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operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate 
employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven 
to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. 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. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
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tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture for information technology shall be obligated for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 
prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information 
Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured 
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against the performance plan requirements described in 
the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113– 
235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 
an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor-
rower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal-
ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019, for infor-
mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth-
erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 
from appropriations made available for salaries and ex-
penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 
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shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for 
information technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by 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. 711. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 
of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 
were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 
to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
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amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 
30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 
award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail-
able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 
awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
the following: 
(1) The program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 
of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)): Provided, That the 
funds appropriated by section 14(h)(1) of such Act 
are hereby permanently cancelled; 
(2) The program authorized by section 9007 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) in excess of $1,000,000; 
(3) The program authorized by section 9011 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111); 
(4) The program authorized by section 9003 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103); and 
(5) The program authorized by section 524(b) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1524(b)): Provided, That the funds made 
available by section 524(b) of such Act for fiscal 
year 2018 are hereby permanently cancelled. 
SEC. 715. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 
section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
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other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section 
referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $878,255,000 (ex-
clusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal 
years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement 
Commodities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity 
Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2018, such unobli-
gated balances shall carryover into the next fiscal year and 
shall remain available until expended for any of the three 
stated purposes of section 32, except that any such carry-
over funds used in accordance with clause (3) of section 
32 may not exceed $75,000,000 and may not be obligated 
until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notifi-
cation of the expenditures to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks 
in advance: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for 
salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year sub- 
section (i)(1)(E) of section 19 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a), except in 
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an amount that excludes the transfer of $125,000,000 of 
the funds to be transferred under subsection (c) of section 
14222, until October 1, 2018: Provided further, That 
$125,000,000 made available on October 1, 2018, to carry 
out such section 19 shall be excluded from the limitation 
described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(x) of section 14222: Pro-
vided further, That, with the exception of any available 
carryover funds authorized in the first proviso of this sec-
tion to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 
32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 
the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to carry out clause (3) of section 32, or for 
any surplus removal activities or price support activities 
under section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c): Provided further, That the 
available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(x) of sec-
tion 14222 in excess of the limitation set forth in this sec-
tion, excluding amounts to be transferred pursuant to the 
second proviso of this section, are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
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language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
which additional spending reductions should occur in the 
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2018 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
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(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (as the case may 
be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such 
funds or the use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
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authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in 
writing and receives approval from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or 
transfer of such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writ-
ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the pre-
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vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 
by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for— 
(1) modifying major capital investments fund-
ing levels, including information technology systems, 
that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 
current fiscal year for the individual investment in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 
whichever is less; 
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 
vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 
with five or more personnel; or 
(3) carrying out activities or functions that 
were not described in the budget request; unless the 
agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 
funds for these purposes. 
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(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services re-
ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma-
tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re-
ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re-
sult of information requested for the appropriations hear-
ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non- 
Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
Administration employee. 
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SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication 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. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 
agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 
in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 
office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 
period of assignment. 
SEC. 722. (a) Unless the Secretary of Agriculture no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 3 full business days in advance, none 
of the funds made available in this Act may be used to— 
(1) make a grant allocation of discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(2) make a discretionary contract award total-
ing $1,000,000 or more; 
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(3) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation 
or award in excess of the limits in subparagraph (1) 
or (2); or 
(4) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation or award in excess of the limits in sub-
paragraph (1) or (2). 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 
detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 
award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 
previous quarter. 
(c) The notification required by paragraph (a) and 
the report required by paragraph (b) shall include the re-
cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 
year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 
the account and program, project, or activity from which 
the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra-
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tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro-
gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 
under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 724. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary shall establish an inter-
mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro-
gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re-
viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec-
retary shall enter into agreements with current inter-
mediary organizations and with additional qualified inter-
mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 
these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 
502 single family direct loan program in rural commu-
nities and shall set aside and make available from the na-
tional reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to 
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support the work of such intermediaries and provide a pri-
ority for review of such loans. 
SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
require budget authority and the program level has been 
established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec-
retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad-
vance. 
SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 
shall be available for obligation without written notifica-
tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 
the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 
obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 
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SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 729. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro-
priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini-
tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 
without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require-
ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en-
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actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 
of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any 
new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fis-
cal year 2018, prepared in coordination with the Research, 
Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning 
on the date of the submission of the plan expires to permit 
Congressional review of the plan. 
SEC. 732. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
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care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
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tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 736. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 
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expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 
3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re-
newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 
and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 
testing. 
SEC. 738. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined 
in the order published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe within the 
meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is intro-
duced or delivered for introduction into interstate com-
merce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil 
shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 
402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or con-
taining a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance 
date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018). 
SEC. 739. The Secretary may charge a fee for lenders 
to access Department loan guarantee systems in connec-
tion with such lenders’ participation in loan guarantee 
programs of the Rural Housing Service: Provided, That 
the funds collected from such fees shall be made available 
to the Secretary without further appropriation and such 
funds shall be deposited into the Rural Development Sala-
ries and Expense Account and shall remain available until 
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expended for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary 
for administrative expenses of the Rural Housing Service 
Loan Guarantee Program in addition to other available 
funds: Provided further, That such fees collected shall not 
exceed $50 per loan. 
SEC. 740. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 741. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for the special supplemental nutrition pro-
gram as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $600,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
SEC. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
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water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United 
States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
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the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and 
shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
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States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 743. (a) For the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act through school year 2018–2019, 
with respect to the school lunch program established under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es-
tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final regulations published by 
the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 
January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall allow States to grant an exemp-
tion from the whole grain requirements that took effect 
on or after July 1, 2014, and the States shall establish 
a process for evaluating and responding, in a reasonable 
amount of time, to requests for an exemption: Provided, 
That school food authorities demonstrate hardship, includ-
ing financial hardship, in procuring specific whole grain 
products which are acceptable to the students and compli-
ant with the whole grain-rich requirements: Provided fur-
ther, That school food authorities shall comply with the 
applicable grain component or standard with respect to 
the school lunch or school breakfast program that was in 
effect prior to July 1, 2014. 
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(b) For the period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act through school year 2018–2019, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to implement any regulations 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or any other law that 
would require a reduction in the quantity of sodium con-
tained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, and snacks 
sold in schools below Target 1 (as described in section 
220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
cessor regulations)). 
(c) For the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act through school year 2018–2019, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
allow States to grant special exemptions for the service 
of flavored, low-fat fluid milk in the school lunch program 
established under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school break-
fast program established under the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), and as a competitive 
food available on campus during the school day, to schools 
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which demonstrate a reduction in student milk consump-
tion or an increase in school milk waste. 
SEC. 744. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants in the following head-
ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu-
tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Economic 
Infrastructure Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural 
Community Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Eco-
nomic Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Devel-
opment Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utili-
ties Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommuni-
cations Loans Program Account’’, at least 10 percent of 
the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties under this section, including, notwith-
standing any other provision regarding population limits, 
any county seat of such a persistent poverty county that 
has a population that does not exceed the authorized popu-
lation limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 
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more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial 
censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 
year average: Provided further, That with respect to spe-
cific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget au-
thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied 
to such program level. 
SEC. 745. For the purposes of determining eligibility 
or level of program assistance for Rural Development pro-
grams the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
populations. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc-
ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agri-
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culture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de-
fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition 
of the term ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the num-
ber of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each 
staple food category so that the total number of such items 
in each staple food category exceeds the number of such 
items in each staple food category included in the final 
rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That 
until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amend-
ments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regard-
ing acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supple-
mental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap-
plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 
reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 
final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 
date on which a dietary reference intake report with re-
spect to sodium is completed. 
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SEC. 749. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 
information and subject to the same requirements applica-
ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 
verify the income for individuals participating in sections 
502, 504, 521, and 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1972, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 
section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 750. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8107a), $8,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available to the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission by this Act or 
any other Act in the current fiscal year or any other fiscal 
year may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel to lower the de minimis quantity of swap dealing 
established under section 1a(49)(D) of the Commodity Ex-
change 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1a(49)(D)) 
to 
less 
than 
$8,000,000,000. 
SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act in the current fiscal year or any other 
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fiscal year may be used to implement, administer, or en-
force the final rule with the regulation identifier number 
0910–AG38 published by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on May 10, 2016 (81 Fed. 
Reg. 28974) with respect to traditional large and premium 
cigars. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘tradi-
tional large and premium cigar’’ means— 
(1) any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100 
percent leaf tobacco, is bunched with 100 percent to-
bacco filler, contains no filter, tip, or non-tobacco 
mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 
count, and— 
(A) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder 
and is hand rolled; 
(B) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder 
and is made using human hands to lay the leaf 
tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one ma-
chine that bunches, wraps, and caps each indi-
vidual cigar; or 
(C) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder 
and is made in the United States using human 
hands to lay the 100 percent leaf tobacco wrap-
per onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, 
and caps each individual cigar; and 
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(2) is not a cigarette or a little cigar (as such 
terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (11), re-
spectively, of section 900 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387)). 
SEC. 753. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act with 
respect to any fiscal year may, for each tobacco product 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services by 
regulation under section 901(b) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)) deems to 
be subject to chapter IX of such Act, be used to treat— 
(1) any reference in sections 905(j) or 910(a) 
of such Act (21 U.S.C. 387e(j), 387j(a)) to Feb-
ruary 15, 2007, as other than a reference to the ef-
fective date of the regulation under which the to-
bacco product is deemed to be subject to the require-
ments of such chapter pursuant to section 901(b) of 
such Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)); and 
(2) any reference in such sections to 21 months 
after the date of enactment of the Family Smoking 
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as other than 
a reference to 21 months after the effective date of 
such deeming regulation. 
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not later than 21 months after the date of enactment of 
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this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish 
a product standard for vapor products pursuant to section 
907 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 387g) to include but not limited to— 
(A) characterizing flavors; and 
(B) batteries. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a final rule pursuant 
to such notice. 
(c) A vapor product shall be deemed to be misbranded 
under section 903(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c(a)) if the advertising with re-
spect to the vapor product is disseminated by a manufac-
turer, distributor, or retailer of the product in a news-
paper, magazine, periodical, or other publication (includ-
ing any publication of periodic or limited distribution) 
other than an adult publication. 
(d)(1) A retailer may only sell any vapor product in 
a direct face-to-face exchange without the assistance of 
any electronic or mechanical device (such as a vending ma-
chine). 
(2) This subsection shall not apply with respect to 
sales of vapor products conducted through— 
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(A) mail-order; or 
(B) a vending machine or self-service display if, 
with respect to the facility in which such vending 
machine or display is located, the retailer of such 
products ensures that no person under 18 years of 
age is present or permitted to enter. 
(3) A violation of this section is deemed to constitute 
a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
relating to a tobacco product for purposes of section 
303(f)(9) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 333(f)(9)). 
(e)(1) Not later than 12 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall promulgate final regulations to require that 
the labeling of vapor products contain— 
(A) the phrase ‘‘Keep Out of Reach of 
Children’’; 
(B) the phrase ‘‘Underage Sale Prohib-
ited’’; and 
(C) an accurate statement of the nicotine 
content of the vapor product. 
(2) A vapor product whose label is in violation 
of the regulations required by paragraph (1) is 
deemed to be misbranded under section 903 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
387c). 
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(f)(1) Every person who owns or operates an estab-
lishment in any State engaged in the retail sale of a vapor 
product shall register that establishment with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services within the later of 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, or 30 
days after first engaging in such retail sale. 
(2) The requirements of this subsection do not 
apply with respect to any establishment subject to 
an active registration under— 
(A) any State law relating to tobacco prod-
ucts; or 
(B) section 905 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387e). 
(3) The Secretary shall make available for in-
spection, to any person so requesting, any registra-
tion filed under this section. 
(g) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘adult publication’’ means any 
newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publica-
tion— 
(A) whose readers younger than 18 years 
of age constitute 15 percent or less of the total 
readership as measured by competent and reli-
able survey evidence; and 
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(B) that is read by fewer than 2 million 
persons younger than 18 years of age as meas-
ured by competent and reliable survey evidence. 
