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or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 
are not members. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 
any funds under this section, including the amount ex-
pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
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distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2020. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
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posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 
are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
2020 shall be— 
(1) $11,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $18,500 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $34,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
spections completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal 
year 2020 shall be— 
(1) $33,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $18,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 
via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 
D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com-
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pleted in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall 
be— 
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 
and 
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op-
erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 
within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-
ignated operators under subsections (c) and (d) within 30 
days of the end of the month in which the inspection oc-
curred, with payment required within 30 days of billing. 
DISCLOSURE OF WAIVERS 
SEC. 108. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 
in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
issues any waiver, departure, deviation, variance, or any 
other alternative compliance authorization from any law, 
rule, regulation, or other directive, the head of such bu-
reau shall post a copy of such waiver, departure, deviation, 
variance, or other alternative compliance authorization on 
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such bureau’s publically available website not more than 
3 business days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may redact confidential 
business information. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
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fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2020, in carrying out work involv-
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild 
horses or burros that have been removed from the public 
lands to other Federal, State, and local government agen-
cies for use as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary 
may make any such transfer immediately upon request of 
such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided 
further, That any excess animal transferred under this 
provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 
or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
Burros Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or 
local government agency receiving excess wild horses or 
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burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the 
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
into commercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the 
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
for processing into commercial products; or euthanize the 
horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a li-
censed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or 
advanced age. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
ment would not— 
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
currently employed by the Department, including 
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partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
ment; or 
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 
SEC. 115. As authorized in section 111(d) of the 
Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99– 
239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) and section 108(b) 
of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–188; 117 Stat. 2755; 48 U.S.C. 
1921g), $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, to remain available until expended 
by the Secretary, for the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
to deposit in the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands as compensation for adverse financial 
and economic impacts resulting from the effect of title IV 
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of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 
Law 99–239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) upon title 
II of the Compact. 
OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 116. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 117. Before the final 2019–2024 Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, or any plan 
that is dated later than 2017–2022, is published in the 
Federal Register, none of the funds made available to the 
Department of Interior by this or any other Act may be 
used to conduct offshore oil and gas pre-leasing, leasing 
and related activities for any lease sale proposed in the 
Draft Proposed Program described in the ‘‘Notice of 
Availability of the 2019–2024 Draft Proposed Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice 
of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Im-
pact Statement’’ published in the Federal Register on 
January 8, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 829), unless such sale was 
also contained in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Proposed Final Program described in the 
‘‘Notice of Availability of the 2017–2022 Outer Conti-
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nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram’’ published in the Federal Register on November 23, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 84612). 
FUNDING RESTRICTION 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 
be used to conduct a lease sale pursuant to section 
20001(c)(1) of Public Law 115–97 which does not contain 
a national minimum acceptable bid amount sufficient to 
produce Federal receipts to the Treasury, net of any state 
share, of no less than 50 percent of the amount required 
by section 2001(b) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent res-
olution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as agreed to 
on October 26, 2017. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 119. (a) Section 512 of title V of division J of 
Public Law 108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘on the date 
that is 15 years after the date that funds are first made 
available for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 
30, 2022.’’. 
(b) Section 608 of title VI of division J of Public Law 
108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘the expiration of the 15- 
year period beginning on the date that funds are first 
made available for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2022.’’. 
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(c) Section 109 of title I of Public Law 103–449, as 
amended by Public Law 111–11, title VIII section 
8201(c), is further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 
(d) Section 608(a) of division II of Public Law 104– 
333, as amended by Public Law 110–229 section 461, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$17,000,000’’. 
(e) Section 810(a)(1) of title VIII of division B of 
appendix D of Public Law 106–554, as amended by Public 
Law 115–31, division G, title I section 115(b), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$14,000,000’’. 
SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
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TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $727,633,000 (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be for 
Research: National Priorities as specified in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
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the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,707,704,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$500,000) (reduced by $500,000) (increased by $25,000) 
(reduced by $25,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased 
by $2,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (increased by 
$500,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds 
included under this heading, $17,700,000 shall be for En-
vironmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in 
the report accompanying this Act. Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $501,958,000 
(reduced by $1) (increased by $1) shall be for Geographic 
Programs specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 
section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu-
ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 
Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 
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fiscal year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary 
salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-
eral fund for fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by the 
amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 
fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 
realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those 
amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re-
ceipts in fiscal year 2020, shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-
ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 
project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 
amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 
2014. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ-
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ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset-
ting collections under such section 3024 are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2020, which shall remain available until ex-
pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That to the extent such offsetting 
collections received in fiscal year 2020 exceed $8,000,000, 
those excess amounts shall remain available until ex-
pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $48,514,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$39,553,000, to remain available until expended. 
