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CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract 
Appeals, $8,795,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for information 
and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment 
for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees 
of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 
efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector 
General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 
(3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $4,754,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and Programs, 
including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; 
and for necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 
enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 
activities electronically, through the development and implementa-
tion of innovative uses of information technology; $50,000,000, to 
be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, 
That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies 
to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimburse-
ments, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 
until expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services 
and other activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 
its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggregate 
amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided further, That appro-
priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to 
this Fund during fiscal year 2018 in excess of such amount shall 
remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
any appropriations provided to the Electronic Government Fund 
that remain unobligated may be transferred to the Federal Citizen 
Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer authorities pro-
vided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For the Technology Modernization Fund, $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for technology-related moderniza-
tion activities.
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ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND 
For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $5,000,000, to be depos-
ited into the Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund, to 
remain available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review Improve-
ment Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-8(d), 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available 
for fiscal year 2018 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may 
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary 
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed trans-
fers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds 
made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 
2019 request for United States Courthouse construction only if 
the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction 
as established and approved by the General Services Administra-
tion, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved Court-
house Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized court-
room utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, 
or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usu-
ally provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency 
that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space 
and services as determined by the General Services Administration 
in consideration of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the heading Federal 
Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue, claims 
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt 
a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus 
transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to
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the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agree-
ments, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delin-
eated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delin-
eated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall 
provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided 
in the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under the heading 
‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary Capital Security Pro-
gram’’, and with respect to E-Government projects funded under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator 
of General Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation 
for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 527. Section 16 of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287) is amended— 
(1) by inserting the following at the end of subparagraph 
(a)(1): ‘‘The Account shall be under the custody and control 
of the Chairperson of the Board and deposits in the Account 
shall remain available until expended.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (b)(1) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States an account to be known as the ‘Public 
Buildings Reform Board—Asset Proceeds and Space Manage-
ment Fund’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Fund’). The 
Fund shall be under the custody and control of the Adminis-
trator of General Services and deposits in the Fund shall 
remain available until expended.’’. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 
Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93–642, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, and 
in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, for administrative expenses to adjudicate
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retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,975,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 
9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial 
audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public 
Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available 
until expended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,366,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration 
of the National Archives and Records Administration and archived 
Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and 
for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of docu-
ments, the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 
the operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including mainte-
nance, repairs, and cleaning, $384,911,000, of which $7,500,000 
shall remain available until expended for the repair, alteration, 
and improvement of an additional leased facility to provide adequate 
storage for holdings of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act 
of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $4,801,000.
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili-
ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,500,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund pro-
gram as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2019, for technical assistance 
to low-income designated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading 
on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $16,439,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examina-
tions performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances for 
reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights 
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $129,341,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall
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remain available until September 30, 2019, for information tech-
nology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Finan-
cial System migration or modernization, and shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available for such purposes upon submit-
ting to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives the plan of expenditure as required by the 
‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017’’: Provided further, That 
the amount made available by the previous proviso may not be 
obligated until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives within 90 days of enactment a plan 
for expenditure of such amount, prepared in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator 
of the United States Digital Service, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT systems 
remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment control 
review requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget, including Circular A–11, part 7; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under the require-
ments established by the Office of Management and Budget 
Exhibit 300; 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guide-
lines, and systems acquisition management practices of the 
Government; 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and Budget, 
Department of Homeland Security and National Institute of 
Standards and Technology requirements related to securing 
the agency’s information system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; 
and 
(6) is reviewed and commented upon within 60 days of 
plan development by the Inspector General of the Office of 
Personnel Management, and such comments are submitted to 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management before 
the date of such submission: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading, $584,000 may be made available for strengthening 
the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined 
by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of such workforce and information technology in 
support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management 
solutions to improve acquisition management; and in addition 
$131,414,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from 
the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, 
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement 
and insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 
8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM 
established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the 
President’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 
Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal
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year 2018, accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
ices: Provided further, That such donations, including those from 
prior years, may be used for the development of publicity materials 
to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that 
no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement 
of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commis-
sion. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed 
$25,000,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101– 
12) as amended by Public Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protec-
tion Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uni-
formed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission 
in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and 
Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), $15,200,000, to be derived 
by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as author-
ized by section 603(a) of such Act.