(2) The terms ‘‘label’’ and ‘‘labeling’’ have the 
meanings given to such terms in section 201 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321). 
(3) The term ‘‘tobacco product’’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 201 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) The term ‘‘vapor product’’— 
(A) means any non-combustible product 
that employs a heating element, power source, 
electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, 
or mechanical means, regardless of shape or 
size, to produce vapor from nicotine in a solu-
tion or other form; 
(B) includes any electronic cigarette, elec-
tronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, 
or similar product or device, and any vapor car-
tridge or other container of nicotine in a solu-
tion or other form; and 
(C) does not include any product regulated 
as a drug or device by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration under chapter V of the Federal 
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Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 
et. seq.). 
SEC. 754. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic 
of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 
Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 
in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 
on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 
system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 
United States; 
(2) ensure that, before any poultry products 
can enter the United States from any such poultry 
plant, such poultry products comply with all other 
applicable requirements for poultry products in 
interstate commerce in the United States; 
(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au-
dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex-
port into the United States processed poultry prod-
ucts; 
(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod-
ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 
general condition of such products, for the proper 
certification and labeling of such products, and for 
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any damage to such products that may have oc-
curred during transportation; and 
(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 
products selected to enter the United States are sub-
ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro-
priate levels to verify that the products comply with 
relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 
examinations for product defects and laboratory 
analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 
pathogen testing appropriate for the products in-
volved. 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with obligations of the United States under any 
trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 
SEC. 755. For necessary expenses to carry out the 
activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Cen-
tury Cures Act (Public Law 114–255), in addition to 
amounts available for such activities under the heading 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $60,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, is provided for Department of Health 
and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration— 
FDA Innovation Account: Provided, That amounts appro-
priated by this section are appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 1002(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such 
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Act, and may be transferred by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to other accounts of the Department 
of Health and Human Services solely for the activities de-
scribed in section 1002(b)(4) such Act: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 756. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
for one-time control and management and associate activi-
ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to cit-
rus greening. 
SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, for the cost 
of loans and grants consistent with section 243 of the De-
partment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 
U.S.C. 6953), for necessary expenses of the Secretary to 
support projects under the healthy food financing initia-
tive that provide access to healthy food in underserved 
areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize 
low-income communities. 
SEC. 758. The provisions of sections 202 and 320 of 
H.R. 238, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (the ‘‘Com-
modity End-User Relief Act’’), as passed by the House 
of Representatives on January 12, 2017, are hereby en-
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acted into law, except that the amendment made by such 
section 320 shall be added at the end of paragraph (47) 
rather than (48). 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 759. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 760. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–232. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 761. $0. 
SEC. 762. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Agriculture—National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture—Research and Education Activities’’, for the 
award of teaching, research, and extension capacity build-
ing grants at certain colleges and universities, as author-
ized by section 1417(b)(4) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)), there is hereby appropriated, and the 
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amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department 
of Agriculture—Office of the Chief Information Officer’’ 
is hereby reduced by, $500,000. 
SEC. 763. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of— 
(1) section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1758(b)(10)); or 
(2) section 245.8 of title 7, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 764. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the rule entitled ‘‘Exceptions to 
Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 
USGSA’’ published by the Department of Agri-
culture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2003 
(68 Fed. Reg. 19139); and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 765. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out subsection (p) of section 
12 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1760). 
SEC. 766. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for a new hire who has not been verified 
through the E-Verify program, except for an employee 
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compensated under a local compensation plan established 
under section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION 
C—COMMERCE, 
JUSTICE, 
SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 
for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 
firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 
44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend-
ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 
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and transportation of employees of the International 
Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 
regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 
not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, 
or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay-
ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 
paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 
official 
motor 
vehicles; 
and 
rental 
of 
tie 
lines, 
$480,000,000 (reduced by $1), to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, of which $13,000,000 is to be de-
rived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of 
amounts provided under this heading, not less than 
$16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and counter-
vailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of the first sentence of 
section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu-
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cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac-
tivities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions 
under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for as-
sessments for services provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 
1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 
15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
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cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $112,500,000 (in-
creased by $1), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: 
Provided further, That payments and contributions col-
lected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering 
the cost of such activities, and for providing information 
to the public with respect to the export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce and other export control programs of the United 
States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 
grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 
$140,000,000 (reduced by $13,000,000) (increased by 
$13,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
$17,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 27. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $36,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and 
the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $34,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000). 
