information shall include, for each such 
fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity speci-
fied under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Trans-
parency’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 221. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection
932 
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enroll-
ments during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under sec-
tion 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 
advance of any public release of enrollment information or 
the award of such grants. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
the ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Program 
Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 
section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 
corridors). 
SEC. 223. The Secretary shall include in the fiscal year 
2020 budget justification an analysis of how section 2713 
of the PHS Act will impact eligibility for discretionary 
HHS programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec-
tion 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the
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amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the 
heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 225. Effective during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2020, any provision 
of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an-
other provision of law) to the current recommendations of 
the United States Preventive Services Task Force with re-
spect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and pre-
vention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as 
if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
tions were a reference to the recommendations of such 
Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention last issued before 
2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
applied to any screening mammography modality
934 
under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 226. In making Federal financial assistance, the 
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue 
to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same 
extent and in the same manner as such provisions were ap-
plied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the 
funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Health and Human Services 
or to any department or agency may be used to develop 
or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or 
to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of 
the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates be-
yond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quar-
ter. 
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pro-
gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
support program management activity related to the Medi-
care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur-
935 
pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 
any other amounts within such account. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 228. The NIH Director may transfer funds spe-
cifically appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alter-
natives, pain management, and addiction treatment to 
other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the 
same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 may be provided to any child care pro-
vider if a list of providers (as mentioned in part 98 of title 
45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, applicable to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services, Administration 
of Children and Families, and in the final rule published 
in the Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 190, on Sept. 30, 2016) 
indicates that a serious injury or death occurred at the pro-
vider due to a substantiated health or safety violation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 
title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in 
this 
Act 
as 
‘‘HEA’’), 
$16,443,790,000, 
of 
which 
$5,525,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, for academic year 2018–2019: Provided, That 
$6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2017, 
to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level 
census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentra-
tion grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
ther, That $3,969,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under 
section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$3,969,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further,
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That $217,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of 
part B of title II: Provided further, That $44,623,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 
ESEA, $1,414,112,000, of which $1,270,242,000 shall be for 
basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
section 7003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for construction under 
section 7007(a), $73,313,000 shall be for Federal property 
payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 
under section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of com-
puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu-
cational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2017– 
2018, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 
would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 
parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 
of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as de-
scribed in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 
under such section, shall be considered as eligible students
938 
under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, 
and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$5,158,467,000, 
of 
which 
$3,329,902,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and 
remain available through September 30, 2019, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for 
academic year 2018–2019: Provided, That $378,000,000 
shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That 
$1,211,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $36,397,000 shall be for part B of title VI and 
may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza-
tion of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure 
related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by 
the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that
939 
serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: 
Provided further, That $35,453,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI and shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and 
also may be used for construction: Provided further, That 
$52,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the 
Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to 
be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education 
has access to services provided under this section: Provided 
further, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out 
the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
serve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the pre-
vious proviso to provide technical assistance in the imple-
mentation of these grants: Provided further, That 
$180,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, 
That $1,100,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$180,239,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 
of part A of title VI and $6,865,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI.