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Over-
sight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Reform Board 
in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 
(Public Law 114–287), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $1,652,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which funding for information tech-
nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 2017 level 
by not less than $45,000,000; of which not less than $14,748,358 
shall be for the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations 
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 
staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, such 
expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attend-
ance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 
and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and 
of which not less than $68,950,000 shall be for the Division of 
Economic and Risk Analysis. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs associated 
with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s 
headquarters facilities, not to exceed $244,507,052, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That for purposes of calculating 
the fee rate under section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2018, all amounts appro-
priated under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular 
appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $1,652,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this account 
and not to exceed $244,507,052 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for costs under this heading associated
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with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s 
headquarters facilities: Provided further, That the total amount 
appropriated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2018 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 
so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2018 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, 
That if any amount of the appropriation for costs associated with 
relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s head-
quarters facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, 
such amount that was derived from the general fund shall be 
returned to the general fund, and such amounts that were derived 
from fees or assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid 
to each national securities exchange and national securities associa-
tion, respectively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid 
by such national securities exchange or national securities associa-
tion under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2018. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for 
uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $22,900,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provi-
sions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action 
to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended 
for or in connection with the induction of any person into the 
Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States 
Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $268,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the 
Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 
including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, reve-
nues received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an amount 
not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in 
accordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108– 
447, during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That $6,100,000
H. R. 1625—233 
shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial 
and small business development, $247,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That $130,000,000 shall be 
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2018 or 
fiscal year 2019 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, 
management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided further, 
That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to carry 
out export programs that assist small business concerns authorized 
under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
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, 
$19,900,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying 
out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 
634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $3,438,172, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject 
to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during 
fiscal year 2018 commitments to guarantee loans under section 
503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2018 
commitments for general business loans authorized under section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $29,000,000,000 
for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated 
maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2018 commitments for loans authorized 
under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2018 
commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2018, 
guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the
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Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $152,782,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances available for the Imme-
diate Disaster Assistance Program authorized by section 42 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S. C. 657n) and the Expedited Disaster 
Assistance Loan Program authorized by section 12085 of Public 
Law 110–246, $2,600,000 are hereby permanently cancelled: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 532. Section 7(m)(4)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(m)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $58,118,000: 
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 
1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any 
rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any indi-
vidual participating in a State or local program of child support 
enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning 
an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 
close small rural and other small post offices.
H. R. 1625—235 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$245,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 
Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $50,739,887, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
cate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity
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that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or restruc-
turing of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity 
funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall include: 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display 
the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each 
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: 
Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for sala-
ries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after the required date that the report has 
not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2018 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report on any indi-
vidual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
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(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury 
or the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background investigation report, 
if such individual has given express written consent for such 
request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 
request and during the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 
respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 
Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 
pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 
with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American 
Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government 
of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 
commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 
nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse-
ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 
expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 
attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 
to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 
offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made 
available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act
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may be used for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a 
joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to 
enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration 
of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must 
consult with the General Services Administration before issuing 
a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, 
and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotia-
tions with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency 
lease may do so during any period declared by the President to 
require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency 
covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency provided funds 
by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administra-
tion or the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ 
Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 
limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in prior fiscal 
years, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) 
shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program 
established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–204) in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 of 
funds collected by the Board between January 1, 2017 and 
December 31, 2017, including accrued interest, as a result of the 
assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2018 shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to
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Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 
Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Reform. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate 
Change. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned 
to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior 
Counselor for Manufacturing Policy. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a 
contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract 
to a contractor conducting the final quality review processes for 
background investigation fieldwork services or background inves-
tigation support services that, as of the date of the award of the 
contract, are being conducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 624. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 
by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 
the budget planning process related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
funded by this Act that are available for information technology 
shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 
of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
a provider of electronic communication service to the public or 
remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as 
such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, 
United States Code) in a manner that violates the Fourth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for 
universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible tele-
communications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with para-
graph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this 
section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative 
to Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 628. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the
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department or agency over which that Inspector General has respon-
sibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, docu-
ments, or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 
provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 
and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall 
ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant 
to the information provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures 
to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 629. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or victim assist-
ance-related activity. 
SEC. 630. Section 633(a) of title VI of division E of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1); 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, 
issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the 
disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt 
organizations, or dues paid to trade associations. 
SEC. 632. (a) The United States courthouse located at 501 
East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Thad Cochran United States Courthouse’’. 
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Thad Cochran United States Courthouse’’. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2018 shall obligate or expend any such funds, 
unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, 
and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy 
designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the 
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as
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defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the 
officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 
law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover 
surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police- 
type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 
section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions 
of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost 
of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 
not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 
operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, 
are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of- 
living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer 
or employee of the Government of the United States (including 
any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the 
continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of 
the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee 
under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 
and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful perma-
nent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this 
section with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such 
affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated 
thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That any person making 
a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the Government of the United
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States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to international 
broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employ-
ment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 
days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the 
Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement 
with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for pay-
ment to the General Services Administration for charges for space 
and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 
buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements per-
formed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 
Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other 
Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds 
resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records dis-
posed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling 
or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 
expended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13693 
(March 19, 2015), including any such programs adopted prior 
to the effective date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management pro-
grams, including, but not limited to, the development and 
implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corpora-
tions and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such 
funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; 
services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified 
under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable 
to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in 
the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations 
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) 
which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States.
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SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the 
Federal Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such depart-
ment head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase fur-
niture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, 
as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or 
the use of which is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 
(July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 
agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a posi-
tion of a confidential or policy-determining character that is 
excepted from the competitive service under section 3302 of title 
5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other instrumen-
tality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 
occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 
in order to detail the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from 
an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined 
under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to 
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining 
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee 
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee 
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment 
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
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employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, 
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer 
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s 
home address to any labor organization except when the employee 
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been 
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such 
as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person 
or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by 
private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined under section 
102 of such title, the United States Postal Service, and the 
Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency
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shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 
An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential 
appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to 
expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such 
employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a 
member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board 
(FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of 
General Services to support Government-wide and other multi- 
agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, including 
improving coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups 
designated by the Director (including the President’s Management 
Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief 
Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human 
capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for 
performance improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the 
total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 
to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities 
related to Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 
U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide 
innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2018 
shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2019: 
Provided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only 
be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman 
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building 
or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise 
authorized to be present at the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry 
out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council 
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office 
of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the
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budget of and resources connected with the National Science and 
Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant applica-
tion, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving 
the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any relevant 
requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided, That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MONITORING 
OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of the funds made available 
in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
derived from any means, that includes any personally identifi-
able information relating to an individual’s access to or use 
of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
includes any personally identifiable information relating to an 
individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system 
security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and 
is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services 
or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions to imple-
ment, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations of the 
agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and 
soundness, overall financial condition, management practices 
and policies and compliance with applicable standards as pro-
vided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision 
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract 
also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan 
objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.