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $96,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $256,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bu-
reau of the Census shall collect and analyze data for the 
Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey using the same health insurance ques-
tions included in previous years, in addition to the revised 
questions implemented in the Current Population Survey 
beginning in February 2014. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen-
suses and programs provided for by law, $1,251,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro-
vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$2,580,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 
out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 
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Census: Provided further, That not more than 50 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading for in-
formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in-
cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc-
essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan 
for expenditure that: (1) identifies for each CEDCaP 
project/investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and 
performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized; (B) the estimated lifecycle cost, in-
cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 
and operations; and (C) key milestones to be met; (2) de-
tails for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost 
and schedule variances; and (B) top risks and mitigation 
strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government 
Accountability Office. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $30,000,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Com-
merce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in 
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spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related 
services, and such fees shall be retained and used as off-
setting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use 
as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated are available for the administration of all open 
grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-
cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-
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retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 
of the USPTO, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-
tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 
2018, so as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2018, should the total amount of 
such offsetting collections be less than $3,500,000,000 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur-
ther, 
That 
any 
amount 
received 
in 
excess 
of 
$3,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 
as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac-
cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala-
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ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 
amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 
made available in fiscal year 2018 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis-
cal year 2018 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec-
essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 
of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 
under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 
the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 
8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 
basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap-
ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other-
wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 
USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 
available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 
Provided further, That any differences between the present 
value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 
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letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 
specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 
USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 
are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 
of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 
22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap-
propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 
with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 
USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $660,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 
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summer undergraduate research fellowship program par-
ticipants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology 
services, $105,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which $100,000,000 (in-
creased by $5,000,000) shall be for the Hollings Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership, and of which $5,000,000 
shall be for the National Network for Manufacturing Inno-
vation. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall include in the budget justification materials that the 
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart-
ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 
Standards and Technology construction project having a 
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total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, 
and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall 
include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 
each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa-
cilities, $3,240,199,000 (reduced by $10,100,000) (in-
creased by $10,100,000) (reduced by $1,200,000) (in-
creased by $1,200,000) (increased by $21,775,000) (re-
duced by $21,775,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, except that 
funds provided for cooperative enforcement shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That fees 
and donations received by the National Ocean Service for 
the management of national marine sanctuaries may be 
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retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, $144,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and 
Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall 
only be used for fishery activities related to the 
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Re-
search, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Moni-
toring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and 
Fish Information Networks: Provided further, That of the 
$3,411,699,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading, $3,240,199,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund, $144,000,000 is provided by transfer and 
$27,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli-
gations: Provided further, That any deviation from the 
amounts designated for specific activities in the report ac-
companying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided under this heading in previous years, 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for nec-
essary retired pay expenses under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and 
for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and 
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their dependents under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act 
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,643,110,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$1,656,110,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading, $1,643,110,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries 
of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi-
ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus-
tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 
in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 
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each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 
total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg-
etary requirements for each such project for each of the 
5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 
the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred 
to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities 
associated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc-
tion. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, 
of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 
may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder-
ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 
Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con-
servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 
listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 
by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu-
lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 
or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 
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coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 
further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci-
entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 
for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis-
bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require-
ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 
least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from 
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For the necessary expenses associated with the miti-
gation of fishery disasters, $20,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 
for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 
and fishery resource disasters as declared by the Secretary 
of Commerce in 2017. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, obligations of direct 
loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi-
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tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 
Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 
not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa-
tion, $58,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000). 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Commerce may transfer up to $8,224,000 to 
this account from funds available to the Department of 
Commerce: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
provided in the first proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained in this Act: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the authority provided 
under this heading shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
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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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $32,744,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
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partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 
or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 
amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 
Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 
applicable with respect to fiscal year 2018: Provided, That 
the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo-
stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 
Program is $10,828,059,000. 
