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MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures 
on Midway Island that have been recommended by the 
United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register 
of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 426. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
SECURITY.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 
carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,490,000 for fiscal year 
2019. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS .—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,025,000 for fiscal year 
2019.’’. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 427. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
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provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 
title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au-
thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte-
rior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out 
the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage-
ment program to such organizations. 
RECREATION FEE 
SEC. 428. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2021’’. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 429. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, to support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
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(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use. 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
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CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 430. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 431. The final rule issued by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water Rule: ‘Definition of 
Waters of the United States’ ’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 37053 (June 
29, 2015)) is repealed, and, until such time as the Admin-
istrator and the Secretary issue a final rule after the date 
of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters pro-
tected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
such new final rule goes into effect, any regulation or pol-
icy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the 
rule repealed by this section shall be applied as if that 
repealed rule had not been issued. 
AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENTS 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ-
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mental Protection Agency to issue any regulation under 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 
that applies to an animal feeding operation, including a 
concentrated animal feeding operation and a large con-
centrated animal feeding operation, as such terms are de-
fined in section 122.23 of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON 
FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 433. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use 
of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational 
shooting if such use or access— 
(1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 
of January 1, 2013; and 
(2) was conducted in compliance with the re-
source management plan (as defined in section 101 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 
Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 
(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES ALLOWED.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a 
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period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by 
the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 
if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is 
necessary to accommodate a special event or for public 
safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary clo-
sure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary 
determines the extension is necessary because of extraor-
dinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF STATES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, 
or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, 
or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
regulations. 
AVAILABILITY OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 434. The Secretary of the Interior, with respect 
to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 
to the National Forest System lands, shall make vacant 
grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing per-
mit or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered 
by the permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the 
holder of the permit or lease are unusable because of 
drought or wildfire, as determined by the Secretary con-
cerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 
or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be 
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the same as the terms and conditions of the most recent 
permit or lease that was applicable to the vacant grazing 
allotment made available. Section 102 of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 
not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under 
this section. 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 435. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance 
Superfund’’, $40,000,000, which shall be for the Super-
fund Remedial program, to remain available until ex-
pended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2018, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $40,000,000 as 
a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub-
stance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ 
$300,000,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $150,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
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Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act. 
(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Program Account’’, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the cost of direct loans, for 
the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
grams, of which $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, may be used for such administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That these additional funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $2,683,000,000. 
DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY 
SEC. 436. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may appoint, without regard to the provisions 
of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, 
a qualified candidate described in subsection (b) directly 
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to a position with the United States Department of Agri-
culture, Forest Service for which the candidate meets Of-
fice of Personnel Management qualification standards. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies to a former resource assist-
ant (as defined in section 203 of the Public Land Corps 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1722)) who completed a rigorous under-
graduate or graduate summer internship with a land man-
aging agency, such as the Forest Service Resource Assist-
ant Program; successfully fulfilled the requirements of the 
internship program; and subsequently earned an under-
graduate or graduate degree from an accredited institu-
tion of higher education. 
(c) The direct hire authority under this section may 
not be exercised with respect to a specific qualified can-
didate after the end of the two-year period beginning on 
the date on which the candidate completed the under-
graduate or graduate degree, as the case may be. 
CALIFORNIA WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 437. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Final Environmental Impact Report/Final Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement for the Bay Delta Conserva-
tion Plan/California Water Fix (81 Fed. Reg. 96485 (Dec. 
30, 2016)) and any resulting agency decision, record of 
decision, or similar determination shall hereafter not be 
subject to judicial review under any Federal or State law. 
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LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSPLANTATION 
OR INTRODUCTION OF GRIZZLY BEARS INTO NORTH 
CASCADES ECOSYSTEM 
SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the transplantation or introduction 
of grizzly bears into the North Cascades Ecosystem. 
MANAGEMENT OF WILD HORSES OR BURROS 
SEC. 439. Notwithstanding the first section and sec-
tion 2(d) of Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 and 
1332(d)), the Secretary of the Interior may hereafter 
manage any group of wild horses or burros as a non-
reproducing or single-sex herd, in whole or in part, includ-
ing through chemical or surgical sterilization. 
MARBLED MURRELET LONG TERM CONSERVATION 
STRATEGY 
SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve, or require the development 
or implementation of, a Marbled Murrelet Long Term 
Conservation Strategy for the 1997 Washington State 
Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan that sets aside 
forested acres in excess of those identified as occupied 
habitat, existing old growth stands, stands that will be-
come old growth within 70 years, and associated buffers. 