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(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any indi-
vidual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses 
to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such 
activities would be contrary to the individual’s religious beliefs 
or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require cov-
erage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the 
health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, 
and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through 
testing, adjudication, education, and research as performed by 
nationally recognized oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies 
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official 
travel for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional 
aircraft ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce 
restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellow-
ship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the 
Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 
September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 
employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be 
used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training 
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain 
the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by 
an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless 
the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio 
of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story 
was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations imple-
menting that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incor-
porated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation 
under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) 
with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver is required in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any Federal 
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2018, for each employee who— 
(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III 
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a 
payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency 
shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s 
average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the 
preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until 
expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall 
be deemed to be an administrative expense under section 
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity 
submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the 
following information as a condition of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering 
communication that is made by the entity, its officers or direc-
tors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate 
for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or 
that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal 
office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers 
or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any person 
with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person 
will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, ‘‘expendi-
ture’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering communication’’, 
‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given 
such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 
an officer or employee of the Federal government, including the 
President, the Vice President, a member of Congress (including 
a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head 
of an executive branch agency (as defined in section 133 of title 
41, United States Code), or the head of an office of the legislative 
branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any 
of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2018, by this or any 
other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee 
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
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(A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 
2018, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in 
accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
year 2018, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 
by more than the sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal 
year 2018 under section 5303 of title 5, United States 
Code, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; 
and 
(ii) the difference between the overall average percent-
age of the locality-based comparability payments taking 
effect in fiscal year 2018 under section 5304 of such title 
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was effective in 
the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing 
rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 
5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered 
by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods 
for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 
rates that would be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph 
(1) applicable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to 
an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid 
from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2017, shall 
be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of pre-
mium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be 
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2017, except 
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management 
to be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service 
performed after September 30, 2017. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retire-
ment, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires 
any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement 
or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the 
rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this 
subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit 
or require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection 
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this 
subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for excep-
tions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office 
determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruit-
ment or retention of qualified employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates 
of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in
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fiscal year 2018 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That pre-
vailing rate employees at locations where there are no 
employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 
designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant to section 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; 
and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay 
period beginning after September 30, 2017. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay raise 
in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding the rate adjustment made 
under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, 
or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute 
at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made 
under section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
This subsection applies only to employees who are holding a position 
under a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding section 
401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or 
any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), 
(h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United 
States Code, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar 
year 2018 (except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive 
Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality- 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
or similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule 
who serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay 
rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
This subsection does not apply to employees in the General Schedule 
pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or to employees 
appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, or 
to employees in another pay system whose position would be classi-
fied at GS–15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States 
Code, applied to them.
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(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 
receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who 
receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election 
to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements under 
section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, is not subject to this 
section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a 
Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch 
and who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 
entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–465) is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee 
in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an 
authorized movement to a different covered position with higher- 
level duties and a pre-established higher level or range of pay, 
except that any such increase must be based on the rates of pay 
and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period 
of time subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based 
on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on 
December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is 
subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 
2018 but ends in calendar year 2019, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end of that 
pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector 
General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 
General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related 
to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, 
commission, or office during fiscal year 2018 for which the cost 
to the United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and 
from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to the conference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the departmental component or office in evaluating poten-
tial contractors for the conference.
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(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of 
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall 
notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 
without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number 
of employees attending a conference held by any Executive branch 
department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2018 for which 
the cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in sub-
section (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to 
the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 
as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assess-
ment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded 
by the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities 
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent 
revisions to that memorandum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or 
reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in 
the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed 
change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 
such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer 
provisions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply 
the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ published by the Office of 
Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 
(73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce 
a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to 
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal 
employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be available for 
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that 
requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report 
fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements 
or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees 
or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative 
of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene require-
ments applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard 
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure 
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does
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not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are con-
sistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing 
statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, 
(2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanage-
ment, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive 
orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement 
and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding 
provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement 
that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an 
employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain 
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a min-
imum, require that the person will not disclose any classified 
information received in the course of such activity unless specifically 
authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such non-
disclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar 
disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented 
and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with 
the requirements for such agreement that were in effect when 
the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into during 
fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar lan-
guage to that required in subsection (a). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 
or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner 
pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of 
the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency 
is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government.
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SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2018, on the date on which 
a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 
1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such 
request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 
available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 748. If, for fiscal year 2018, new budget authority provided 
in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit 
for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating dif-
ferences with the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to 
the discretionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 
2018 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget in the amount of the excess but the total of all such 
adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted 
discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 749. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than title IV or VIII 
shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation 
of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this 
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
deferred through reprogramming;
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(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsi-
bility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 
to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 
funds under this title through November 7, 2018. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may 
be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s 
official duties. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence 
and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise 
designated by the Chief of the Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department 
of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Secu-
rity and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Manage-
ment Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 
or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to 
require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress 
for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private 
lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government 
regarding such lawsuits.