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SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not 
limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv-
ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 
improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 
are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera-
tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 
other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec-
tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re-
ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 
section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 
of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 
costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog-
raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac-
tivity over its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim-
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its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 
local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-
ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 
or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 
the Service has provided information to the customer on 
how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus-
tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-
ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re-
producing, and delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 
into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 
a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex-
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pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 
Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 
subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 
permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department 
of 
Justice, 
$89,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000), of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for secu-
rity and construction of Department of Justice facilities 
shall remain available until expended. 
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JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $30,941,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds 
available to the Department of Justice for information 
technology, to remain available until expended, for enter-
prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of im-
migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im-
migration Review, $504,500,000, of which $4,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 
Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 
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$35,000,000 of the total amount made available under 
this heading shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $95,583,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-
ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-
sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-
pointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti-
tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 
the District of Columbia, $897,500,000, of which not to 
exceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall 
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remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay-
ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 
shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro-
gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
(52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per-
sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases 
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 
not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $163,980,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
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provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection (and estimated to be $126,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2018), shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $37,980,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $2,057,252,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or par-
ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $225,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
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other provision of law, deposits to the United States 
Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 
shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, fees collected pur-
suant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in 
fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors, exceed $225,000,000, those excess 
amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to 
the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary 
to 
pay 
refunds 
due 
depositors, 
(estimated 
at 
$135,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts 
deposited in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not 
otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
$90,000,000. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS 
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $2,374,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad-
vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur-
chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 
witness security caravans; and not to exceed $13,000,000 
is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up-
grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-
cure automated information network to store and retrieve 
the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 
Act. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $15,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 
and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, $20,514,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), to be de-
rived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund. 
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UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service, $1,255,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 
Code, $1,536,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid-
ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce-
ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 
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from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad-
ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the National Security Division, $100,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys-
tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter-
mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 
the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap-
propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most 
significant 
drug 
trafficking 
organizations, 
transnational organized crime, and money laundering or-
ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter- 
governmental agreements with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 
crime and drug trafficking, $526,000,000, of which 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 
under this heading may be used under authorities avail-
able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-
tion. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States, $8,814,747,000, of 
which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili-
ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 
law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 
owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$51,895,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 
token value that promote the goals of such programs, 
$2,164,051,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000), of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 
local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training 
and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as-
sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 
or without reimbursement, $1,293,776,000, of which not 
to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 
by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds appropriated herein 
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 
925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be available to investigate and act 
upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Fed-
eral firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That no funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer 
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the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies 
or Departments. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 
Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 
related issues to foreign governments, $7,070,248,000 (re-
duced by $500,000): Provided, That the Attorney General 
may transfer to the Department of Health and Human 
Services such amounts as may be necessary for direct ex-
penditures by that Department for medical relief for in-
mates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison Sys-
tem, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fis-
cal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to deter-
mine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of 
the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to indi-
viduals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 
System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 
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shall remain available for necessary operations until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided further, That, of the amounts 
provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim-
bursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 
accept donated property and services relating to the oper-
ation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit en-
tity which has operated such program in the past, notwith-
standing the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes 
services under contracts to the Federal Prison System re-
lating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway 
houses, or other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 
new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $95,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 
may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 
by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 