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LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA WATER 
PROJECTS 
SEC. 441. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act (title I of 
Public Law 108–361; 118 Stat. 1681), the water project 
described in chapter 5 of part 3 of division 6 of the Cali-
fornia Water Code (sections 11550 et seq.) as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act and operated by the 
California Department of Water Resources, and all 
projects authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 26, 
1937 (chapter 832; 50 Stat. 850) and all Acts amendatory 
or supplemental thereto, shall hereafter not be subject to 
judicial review. 
OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES FROM ALASKA COASTAL PLAIN 
SEC. 442. Section 20001(b) of Public Law 115–97 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘47’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon ‘‘and 
3 percent shall be deposited into the Fund es-
tablished in section 6 of Public Law 92–203 to 
be divided and distributed in the same manner 
as ‘revenues’ pursuant to section 7 of such 
Act’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) 
USE
OF
DISTRIBUTIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, amounts re-
ceived as a distribution under paragraph (5)(A) shall 
be used for the purpose of providing for the social 
and economic needs of Natives (as defined in section 
3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1602)).’’. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 443. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCES TO REPORT 
SEC. 444. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–765. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 445. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
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tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 446. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate or restructure the Great 
Lakes Advisory Board, a Federal advisory committee 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
SEC. 447. There is appropriated for grants for lead 
reduction projects under section 1459B of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b) $10,000,000, to be 
derived from a reduction of $10,000,000 in the amount 
provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—Environmental Programs and Man-
agement’’. 
SEC. 448. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Green-
house Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for 
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— Phase 
2’’ published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 73478 et seq.), with respect to trailers. 
SEC. 449. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to repeal section 105(a)(2) or section 
105(b) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 note). 
SEC. 450. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
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to hire or pay the salary of any officer or employee of 
the Environmental Protection Agency under subsection (f) 
or (g) of section 207 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 209) who is not already receiving pay under either 
such subsection on the date of enactment of this Act. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 451. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require changes to an existing placer 
mining plan of operations with regard to reclamation ac-
tivities, including revegetation, or to modify the bond re-
quirements for the mining operation. 
SEC. 452. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to give formal notification under, or pre-
pare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule 
or recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7415). 
SEC. 453. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Federal Acquisition 
Regulation 6.101(a) with respect to aviation helmets. 
SEC. 454. None of the funds made available by this 
act may be used by the Secretary to modify operations 
of the New Melones reservoir authorized in section 10 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 901) for 
the purposes of executing any component of the State 
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Water Resources Control Board of California’s Bay-Delta 
Water Quality Control Plan. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO RESTRICT CERTAIN 
USE
OF
GENETICALLY
MODIFIED
CROPS
IN
NA-
TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES 
SEC. 455. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce any prohibition or limitation 
of any kind in a cooperative agreement referred to in sec-
tion 29.2 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, on the 
planting of genetically modified crops in a national wildlife 
refuge. 
SEC. 456. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to eliminate the Urban Wildlife Refuge 
Partnership. 
SEC. 457. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to limit outreach programs administered 
by the Smithsonian Institution. 
SEC. 458. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Oil 
and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Re-
constructed, and Modified Sources’’ published by the En-
vironmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 
June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 35824). 
SEC. 459. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 
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regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 
analysis contained in— 
(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 
Executive Order No. 12866’’, published by the 
Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Car-
bon, United States Government, in February 2010; 
(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order No. 
12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 
Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Gov-
ernment, in May 2013 and revised in November 
2013; 
(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal De-
partments and Agencies on Consideration of Green-
house Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate 
Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 
(79 Fed. Reg. 77802); 
(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order No. 
12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 
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LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 461. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the threatened 
species listing of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 462. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the threatened 
species or endangered species listing of any plant or wild-
life that has not undergone a review as required by section 
4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(c)(2)). 
SEC. 463. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
to take any of the actions described as a ‘‘backstop’’ in 
the December 29, 2009, letter from EPA’s Regional Ad-
ministrator to the States in the Watershed and the Dis-
trict of Columbia in response to the development or imple-
mentation of a State’s watershed implementation and re-
ferred to in enclosure B of such letter. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 464. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to draft, propose, finalize, implement, 
enforce, or carry out any rulemaking on the lesser prairie- 
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chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) under section 4 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533). 