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SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 
may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose 
of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location 
that has been determined by the local public health or local law 
enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing 
the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which 
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the posses-
sion, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia government under any authority may be used 
to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of 
any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative 
for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by 
the District of Columbia government under any authority shall 
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 
a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 
of Columbia government for fiscal year 2018 that is in the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budg-
eted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the 
Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that 
a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 
funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise
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and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds trans-
ferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from 
operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once trans-
ferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 
notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from appropria-
tions of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes author-
ized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2019, during a period in 
which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a 
regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local 
funds are appropriated in the amount provided for any project 
or activity for which local funds are provided in the Act referred 
to in paragraph (2) (subject to any modifications enacted by the 
District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period during which 
this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the 
Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed 
budget is approved for fiscal year 2019 which (subject to the require-
ments of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute 
the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia 
government for fiscal year 2019 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 
Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
continuing resolution for fiscal year 2019 is in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District 
of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2019. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under 
the authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 
by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 
during the portion of fiscal year 2019 for which this section applies 
to such project or activity.
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(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
any period of fiscal year 2019 if any other provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other 
law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated 
as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for operations and support, $139,602,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from 
obligation until the Secretary complies with section 107 of this 
Act. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
operations and support, $710,297,000, of which $227,516,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
procurement, construction, and improvements, $29,569,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
research and development, $2,545,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 
and the Office of Operations Coordination for operations and sup-
port, $245,905,000, of which $77,915,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses and not 
to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with 
secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to buildings. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 
operations and support, $168,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, 
including the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction 
of the Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Hereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, at the time the President’s budget 
proposal is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as 
authorized by section 874 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 454). 
SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 
staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department 
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 
program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the 
appropriation. 
SEC. 103. (a) Notwithstanding section 518 of division F of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report not later 
than October 15, 2018, to the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts awarded 
by any means other than full and open competition during fiscal 
years 2017 and 2018. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable 
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives not later than February 15, 2019.
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SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 
that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 
provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 
9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code (as added by Public 
Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a transfer 
may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of the pro-
posed transfers. 
SEC. 106. All official costs associated with the use of Govern-
ment aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to 
support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 
shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 107. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
a report for fiscal year 2017 on visa overstay data by country 
as required by section 1376 of title 8, United States Code: Provided, 
That the report on visa overstay data shall also include— 
(1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa categories under 
the immigration laws, delineated by each of the classes and 
sub-classes of such categories; and 
(2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for each class 
and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories on a per-country 
basis. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish on the 
Department’s website the metrics developed to measure the 
effectiveness of security between the ports of entry, including the 
methodology and data supporting the resulting measures. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccom-
panied minor aliens; the provision of air and marine support to 
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administra-
tion of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provi-
sion of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other 
law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the purchase 
and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type
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vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, 
aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 
individuals for personal services abroad; $11,485,164,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of the 
Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwith-
standing section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $681,441,500 shall be available until 
September 30, 2019; and of which such sums as become available 
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 
13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: 
Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$15,000,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
for the maintenance and repair of roads on Native American res-
ervations, as required by the Border Patrol: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental 
space in connection with preclearance operations: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation 
to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, including 
procurements to buy marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial 
systems, $2,281,357,000, of which $846,343,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, and of which $1,435,014,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase 
and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type 
vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construc-
tion, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facili-
ties; $6,993,975,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; 
of which $33,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 
investigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 
operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination 
Center; of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be available for 
facilities repair and maintenance projects; of which not less than 
$84,000,000 shall be available for vehicle fleet recapitalization; and 
of which not less than $4,110,337,000 shall be for enforcement, 
detention, and removal operations, including transportation of 
unaccompanied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed $11,475 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for conducting special operations under section 3131 of 
the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided
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further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of com-
pensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse 
other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 
maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully 
present in the United States: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation until the Secretary of Homeland Security submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives the report required under section 212 of this 
Act. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$81,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which 
not less than $29,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair 
and maintenance projects. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for operations and support, $7,207,851,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That security service fees authorized under section 44940 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $4,737,851,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$167,314,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for research and development, $20,190,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operations and maintenance 
of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for 
replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent
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and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of not more than 
$700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed 
a total of $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 
overseas deployments and activities; payments pursuant to section 
156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); 
and recreation and welfare; $7,373,313,000; of which $503,000,000 
shall be for defense-related activities, of which $163,000,000 is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
and shall be available only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the 
Congress; and of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): 
Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That $25,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 
Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023 is submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant 
to section 220 of this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental compli-
ance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 
19 of title 14, United States Code, $13,397,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve; operations 
and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve Program; personnel 
and training costs; and equipment and services; $114,875,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for acquisition, 
construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, 
shore facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense 
installations used by the Coast Guard), vessels, and aircraft, 
including equipment related thereto, $2,694,745,000; of which 
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which 
$2,573,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2022, of which 
$95,000,000 shall be immediately available and allotted to contract 
for long lead time materials for the eleventh National Security 
Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for production or 
post-production costs. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $29,141,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $500,000
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shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited 
to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authorities, private 
sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, 
development, testing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of 
continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, 
concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,676,117,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 
652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on 
private or other property not in Government ownership or control, 
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of 
and participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; con-
duct of behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 
and operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations 
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and payment, 
without regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, 
of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective missions, 
whether at or away from their duty stations; $1,915,794,000; of 
which $39,692,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, 
of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 
investigations of missing and exploited children; and of which 
$9,866,000 shall be for premium pay in excess of the annual equiva-
lent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime 
Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as 
amended by the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act 
of 2018: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit 
investigations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, $90,480,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for research and development, $250,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) For fiscal year 2018, the overtime limitation 
prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 
U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be $45,000; and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount 
that exceeds such limitation, except in individual cases determined 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the 
Secretary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to prevent 
excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emergencies. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be available to compensate any employee 
for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $45,000: 
(1) ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Oper-
ations and Support’’, except that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive such 
amount as necessary for national security purposes and in 
cases of immigration emergencies. 