payment of claims, and expenditures which such account-
ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 
shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui-
sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
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protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-
lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu-
torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 
of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and the Rape Survivor 
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Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 
2015 
Act’’); 
and 
for 
related 
victims 
services, 
$527,000,000 (increased by $500,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That except as otherwise 
provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds made 
available under this heading may be used for expenses re-
lated to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided— 
(1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-
lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 
1968 Act; 
(2) $30,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 
by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $3,500,000 is for the National Institute of 
Justice for research and evaluation of violence 
against women and related issues addressed by 
grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, 
Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 
Office of Justice Programs; 
(4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-
vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
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assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 
youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 
men and youth in preventing such violence; and as-
sistance to middle and high school students through 
education and other services related to such violence: 
Provided, That unobligated balances available for 
the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 
41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 
amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 
this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 
the total amount available for this grant program 
shall be available for grants under the program au-
thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 
further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
program; 
(5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar-
rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 
Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 
initiative; 
(6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 
1994 Act; 
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(7) $35,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 
section 304 of the 2005 Act; 
(9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 
services to end violence against and abuse of women 
in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 
1994 Act; 
(11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 
1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 
balances available for the programs authorized by 
section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 
the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 
Act, shall be available for this program; 
(12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 
to end violence against and abuse of women with 
disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 
2000 Act; 
(13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 
Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 
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domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 
the 1994 Act; 
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 
violence against Indian women, including as author-
ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 
such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval-
uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of-
fice of Justice Programs; 
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 
that provides training and technical assistance on 
issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 
and Alaska Native women; 
(16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 
governments; 
(17) $45,000,000 for victim services programs 
for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 
107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au-
thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 
authorized under Public Law 113–4; and 
(18) $1,500,000 for the purposes authorized 
under the 2015 Act. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 
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Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 
Act’’); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); and 
other programs, $83,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which— 
(1) $44,500,000 is for criminal justice statistics 
programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 
C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 
(2) $38,500,000 is for research, development, 
and evaluation programs, and other activities as au-
thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 
subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 
Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
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(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 
title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Public Safety Officer 
Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–12); the Sec-
ond Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the 
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 
Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims 
of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 
113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 
and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) 
(‘‘CARA’’); and other programs, $1,143,500,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $7,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to re-
main available until expended as follows— 
(1) $500,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
(increased 
by 
$5,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$100,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000) for the 
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of 
title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), 
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and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 
505(g) of title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for 
purposes of this Act), of which, notwithstanding 
such subpart 1, $10,000,000 is for the Officer Rob-
ert Wilson III Memorial Initiative on Preventing Vi-
olence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience 
and Survivability (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use 
by the National Institute of Justice for research tar-
geted toward developing a better understanding of 
the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and ad-
vancing evidence-based strategies for effective inter-
vention and prevention, $2,000,000 is for a program 
to improve juvenile indigent defense, $2,400,000 is 
for the operationalization, maintenance and expan-
sion of the National Missing and Unidentified Per-
sons 
System, 
$10,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$10,000,000) is for competitive and evidence-based 
programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence, 
$2,500,000 is for the Capital Litigation Improve-
ment Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 
of Public Law 108–405 and for grants for wrongful 
conviction review, $15,500,000 is for prison rape 
prevention and prosecution grants to States and 
units of local government, and other programs, as 
authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 
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2003 (Public Law 108–79), and $10,000,000 is for 
white collar crime prevention grants, including as 
authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 
(2) $220,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as 
authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, 
That no jurisdiction shall request compensation for 
any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal im-
migration and other detainees housed in State and 
local detention facilities; 
(3) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 
assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 
and related activities; 
(4) $22,500,000 for the matching grant pro-
gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 
by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(5) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 
Public Website; 
(6) $73,000,000 for grants to States to up-
grade criminal and mental health records for the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem; 
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(7) $125,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
for DNA-related and forensic programs and activi-
ties, of which— 
(A) 
$117,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$10,000,000) is for a DNA analysis and capac-
ity enhancement program and for other local, 
State, and Federal forensic activities, including 
the purposes authorized under section 2 of the 
DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA 
Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That up to 
4 percent of funds made available under this 
paragraph may be used for the purposes de-
scribed in the DNA Training and Education for 
Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 
Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 
section 303); 
(B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de-
scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic-
tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 
108–405, section 412); and 
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo-
rensic Exam Program grants, including as au-
thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 
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(8) $9,000,000 for the court-appointed special 
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 
the 1990 Act; 
(9) $118,000,000 (increased by $7,000,000) 
(increased 
by 
$3,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$100,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000) for 