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,214,648,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 
30, 2019, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA) 
and 
up 
to 
$1,214,648,000 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) as a payment from 
general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund 
for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 
with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $9,586,000 
shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro-
priation to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
and $30,496,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech-
nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $94,410,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $69,041,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $23,237,000, to be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$4,620,992,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,784,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $1,300,000,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fis-
cal year 2020, to the extent there are sufficient eligi-
ble project applications and projects are consistent 
with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 per-
cent of the funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2020, funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolv-
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ing Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 
of each State, be used for projects to address green 
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2020 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
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plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2020, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2020, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
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educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2020, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2020, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the amounts 
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
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Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
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cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients; 
(2) $30,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
(reduced by $10,000,000) shall be for architectural, 
engineering, planning, design, construction and re-
lated activities in connection with the construction of 
high priority water and wastewater facilities in the 
area of the United States-Mexico Border, after con-
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sultation with the appropriate border commission: 
Provided, That no funds provided by this appropria-
tions Act to address the water, wastewater and other 
critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste 
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disposal, and similar projects carried out by the 
State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall 
allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds pro-
vided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $105,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun-
ty 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 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
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mates, or any territory or possession of the United 
States; 
(5) $55,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (re-
duced by $5,000,000) shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $30,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the report accompanying this Act; 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); 
(8) $25,000,000 shall be for grants and other 
activities under subsections (a) through (j) of section 
1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–19a)); 
(9) $25,000,000 shall be for grants and other 
activities under section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(10) $20,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $5,000,000) shall be for grants under 
section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b)); 
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(11) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(12) $13,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(13) $90,000,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) 
(increased by $10,000,000) shall be for grants under 
section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(14) $1,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of America’s Water Infrastructure Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); and 
(15) $1,114,992,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000) shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
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specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $45,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
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fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $5,490,000,000. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
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consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2020. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$320,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
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to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2020, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2020 to provide 
grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
tershed Restoration Program. 
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Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-
tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds made available 
under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 
be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4). 
The fourth paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative 
Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is amended 
by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
fice. 
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FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $921,849,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2021, for: (1) the base salary and 
expenses of permanent employees carrying out administra-
tive and general management support functions of the 
Forest Service; (2) the costs of leases for buildings and 
sites where such support functions take place; (3) the 
costs of utility and telecommunication expenses, business 
services, and information technology, including cybersecu-
rity requirements; and (4) such other administrative sup-
port function expenses necessary for the operation of the 
Forest 
Service: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$565,713,000 shall be available for the base salaries and 
expenses described in paragraph (1): Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances available to the Forest 
Service from prior fiscal years for the purposes described 
under this heading shall be transferred to and merged 
with this account: Provided further, That any funding for 
the purposes described under this heading that are author-
ized to be paid by permanent funds or trust funds of the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to and merged with 
this account: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
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vided to the Forest Service under this Act (other than 
under this heading) may be used to fund indirect expenses 
that before the date of the enactment of this Act were 
provided for through discretionary cost pools. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $277,155,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That of 
the funds provided, $73,174,000 is for the forest inventory 
and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori-
ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 
Science Research. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, and conducting an international program as au-
thorized, $382,894,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (re-
duced by $2,000,000), to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, as authorized by law; of which 
$75,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
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Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Pro-
gram, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands, $1,599,308,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to re-
main available through September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That of the funds provided, $35,526,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) shall be deposited 
in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund 
for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 16 
U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $276,603,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $390,169,000 (in-
creased by $3,000,000) shall be for hazardous fuels man-
agement activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
may be used to make grants, using any authorities avail-
able to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private 
Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating in-
centives for increased use of biomass from National Forest 
System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be 
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used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procure-
ment contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels management activities, and for 
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 
fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non- 
Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities 
benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
funds made available to implement the Community For-
estry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall 
be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service 
under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriations: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the 
Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the 
Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing 
on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 
50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association 
or direct permittee for a conservation practice approved 
by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which 
the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, that 
the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 
Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the 
fiscal year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year 
thereafter for use on the project for conservation practices 
approved by the Secretary. 