(2) ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Sup-
port’’, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 
designee of the Secretary, may waive such amount as necessary 
for national security purposes. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ shall be available for customs expenses when nec-
essary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 
in Puerto Rico in addition to funding provided by 48 U.S.C. 740. 
SEC. 203. Hereafter, no U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 
that are one of a kind and have been identified as excess to 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft that 
have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any 
other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security without prior notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 204. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States- 
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, 
Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of 
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 205. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, $31,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2018 from amounts 
authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 
section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act
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of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such authorizing language: 
Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of 
$31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 
individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada 
that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 
Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the 
prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 
approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for 
the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy 
and Transportation and representatives from the United States 
flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the 
use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 
2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States 
Code, with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of 
such requests. 
SEC. 208. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 
the Northern border at a land port of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border 
crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a 
fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of 
a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of 
crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land 
port of entry. 
SEC. 209. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may reprogram 
within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ as necessary to ensure the 
detention of aliens prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 
may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority
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authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement 
governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 
may be used to continue any contract for the provision of detention 
services if the two most recent overall performance evaluations 
received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or 
the equivalent median score in any subsequent performance evalua-
tion system. 
SEC. 212. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives that (a) identifies any instance during 
fiscal year 2017 or 2018 in which payments have been made by 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or employees of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement have erroneously entered 
into financial obligations, for activities in violation of subpart D 
of part 550 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; (b) includes 
specific actions the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the 
Office of the Principal Legal Advisor will take to improve agency- 
wide understanding of such subpart D; and (c) includes a certifi-
cation by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment that the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office 
of the Principal Legal Advisor have developed a plan and imple-
mented training necessary for strengthening internal controls nec-
essary to avoid violations of such subpart D. 
SEC. 213. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their 
dependents eligible for Payments During Evacuation in accordance 
with title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, part 550, from August 
23, 2017, through December 1, 2017, as a result of Hurricanes 
Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the requirement of section 550.405(b)(2) 
of such title to reduce subsistence expenses to 60 percent of the 
applicable rate shall not apply. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may authorize 
reimbursement for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for such 
employees and their dependents using the actual expense method 
set forth in subpart D of part 301–11 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, subject to the cap of 300 percent of the applicable 
maximum per diem rate, as provided in such section. 
SEC. 214. Members of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the 
heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of 
the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 
General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, 
and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Execu-
tive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 
passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 215. Any award by the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 
risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, 
lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high 
injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness.
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SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2018, any funds in the Aviation Security 
Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 
States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation 
of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other trans-
action agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 
in section 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in 
abrogation of the responsibility described in section 44903(n)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, any requirement that airport opera-
tors provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from 
the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’ shall be for 
expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of 
title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected 
from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insufficient 
to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applica-
tions, personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation 
functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 
States Code, may perform documentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 219. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to 
$10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay 
and Allowances funding category within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating 
Expenses’’ in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject 
to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or 
its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center. 
SEC. 223. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 
and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 
the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil
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engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 224. Funds made available for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 
Operating Expenses’’ may be allocated by program, project, and 
activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 225. Section 423 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) In addition to amounts computed pursuant to subsections 
(a) through (c) of this section, a full TSP member (as defined 
in section 8440e(a) of title 5) of the Coast Guard is entitled to 
continuation pay pursuant to section 356 of title 37.’’. 
SEC. 226. The United States Secret Service is authorized to 
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agen-
cies and entities, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James 
J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obligations at the 
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of 
a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully 
reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 228. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up 
to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 229. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States 
Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel 
of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service 
or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in 
advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
SEC. 230. (a) Of the amount made available in this Act under 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, 
and Improvements’’, $1,571,000,000 shall be available only as fol-
lows: 
(1) $251,000,000 for approximately 14 miles of secondary 
fencing, all of which provides for cross-barrier visual situational 
awareness, along the southwest border in the San Diego Sector; 
(2) $445,000,000 for 25 miles of primary pedestrian levee 
fencing along the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley 
Sector; 
(3) $196,000,000 for primary pedestrian fencing along the 
southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector; 
(4) $445,000,000 for replacement of existing primary pedes-
trian fencing along the southwest border; 
(5) $38,000,000 for border barrier planning and design; 
and 
(6) $196,000,000 for acquisition and deployment of border 
security technology.