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INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 
subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 
$982,256,000: Provided, That $278,515,000 shall be for sub-
parts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 
2241: Provided further, That $583,741,000 shall be for parts 
C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall 
be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), 
and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use 
$50,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not more 
than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
4304(k), $120,000,000, to remain available through March 
31, 2019, to carry out section 4305(b), and not more than 
$14,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4601(b), $120,000,000 shall be available through December 
31, 2018 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 
and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $185,754,000: Pro-
941 
vided, That $90,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, 
of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response 
to Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program: Provided further, 
That $17,500,000 shall be available for section 4625: Pro-
vided further, That $78,254,000 shall be available through 
December 31, 2018, for section 4624: Provided further, That 
section 4623(b) of the ESEA shall apply to funds appro-
priated for Promise Neighborhoods under this heading in 
prior appropriations acts: Provided further, That, no later 
than June 1, 2018, the Secretary shall award extension 
grants under such section on a competitive basis to imple-
mentation grantees that have demonstrated the ability to 
collect, track, and report longitudinal data on performance 
indicators established by the Department and required to 
be reported on annually as part of the initial implementa-
tion grant; demonstrated the most positive and promising 
results during their initial implementation grant based on 
such indicators, emphasizing getting children ready to 
learn; demonstrated a commitment to operating in the most 
underserved and under-resourced, including rural, areas; 
and propose continuing to pursue ambitious goals during 
an extension of that grant.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2018, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
October 1, 2017, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,366,184,000, of which 
$3,845,585,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, for academic year 2018–2019: Provided, That the 
amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 
to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 
fiscal year 2017, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per-
cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity 
during fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA,
943 
distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil-
ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per-
cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 
made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur-
ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 
under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 
accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 
amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 
of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro-
visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 
be considered in calculating the awards under section 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
944 
sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec-
ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 
fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction 
is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in 
any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 
611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), 
reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the 
maximum amount described in that paragraph as the re-
duction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allo-
cation the State would have received in that fiscal year 
under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the al-
location of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized 
by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-
tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 
under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical 
assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States 
to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and
945 
618 and to administer and carry out other services and ac-
tivities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, 
and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the State Personnel Development Grants program under 
part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program perform-
ance under such subpart. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na-
tional Center Act, $3,587,130,000, of which $3,452,931,000 
shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that re-
main available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes 
of individuals with disabilities as defined in section 
7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities 
aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes 
of children receiving Supplemental Security Income 
(‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result in long-term 
improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status 
and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That States may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public
946 
and private, nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any 
funds made available subsequent to reallotment for innova-
tive activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individ-
uals with disabilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of 
the Blind of March 3, 1879, $27,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $73,000,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $128,000,000: Pro-
vided, That from the total amount available, the University 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 
as authorized under section 207 of such Act.
947 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,830,686,000, of which $1,039,686,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain avail-
able 
through 
September 
30, 
2019, 
and 
of 
which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under 
section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,445,352,000, which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2018–2019 shall be $5,035. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,678,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu-
948 
dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their performance compared to all 
loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, and on 
the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new and 
existing accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, no later than September 30, 2017, allow student loan 
borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans to 
select from any student loan servicer to service their new 
consolidated student loan under the current student loan 
servicing contracts: Provided further, That in order to pro-
mote accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, 
the Secretary shall not award funding for any contract so-
licitation for a new Federal student loan servicing environ-
ment, including the solicitation for the FSA Next Genera-
tion Processing and Servicing Environment as amended by 
the Department of Education on February 20, 2018, unless 
such an environment provides for the participation of mul-
tiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the 
Department of Education to manage a unique portfolio of 
borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from dis-
bursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and 
allocates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student 
loan servicers based on performance: Provided further, That 
such servicers described in the previous proviso shall be 
evaluated based on their ability to meet contract require-
949 
ments, future performance on the contracts, and history of 
compliance with applicable consumer protections laws: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent Federal Student Aid (FSA) 
permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall 
hold such subcontractors accountable for meeting the re-
quirements of the contract: Provided further, That FSA 
shall create a fee structure with contractors that provides 
more support to borrowers at risk of being distressed. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and sec-
tion 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006, $2,246,551,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available 
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 
102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study 
in foreign countries by individuals who are participating 
in advanced foreign language training and international 
studies in areas that are vital to United States national 
security and who plan to apply their language skills and 
knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the 
professions, or international development: Provided further, 
That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up
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to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 
outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-
vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 
IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$232,518,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
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which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $313,863,000: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 
title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are private 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 
for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 
need for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less 
on the Department of Education’s financial responsibility 
test: Provided, That during the period of deferment of such 
a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, 
and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period 
of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: Provided 
further, That when determining priority for such institu-
tions to receive such a deferment, the Secretary shall give 
priority to institutions that operated in a financial deficit 
for at least one of the previous 5 years according to audits 
provided to the Department, or were sanctioned for finan-
cial related reasons by the agency or association that ac-
credited such institutions: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall create and execute an outreach plan to work 
with States and the Capital Financing Advisory Board to
952 
improve outreach to States and help additional public His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities participate in the 
program. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $613,462,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As-
sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by pre-
vious Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year may be used for any activity relating to implementing 
a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing 
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or 
functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 
Education, relative to the organization and operation of the 
Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $117,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $61,143,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 
to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
of any student to a school other than the school which is 
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 
grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition 
described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools.