SEC. 465. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay attorney’s fees pursuant to a set-
tlement in any case, in which the Federal Government is 
a party, that arises under— 
(1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); 
(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or 
(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION B—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
essary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi-
ties, $208,751,000 (reduced by $100,000) (increased by 
$100,000): Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, of which necessary 
amounts shall be available for expenses to support 
activities of the Financial Action Task Force, and 
not to exceed $350,000 shall be available for other 
official reception and representation expenses; 
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(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of programs within the Office of Critical Infra-
structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in-
cluding entering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
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rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 
national security threats, $161,000,000: Provided, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$25,208,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 
offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 
investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for 
approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 
shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In-
formation Officer prior to the obligation of funds under 
this heading: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading $1,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 
Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the in-
vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 
That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 
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other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor-
mation Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
FUND FOR AMERICA’S KIDS AND GRANDKIDS 
There is established in the Treasury a fund to be 
known as the ‘‘Fund for America’s Kids and Grandkids’’ 
(the ‘‘Fund’’): Provided, That in addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated 
to the Fund $585,000,000 for the sole purpose of govern-
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ment efficiencies: Provided further, That amounts in the 
Fund may not be obligated until after the date that the 
Secretary of the Treasury certifies in the annual Financial 
Report of the United States Government that the Federal 
budget deficit equals $0 or that there is a budget surplus: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from the Fund. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 
U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for 
Tax 
Administration; 
$170,834,000, 
of 
which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 
for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED 
ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–343), $28,800,000. 
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$12,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which 
not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 
of the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 
and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the 
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Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 
380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $123,527,000; of which not to 
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for cooperative research and development programs 
for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies with or without reim-
bursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of 
accelerating the processing of formula and label applica-
tions: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, shall be for the costs associated with 
enforcement of the trade practice provisions of the Federal 
Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
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associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$30,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–3, $216,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000). Of the amount 
appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $121,000,000 (increased by 
$17,000,000), notwithstanding section 108(e) of 
Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with re-
gard to Small and/or Emerging Community Develop-
ment Financial Institutions Assistance awards, is 
available until September 30, 2019, for financial as-
sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 
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under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$2,527,250 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 
and of which up to $3,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 
(12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to provide fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach to community development financial insti-
tutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities: Provided, That the cost of di-
rect and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000; Provided 
further, That with regard to financial assistance 
awards made pursuant to this paragraph, excluding 
those made to community development financial in-
stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities, priority shall be placed on pro-
viding assistance to community development finan-
cial institutions that have provided no less than 15 
percent of their total financial products to recipients 
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in persistent poverty counties, as measured by a 
three year average of their activity; 
(2) not less than $13,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), notwith-
standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 
2019, for financial assistance, technical assistance, 
training, and outreach programs designed to benefit 
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Na-
tive communities and provided primarily through 
qualified community development lender organiza-
tions with experience and expertise in community de-
velopment banking and lending in Indian country, 
Native American organizations, tribes and tribal or-
ganizations, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $19,000,000 (increased by 
$4,000,000) is available until September 30, 2020, 
for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 
(4) not less than $15,000,000 (increased by 
$3,000,000), notwithstanding subsections (d) and 
(e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for a Healthy Food Financing Ini-
tiative to provide financial assistance, technical as-
sistance, training, and outreach to community devel-
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opment financial institutions for the purpose of of-
fering affordable financing and technical assistance 
to expand the availability of healthy food options in 
distressed communities; 
(5) up to $23,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in-
cluding administration of CDFI fund programs and 
the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not 
less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to 
better assess and inform CDFI investment perform-
ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(6) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 
under 
such 
section 
114A 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2019: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be 
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used for awards that support investments that serve 
populations living in persistent poverty counties: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
graph and paragraph (1) above, the term ‘‘persistent 
poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty 
over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 
and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5- 
year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Census Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $2,491,554,000, of which not less than 
$8,890,000 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be for the Tax 
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 
than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-
payer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, shall be available for a Community Volunteer In-
come Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax re-
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turn preparation assistance; of which not less than 
$207,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 
the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Serv-
ice, not less than $5,000,000 (increased by $500,000) 
shall be for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020, and of which not less than 
$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 
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‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee; and 
‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall 
be the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House until the vote on pas-
sage, when the joint resolution received from the 
other House shall supplant the joint resolution of 
the receiving House. 
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 
Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 
Senate is a revenue measure. 
‘‘(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final 
passage of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 
described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be 
taken on that day. 
‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 
Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such is deemed to be part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 
where explicitly so; and 
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