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(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(2) through (a)(4) 
shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed 
as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, (Public 
Law 115–31), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, 
that prioritize agent safety. 
(c) None of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
be obligated for construction of a border barrier in the Santa Ana 
National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 231. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the 
United States, including the use of personnel, fencing, other forms 
of tactical infrastructure, and technology, to include— 
(1) A statement of goals, objectives, activities, and mile-
stones for the plan. 
(2) A detailed implementation schedule for the plan with 
estimates for the planned obligation of funds for fiscal years 
2019 through 2027 that are linked to the milestone-based 
delivery of specific— 
(A) capabilities and services; 
(B) mission benefits and outcomes; 
(C) program management capabilities; and 
(D) lifecycle cost estimates. 
(3) A description of the manner in which specific projects 
under the plan will enhance border security goals and objectives 
and address the highest priority border security needs. 
(4) An identification of the planned locations, quantities, 
and types of resources, such as fencing, other physical barriers, 
or other tactical infrastructure and technology, under the plan. 
(5) A description of the methodology and analyses used 
to select specific resources for deployment to particular locations 
under the plan that includes— 
(A) analyses of alternatives, including comparative 
costs and benefits; 
(B) an assessment of effects on communities and prop-
erty owners near areas of infrastructure deployment; and 
(C) a description of other factors critical to the decision- 
making process. 
(6) An identification of staffing requirements under the 
plan, including full-time equivalents, contractors, and detailed 
personnel, by activity. 
(7) A description of performance metrics for the plan for 
assessing and reporting on the contributions of border security 
capabilities realized from current and future investments. 
(8) A description of the status of the actions of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to address open recommendations 
by the Office of Inspector General and the Government Account-
ability Office relating to border security, including plans, sched-
ules, and associated milestones for fully addressing such rec-
ommendations. 
(9) A plan to consult State and local elected officials on 
the eminent domain and construction process relating to phys-
ical barriers; 
(10) An analysis, following consultation with the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, of the environmental impacts, including on
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wildlife, of the construction and placement of physical barriers 
planned along the Southwest border, including in the Santa 
Ana National Wildlife Refuge; and 
(11) Certifications by the Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Management, that— 
(A) the plan has been reviewed and approved in accord-
ance with an acquisition review management process that 
complies with capital planning and investment control and 
review requirements established by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, including as provided in Circular A– 
11, part 7; and 
(B) all activities under the plan comply with Federal 
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and practices. 
(b) The Secretary shall concurrently submit the plan required 
in subsection (a) to the Comptroller General of the United States, 
who shall evaluate the plan and report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
on the strengths and weaknesses of such plan not later than 120 
days after receiving such plan. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for operations and support, $1,482,165,000, of 
which $8,912,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 
and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $414,111,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Pro-
grams Directorate for research and development, $15,126,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019.
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OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs for oper-
ations and support, $121,569,000, of which $14,020,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for operations and support, $1,030,135,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$85,276,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other activities, $3,293,932,000, which shall be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) $507,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $85,000,000 shall be for Oper-
ation Stonegarden, and $10,000,000 shall be for organizations 
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under such 501(a) of such 
code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
be at high risk of a terrorist attack: Provided, That notwith-
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2018, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 
to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $630,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 shall be for organizations 
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus 
Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 
be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public 
transportation security assistance shall be provided directly 
to public transportation agencies.
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(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 
with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code. 
(5) $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, of which $350,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants and $350,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Ade-
quate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 
33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management performance 
grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 of title 
6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
(7) $249,200,000 for the National Predisaster Mitigation 
Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to 
remain available until expended. 
(8) $262,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 
Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 
any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 
by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available 
until expended. 
(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total 
administrative costs. 
(10) $275,201,000 to sustain current operations for training, 
exercises, technical assistance, and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $7,900,720,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $7,366,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
89; 128 Stat. 1020), $203,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts 
collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $13,573,000 shall be 
available for mission support associated with flood management;
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and of which $189,927,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2018, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $165,224,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 
expenses associated with flood insurance operations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 
assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 
and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) 
and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple-
ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 
102(f)(8), section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)– 
(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided further, That 
up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any other provision 
of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made 
available in paragraphs (1) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the 
grantee for expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
SEC. 302. Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for para-
graphs (1) through (4), shall be made available to eligible applicants 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 
after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 303. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) 
through (4), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full business days 
in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and
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(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered 
construction of a building or other physical facility. 
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants 
awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the United States 
under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for 
grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and Local Pro-
grams’’ in Public Law 114–4, division F of Public Law 113–76, 
or division D of Public Law 113–6 may be used by recipients 
or sub-recipients for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to 
providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and 
alien adults accompanied by an alien minor where they are encoun-
tered after entering the United States, provided that such costs 
were incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014, 
or during the award period of performance. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4) shall be applied in 
fiscal year 2018 with respect to budget year 2019 and current 
fiscal year 2018, respectively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Firefighter 
Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waivers from the 
requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 
(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2018, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not 
be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: Provided, 
That the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 
be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Pro-
vided further, That such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections 
and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2018, and remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, 
$108,856,000.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for procurement, construction, and improvements of the 
E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase 
of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $254,000,000, of which $62,701,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $331,113,000, of which $196,361,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for research and development, $509,830,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$89,096,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for research and development, $145,661,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020.