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SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2018’’ 
for ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 306. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the 
ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2018, through Sep-
tember 30, 2019.
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SEC. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2018 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 308. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 309. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VIII) of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VIII)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,382,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,334,000,000’’. 
SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except as provided under subsection (c), with respect 
to a local educational agency that was notified by the Sec-
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retary in fiscal year 2017 of the agency’s eligibility to re-
ceive a basic support payment pursuant to section 
7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(III) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(B)(i)(III)) for 
fiscal year 2017 but did not receive a payment under sec-
tion 7003(b)(2) of such Act for fiscal year 2017, in addition 
to payments received by the local educational agency under 
section 7003(b)(1) of such Act, the Secretary shall reserve 
from funds appropriated to carry out section 7003(b) of 
such Act and make payments from such funds to such local 
educational agency for fiscal years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 
2020 in the following amounts: 
(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
(2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
(3) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
(4) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
(b) For fiscal year 2017, a local educational agency 
described in subsection (a) shall not be eligible for a basic 
support payment pursuant to section 7003(b)(2) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7703(b)(2)). 
(c) For fiscal year 2018 and succeeding fiscal years, 
if a local educational agency described in subsection (a) is 
eligible to receive a basic support payment pursuant to sec-
tion 7003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)), the payment re-
ceived by the local educational agency shall be calculated 
under section 7003(b)(2) of such Act and not under sub-
section (a). 
(d) Section 7003(b)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (i)(III)— 
(A) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) in item (bb)(BB)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and received assist-
ance for fiscal year 2017 pursuant to sub-
paragraph (G)’’ after ‘‘not less than 65 per-
cent’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(cc) 
received 
assistance 
under subparagraph (A) of section 
8003(b)(2), as such section was in 
effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95;
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129 Stat. 1802), for a fiscal year 
prior to fiscal year 2017;’’; and 
(2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(I) FIRST
TIME.—A local edu-
cational agency seeking a payment 
under this paragraph for the first time 
shall apply for and be determined eli-
gible under clause (i) for 2 consecutive 
years before receiving such a payment, 
and shall not receive such a payment 
for the first year of eligibility. 
‘‘(II) 
RESUMPTION
OF
ELIGI-
BILITY.—A heavily impacted local edu-
cational agency described in clause (i) 
that becomes ineligible under such 
clause for 1 or more fiscal years may 
resume eligibility for a basic support 
payment under this paragraph for a 
subsequent fiscal year only if the agen-
cy meets the requirements of clause (i) 
for that subsequent fiscal year, except 
that such agency shall not receive a 
basic support payment under this
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paragraph until the fiscal year suc-
ceeding the fiscal year for which the 
eligibility determination is made.’’. 
(e) Section 579(c)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 2145) is amended, in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2017, 2018, or 2019,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2017 and any succeeding fis-
cal year,’’. 
SEC. 312. For the purpose of providing temporary 
emergency impact aid for displaced students under the 
Hurricane Education Recovery heading in title VIII of sub-
division 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–123), paragraph (2)(E) under such 
heading is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the 
end the following: ‘‘and each reference to the end of the 
2005–2006 school year in section 107(f) of title IV of divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–148, shall be to December 31, 
2018’’. 
SEC. 313. (a) Notwithstanding the limitations on shar-
ing data described in paragraph (3)(E) of section 483(a) 
of the HEA, an institution of higher education may, with 
explicit written consent of an applicant who has completed 
a FAFSA under such section 483(a), provide such informa-
tion collected from the applicant’s FAFSA as is necessary
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to a scholarship granting organization, including a tribal 
organization (defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), 
designated by the applicant to assist the applicant in ap-
plying for and receiving financial assistance for the appli-
cant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 472 of the 
HEA) at that institution. 