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $419,103,000 (reduced by $1) (in-
creased by $1), to remain available through September 30, 
2023, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance 
and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infra-
structure; and for construction, reconstruction, decommis-
sioning of roads that are no longer needed, including un-
authorized roads that are not part of the transportation 
system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the 
Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 
23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming 
available in fiscal year 2020 under the Act of March 4, 
1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General 
Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for trans-
fer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds 
are appropriated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $90,000,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2022, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 
310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
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Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2023, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2023. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
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tem lands and water, $2,009,545,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available through September 30, 
2023: Provided, That such funds including unobligated 
balances under this heading, are available for repayment 
of advances from other appropriations accounts previously 
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That any 
unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year 
for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the 
‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other 
cooperating entities for services provided in response to 
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 
emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided shall be available for support to Federal emergency 
response: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression 
operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
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In addition to the amounts provided under this head-
ing for wildfire suppression operations, $1,950,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, is additional new budg-
et authority as specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture may transfer such amounts to the Depart-
ment of Interior for wildfire suppression operations. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
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suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States, private, and international organiza-
tions. The Forest Service, acting for the International 
Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign 
governments and institutions as well as other domestic 
agencies (including the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Department of State, and the 
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Millennium Challenge Corporation), United States private 
sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs overseas on 
forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
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prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri-
culture’s International Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
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shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall not 
be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Forest Service or its 
contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that 
results in their destruction for processing into commercial 
products. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
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reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
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Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $4,556,870,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased 
by $35,000,000) (reduced by $35,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, except as otherwise 
provided herein, together with payments received during 
the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), 
for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Pro-
vided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal orga-
nizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 
(25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 
shall be available for grants or contracts with public or 
private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment 
services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification serv-
ices: Provided further, That $969,479,000 for Purchased/ 
Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian Cat-
astrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, up to $50,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
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under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$53,000,000 shall remain available until expended to sup-
plement funds available for operational costs at tribal clin-
ics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act compact or contract where health 
care is delivered in space acquired through a full service 
lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and improve-
ment and equipment funds from the Indian Health Serv-
ice, and $58,000,000 shall be for costs related to or result-
ing 
from 
accreditation 
emergencies, 
including 
supplementing activities funded under the heading ‘‘In-
dian Health Facilities,’’ of which up to $4,000,000 may 
be used to supplement amounts otherwise available for 
Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, That the 
amounts collected by the Federal Government as author-
ized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during 
the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be 
deposited to the Fund authorized by section 108A of that 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain available until 
expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available to 
make new awards under the loan repayment and scholar-
ship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act 
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(25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, That the 
amounts made available within this account for the Sub-
stance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for Opioid 
Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services, for the Do-
mestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide 
Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian 
employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Re-
gional Treatment Centers, for transformation and mod-
ernization costs of the Indian Health Service Electronic 
Health Record system, for national quality and oversight 
activities, for initiatives to treat or reduce the trans-
mission of Hepatitis-C and HIV-AIDS or both in high pri-
ority areas, to improve collections from public and private 
insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated 
facilities, and for accreditation emergencies shall be allo-
cated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be 
used for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 
fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in 
the year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
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achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act, except for those related to the planning, design, 
or construction of new facilities: Provided further, That 
funding contained herein for scholarship programs under 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organiza-
tions under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act shall be reported and accounted for and available 
to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from 
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities 
pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi-
able health information relating to disabled children as 
may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its func-
tions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $72,280,000 is for the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to 
carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 
Health Facilities account; Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to the Indian Health 
Service for the Electronic Health Record system shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure for the selection or 
implementation of a new Information Technology infra-
structure system, unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
consulted 90 days in advance of such obligation. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2020, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
demolition, and equipment of health and related auxiliary 
facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of 
plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, 
purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases 
of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 
7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the 
Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to 
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carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health 
and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $964,121,000 (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for the planning, design, construction, ren-
ovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of 
an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 
on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 
the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-
ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
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vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 
may be extended health care at all tribally administered 
or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 
the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 
638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
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subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identi-
fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 
or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated 
to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self- 
governance agreement under title V of such Act and there-
after shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final 
rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 
1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
relating to the eligibility for the health care services of 
the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
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$5,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$1,700,000), which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that become available on 
October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $56,158,015,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), plus reim-
bursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 
2020, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the 
provision of medical treatment for veterans who have serv-
ice-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 
needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
give priority funding for the provision of basic medical 
benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 
through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 
Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet-
erans with privately written prescriptions based on re-
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of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
TITLE V 
NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $1,210,948,000: Provided, That 
such amounts may be obligated and expended to carry out 
planning and design and military construction projects au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $1,035,752,000: Provided, That such 
amounts may be obligated and expended to carry out plan-
ning and design and military construction projects author-
ized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army National Guard’’, $50,000,000: Provided, That such 
amounts may be obligated and expended to carry out plan-
ning and design and military construction projects author-
ized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army Reserve’’, $3,300,000: Provided, That such amounts 
may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and 
design and military construction projects authorized by 
law: Provided further, That such amounts are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amend-
ed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 501. Each amount designated in this title as 
being for an emergency requirement as pursuant to sec-
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HR 3055 PCS
$10,331,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$14,300,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration; 
not 
to 
exceed 
$2,142,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,859,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$12,181,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
ceed $16,814,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
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