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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, and other activities, $46,019,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Pro-
vided, That the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences 
and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant 
an immigration benefit unless the results of background checks 
required by law to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit 
have been received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
and the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 
(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information 
Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, United 
States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immigration Examina-
tions Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2018 for the 
purpose of providing an Immigrant Integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration under 
subsection (a) may be used to provide services to aliens who have 
not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law 
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 
accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement 
community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 
enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 
training accreditation process to continue the implementation of 
measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal 
law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ appropriations account for planning, operational develop-
ment, engineering, and purchases prior to sustainment and for 
information technology-related procurement, construction, and
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improvements, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers may accept transfers to the account established by sub-
section (a) from Government agencies requesting the construction 
of special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (31 
U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers maintain administrative control and ownership 
upon completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 408. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 
governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 
Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 
activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 
for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter 
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, 
or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for 
which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity presently per-
formed by Federal employees or any new function or activity 
proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 for the Department 
of Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, 
or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of such reprogramming.
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(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 
by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall 
be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations 
based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except 
in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 
of human life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Acts. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 
note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115–31), related 
to the operations of a working capital fund, shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
section applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2018, as recorded in the financial records 
at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than 
June 30, 2019, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
and for ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’, and salaries and 
expenses for ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ and ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Training’’ for fiscal year 2018 
in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2019, 
in the account and for the purposes for which the appropriations 
were provided: Provided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, 
a notification shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of 
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the des-
ignee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, grant, contract, 
other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, 
or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000;
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(2) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obliga-
tion of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from 
multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds; 
(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 
items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), including a contract 
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 
life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 
and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary 
use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facili-
ties. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 
otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 
Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public 
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
sections applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 
American Act: Provided, That for purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 114–113, 
regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated 
as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to funds 
made available in this Act in the same manner as such section 
applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided or otherwise made avail-
able in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of
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the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 
identification card. 
SEC. 516. Any official that is required by this Act to report 
or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 
to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded 
by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 
performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-
ance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements 
of a contract. 
SEC. 521. Hereafter, in developing any process to screen avia-
tion passengers and crews for transportation or national security 
purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that 
all such processes take into consideration such passengers’ and 
crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent with applicable laws, 
regulations, and guidance. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 
Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 
is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 
I of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 
contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into with-
out regard to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 523. (a) For an additional amount for financial systems 
modernization, $41,800,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems 
modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwith-
standing section 503 of this Act. 
(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 
15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer.
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SEC. 524. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the 
transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 
law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 
an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of 
the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at 
all times. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 
Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single inter-
national conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national 
interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 
conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 
States attended by representatives of the United States Government 
and of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations: Provided further, That the total cost 
to the Department of Homeland Security of any such conference 
shall not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
participation in a National Special Security Event. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated 
for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 full- 
time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before 
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notifica-
tion that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by such 
change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the current year 
and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 
that were considered by the Department. 
SEC. 529. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
or national security; or
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(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 530. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Operations 
and Support’’ and funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Coast Guard— 
Operating Expenses’’ may be used for minor procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to end items 
with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and 
$2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 532. For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may provide, out of discretionary funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security, for the primary and secondary 
schooling of dependents of Department of Homeland Security per-
sonnel who are stationed outside the continental United States 
and for the transportation of such dependents in the same manner 
and to the same extent that, pursuant to section 544 of title 14, 
United States Code, the Secretary may provide, out of funds appro-
priated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary 
and secondary schooling of, and the transportation of, dependents 
of Coast Guard personnel stationed outside the continental United 
States: Provided, That no amounts may be provided from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be provided 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 533. Within 60 days of any budget submission for the 
Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019 that assumes 
revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based 
on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 
to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues assumed 
in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior 
to October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 534. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $41,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, exclusively for providing 
reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs 
for protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with 
any residence of the President that is designated or identified 
to be secured by the United States Secret Service. 
(b) Funds under subsection (a) shall be available only for costs 
that a State or local agency— 
(1) incurs on or after October 1, 2017, and before October 
1, 2018; 
(2) can demonstrate to the Administrator as being—
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(A) in excess of the costs of normal and typical law 
enforcement operations; 
(B) directly attributable to the provision of protection 
described herein; and 
(C) associated with a non-governmental property des-
ignated or identified to be secured by the United States 
Secret Service pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of the 
Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–524); and 
(3) certifies to the Administrator as being for protection 
activities requested by the Director of the United States Secret 
Service. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (a), a designation or identification 
of a property to be secured under subsection (b)(2)(C) made after 
incurring otherwise eligible costs shall apply retroactively to 
October 1, 2017. 
(d) The Administrator may establish written criteria consistent 
with subsections (a) and (b). 
(e) None of the funds provided shall be for hiring new or 
additional personnel. 
(f) The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity shall audit reimbursements made under this section. 
SEC. 535. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security may include 
in the President’s budget proposal for Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2019, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, and accompanying justification materials, an account 
structure established by section 563 of Division F of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). 
(b) Not earlier than October 1, 2018, the accounts designated 
under subsection (a) may be established, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may execute appropriations of the Department 
as provided pursuant to such subsection, including any continuing 
appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019 before enactment 
of a regular appropriations Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security may transfer any appropriation made avail-
able to the Department of Homeland Security by any appropriations 
Acts to the accounts created pursuant to subsection (b) to carry 
out the requirements of such subsection, and shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives within 5 days of each transfer. 