(b) An organization that receives information pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such 
information. 
(c) This section shall be in effect until title IV of the 
HEA is reauthorized. 
SEC. 314. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)), the Secretary of Education 
may waive the requirements under sections 435(a)(5)(A)(i) 
and 
435(a)(5)(A)(ii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1085(a)(5)(A)(i) and 20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(ii))— 
(1) for an institution of higher education that of-
fers an associate degree, is a public institution, and 
is located in an economically distressed county, de-
fined as a county that ranks in the lowest 5 percent 
of all counties in the United States based on a na-
tional index of county economic status; and 
(2) for an institution—
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(A) that is a public institution of higher 
education or a Tribal College or University (as 
defined in section 316(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1059c)); and 
(B) whose fall enrollment for the most re-
cently completed academic year was comprised of 
a majority of students who are Indian (as de-
fined in such section) or Alaska Natives (as de-
fined in section 317(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1059d(b)). 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an 
institution of higher education that otherwise would be in-
eligible to participate in a program under part A of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act due to the application of sec-
tion 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)). 
(c) COVERAGE.—This section shall be in effect for the 
period covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 315. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac-
count’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Edu-
cation providing loan cancellation in the same manner as
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under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made under 
part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify for loan 
cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, of 
the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do 
not qualify for purposes of the program because they were 
monthly payments made in accordance with graduated or 
extended repayment plans as described under subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or the corresponding repay-
ment plan for a consolidation loan made under section 
455(g) and that were less than the amount calculated under 
section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period: 
Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months be-
fore the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described 
in the matter preceding this proviso and the most recent 
monthly payment made by the borrower at the time of such 
application were each not less than the monthly amount 
that would be calculated under, and for which the borrower 
would otherwise qualify for, clause (i) or (iv) of section 
455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or income-contingent 
repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who would 
have otherwise been eligible under this section but dem-
onstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 
5 years: Provided further, That the total loan volume, in-
cluding outstanding principal, fees, capitalized interest, or
964 
accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan 
cancellation 
by 
such 
borrowers 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall de-
velop and make available a simple method for borrowers 
to apply for loan cancellation under this section within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under this section 
to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based 
on the date of application and subject to both the limitation 
on total loan volume at application for such loan cancella-
tion specified in the second proviso and the availability of 
appropriations under this section: Provided further, That 
no borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction 
of loan obligations under both this section and section 428J, 
428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act. 
SEC. 316. Of the amounts made available under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 
$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to 
conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D 
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may 
intend to qualify for loan cancellation under 455(m) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers are 
meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct out-
reach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan can-
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cellation under 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower 
has made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under 
a repayment plan that is not described under section 
455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to enroll in 
a qualifying repayment plan: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct Loan bor-
rowers the full requirements of 455(m) of such Act and im-
prove the filing of employment certification by providing 
improved outreach and information such as outbound calls, 
electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to 
program requirements and benefits on each servicer’s 
website, and creating an option for all borrowers to com-
plete the entire payment certification process electronically 
and on a centralized website. 