(d)(1) Not later than November 1, 2018, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall establish the preliminary baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities and submit the report 
specified in paragraph (2) to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(2) The report required in this subsection shall include— 
(A) a delineation of the amount and account of each 
transfer made pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); 
(B) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget proposal, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted 
rescissions, if appropriate, adjustments made pursuant to 
the transfer authority in subsection (b) or (c), and the 
fiscal year level; 
(C) a delineation in the table for each appropriation, 
adjusted as described in paragraph (2), both by budget
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activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in 
the Budget Appendix; and 
(D) an identification of funds directed for a specific 
activity. 
(e) The Secretary shall not exercise the authority provided 
in subsections (b), (c), and (d) unless, not later than June 1, 2018, 
the Chief Financial Officer has submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives— 
(1) technical assistance on new legislative language in the 
account structure under subsection (a); and 
(2) comparison tables of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 
in the account structure under subsection (a). 
SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or previous 
appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security may be used to establish accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency until Congress has enacted a law that specifically authorizes 
such Office or Agency and such authorization identifies the func-
tions that are authorized to be transferred to such Office or Agency. 
(b) Subject to the limitation in subsection (a), if Congress enacts 
a law on or after the date of enactment of this Act that specifically 
authorizes the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 
or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and such 
authorization identifies the functions that are authorized to be 
transferred to such Office or Agency, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may— 
(1) not earlier than October 1, 2018, establish accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States necessary to carry out 
the functions of the Office or Agency as authorized; 
(2) execute appropriations of the Department of Homeland 
Security as provided in subparagraph (1), including any con-
tinuing appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019, 
before enactment of a regular appropriations Act; and 
(3) transfer any funds made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security by any appropriations Acts to the 
accounts created in subparagraph (1) for functions that are 
authorized to be transferred to such Office or Agency and 
to be used for the purpose of executing authorization of such 
Office or Agency. 
(c) The authority provided in subsection (b)(3) shall only be 
available if the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
15 days in advance of each such transfer. 
SEC. 537. Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 2950), as amended, shall 
be applied in subsection (b) by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
SEC. 538. (a) Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall be applied— 
(1) In subsection (a), by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018,’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2017,’’; and 
(2) In subsection (c)(1), by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2018,’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the authority 
of section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
391(a)), may carry out prototype projects under section 2371b of
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title 10, United States Code, and the Secretary shall perform the 
functions of the Secretary of Defense as prescribed. 
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security under section 831 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391(d)) may use 
the definition of nontraditional government contractor as defined 
in section 2371b(e) of title 10, United States Code. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 539. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177): 
(1) $44,557,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration—Operations and Sup-
port’’; 
(2) $1,785,697 from Public Law 108–334 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(3) $1,920,100 from Public Law 109–90 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(4) $1,791,454 from Public Law 109–295 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(5) $3,221,594 from Public Law 110–161 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(6) $3,680,885 from Public Law 111–83 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’’; 
(7) $25,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’; 
(8) $2,000,000 from Public Law 114–113 under the heading 
‘‘Science and Technology—Research, Development, Acquisition, 
and Operations’’; 
(9) $2,000,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 
‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and Support’’ 
account 70 17/18 0800; 
(10) $6,000,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 
‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Research and Develop-
ment’’; and 
(11) $4,307,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 
‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination—Oper-
ations and Support’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 540. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Home-
land Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds 
are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: 
(1) $66,024 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ account 70x0613; 
(2) $2,400 from ‘‘Transportation Security Administration— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ account 70x0508; and 
(3) $31,948 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection’’ 
account 70x0503.
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(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 541. The following unobligated balances made available 
to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 115–31) are rescinded: 
(1) $2,941,804 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Operations and Support’’; 
(2) $24,337,865 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’; 
(3) $260,584 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Reserve Training’’; 
(4) $308,974 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(5) $106,894 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Operations and Support’’; and 
(6) $23,938 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs—Operations and 
Support’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 542. From the unobligated balances available in the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 
9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by section 638 of 
Public Law 102–393), $364,162,000 shall be permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 543. Notwithstanding section 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 42, 
United States Code, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall allow flood protection systems con-
structed in 2016 on property acquired with hazard mitigation assist-
ance provided under section 5170c of title 42, United States Code, 
in an inadvertent violation of the terms and conditions of such 
assistance to remain in place on such property: Provided, That 
no new or additional structure may be erected on the property 
unless the new or additional structure complies with section 
5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 42, United States Code: Provided further, 
That this provision does not otherwise excuse compliance with 
all other applicable laws including statutes, executive orders, regu-
lations, and program and grant legal requirements pertaining to 
the floodwall structure or the acquired property. 
SEC. 544. Section 545 of title V of division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 20607 of title VI 
of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2018, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 545. (a) PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.—During calendar year 
2017, any premium pay that is funded, either directly or through 
reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’ shall be exempted from the aggregate of 
basic pay and premium pay calculated under section 5547(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, and any other provision of law limiting 
the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or 
calendar year basis. 
‘‘(b) OVERTIME AUTHORITY.—During calendar year 2017, any 
overtime pay that is funded, either directly or through reimburse-
ment, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster 
Relief Fund’ and that is payable under an authority outside of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be exempted from any annual 
limit on the amount of overtime pay payable in a calendar or 
fiscal year.