CHILDREN OF FALLEN HEROES SCHOLARSHIP ACT 
SEC. 317. Section 473(b) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087mm(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘(in the case of a student who 
meets the requirement of subparagraph (B)(i)), 
or academic year 2018–2019 (in the case of a 
student who meets the requirement of subpara-
graph (B)(ii)),’’ after ‘‘academic year 2009– 
2010’’; and
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(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) whose parent or guardian was— 
‘‘(i) a member of the Armed Forces of 
the United States and died as a result of 
performing military service in Iraq or Af-
ghanistan after September 11, 2001; or 
‘‘(ii) actively serving as a public safety 
officer and died in the line of duty while 
performing as a public safety officer; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) ARMED FORCES.—Notwithstanding’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B)(i), and (C) of para-
graph (2)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, unless the 
Secretary establishes an alternate method to ad-
just the expected family contribution, for each 
student who meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A), (B)(ii), and (C) of paragraph (2), a 
financial aid administrator shall—
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‘‘(i) verify with the student that the 
student is eligible for the adjustment; 
‘‘(ii) adjust the expected family con-
tribution in accordance with this subsection; 
and 
‘‘(iii) notify the Secretary of the ad-
justment and the student’s eligibility for the 
adjustment.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF PELL AMOUNT.—Notwith-
standing section 1212 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796d–1), in 
the case of a student who receives an increased Fed-
eral Pell Grant amount under this section, the total 
amount of such Federal Pell Grant, including the in-
crease under this subsection, shall not be considered 
in calculating that student’s educational assistance 
benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits 
program under subpart 2 of part L of title I of such 
Act. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘public safe-
ty officer’ means— 
‘‘(A) a public safety officer, as defined in 
section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
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Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796b); or 
‘‘(B) a fire police officer, defined as an in-
dividual who— 
‘‘(i) is serving in accordance with 
State or local law as an officially recog-
nized or designated member of a legally or-
ganized public safety agency; 
‘‘(ii) is not a law enforcement officer, 
a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a 
rescue squad or ambulance crew; and 
‘‘(iii) provides scene security or directs 
traffic— 
‘‘(I) in response to any fire drill, 
fire call, or other fire, rescue, or police 
emergency; or 
‘‘(II) at a planned special event.’’. 
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
funds awarded under part D of title IV of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal years 2017 
and 2018 may be used for the purposes in section 
4407(a)(9) of such Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 
$8,250,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any cen-
tral nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 
8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform contract 
requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 
51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-
mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 
central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 
agreement entered into under the preceding proviso shall 
contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions 
as necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United 
States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall 
include the elements listed under this heading in the explan-
atory statement accompanying Public Law 114–113: Pro-
vided further, That a fee may not be charged under section 
51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, unless such 
fee is under the terms of the written agreement between the 
Committee and any such central nonprofit agency: Pro-
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vided further, That no less than $1,250,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $767,629,000, notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $17,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $32,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $5,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That
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for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $206,842,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
972 
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $83,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2018, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support
973 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history
974 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during 
a period of not more than one year may receive a national 
service education award having a value of 70 percent of 
the value of a national service education award determined 
under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2020, 
$445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
975 
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Fu-
ture Fund or any similar purpose. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system 
and other technologies and services that create infrastruc-
ture and efficiencies within the public media system, 
$20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$46,650,000, including up to $900,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for activities authorized by the 
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 
full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, includ-
976 
ing those provided to foreign governments and international 
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 
to and merged with this account, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitra-
tion services shall be available only for education, training, 
and professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized 
to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $240,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $8,480,000.
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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $12,545,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,250,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in
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said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,800,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $22,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 
herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019, 
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
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ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$123,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant, existing resources devoted to operations 
and improvements for the Board’s Information Technology 
Investment Initiatives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $11,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,400,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$38,487,277,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2020. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
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For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, 
$19,500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,753,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all 
of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That 
not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That $280,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for information technology 
modernization, including related hardware and software 
infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative ex-
penses directly associated with information technology mod-
ernization: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall re-
main available through September 30, 2019, for activities 
to address the disability hearings backlog within the Office 
of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2018 not needed for fiscal year 2018 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se-
curity Administration information technology and tele-
communications hardware and software infrastructure, in-
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cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 
expenses associated solely with this information technology 
and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances 
available under the authority in the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under 
this heading for expenditures for official time for employees 
of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organi-
zations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures re-
ferred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts 
in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as 
possible after such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, not more than $1,735,000,000, to remain available 
through March 31, 2019, is for the costs associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the 
Social Security Act, including work-related continuing dis-
ability reviews to determine whether earnings derived from 
services demonstrate an individual’s ability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with 
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI
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of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative dis-
ability investigation units, and for the cost associated with 
the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant 
United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$1,462,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Con-
gress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the 
reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public 
Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $118,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended. To the extent that the 
amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 
2018 exceed $118,000,000, the amounts shall be available 
in fiscal year 2019 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts.
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In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative
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action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and