comprehensive opioid abuse reduction activities, in-
cluding as authorized by CARA, and for the fol-
lowing programs, which shall address opioid abuse 
reduction consistent with underlying program au-
thorities— 
(A) $43,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 
the 1968 Act; 
(B) $14,000,000 for mental health courts 
and adult and juvenile collaboration program 
grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 
title I of the 1968 Act; 
(C) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential 
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris-
oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 
1968 Act; 
(D) $7,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) 
for a veterans treatment courts program; and 
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(E) $14,000,000 for a program to monitor 
prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 
products; 
(10) $10,000,000 for emergency law enforce-
ment assistance for events occurring during or after 
fiscal year 2018, as authorized by section 609M of 
the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10501; Public Law 98–473); and 
(11) $45,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 
Safety Initiative: 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 
the funds made available under this heading to increase 
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub-
lic sector safety service. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance, the following amounts are made available 
until expended— 
(1) $75,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 
youth mentoring grants; 
(2) $21,000,000 for programs authorized by 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
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(3) $72,500,000 for missing and exploited chil-
dren programs, including as authorized by sections 
404(b) and 405(a) of the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (except that sec-
tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply 
for purposes of this Act); and 
(4) $2,000,000 for child abuse training pro-
grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 
authorized by section 222 of the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in-
cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail-
able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au-
thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu-
cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina-
tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for such disability and edu-
cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 
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amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail-
able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance, the following amounts are made available 
until expended: Provided, That any balances made avail-
able through prior year deobligations shall only be avail-
able in accordance with section 505 of this Act— 
(1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-re-
lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 
Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 
of this Act; 
(2) $10,000,000 is for activities authorized by 
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $65,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) for 
initiatives to improve police-community relations, as 
described in the report accompanying this Act; 
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(4) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 
and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 
to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 is for 
Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstrations to 
enhance and maintain parental and family relation-
ships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi-
vism reduction strategy, and $2,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants focusing on girls in the juvenile 
justice system; 
(5) $45,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) for 
a grant program for community-based sexual assault 
response reform; and 
(6) $35,000,000 is for regional information 
sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
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shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
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by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
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enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of Federal Prison Indus-
tries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
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or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head-
ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus-
tice Programs’’— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 
the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-
bursement programs may be used by such Office to 
provide training and technical assistance; and 
(2) up to 3 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs under such head-
ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 
research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-
tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 
and merged with funds provided to the National In-
stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 
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statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza-
tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 
SEC. 213. In addition to any amounts that otherwise 
may be available (or authorized to be made available) by 
law, 7 percent of funds made available for grant or reim-
bursement programs— 
(1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’ (except for funds made 
available under paragraph (2) under such heading); 
and 
(2) under the headings ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams’’ (except for funds made available under para-
graph (3) under such heading) and ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services Programs’’, to be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’, 
shall be available for assistance to Indian tribes without 
regard to the authorizations for such grant or reimburse-
ment programs. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act. 
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SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi-
nal background check system established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce-
ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire-
arm 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. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2018, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2018, and 
any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 
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shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-
gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 
title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 2018, and any use, obligation, 
transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $5,544,000. 
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,858,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That the formulation and de-
velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 
James 
Webb 
Space 
Telescope 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de-
velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi-
tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin-
istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 
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the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30104: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided, $495,000,000 is for an orbiter and a lander to meet 
the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as out-
lined in the most recent planetary science decadal survey: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall use the Space Launch System 
as the launch vehicles for the Jupiter Europa mission, 
plan for an orbiter launch no later than 2022 and a lander 
launch no later than 2024, and include in the fiscal year 
2019 budget the 5-year funding profile necessary to 
achieve these goals. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
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5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,550,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not less 
than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for Explo-
ration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 
$600,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget sub-
mission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated budget 
that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi- 
Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems, 
that will meet the Exploration Mission 2 (EM–2) manage-
ment agreement launch date of no later than 2021 at a 
success level equal to the Agency Baseline Commitment 
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for EM–2 of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Pro-
vided further, That $450,000,000 shall be for exploration 
research and development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $4,676,634,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
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tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $90,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
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craft, $2,826,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $486,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2018 in an amount not 
to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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$37,900,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers, except that ‘‘Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration’’ may be increased up to 20 per-
cent by such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be 
merged with and available for the same purposes and the 
same time period as the appropriations to which trans-
ferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 
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change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,033,645,000 (reduced by 
$30,200,000) (increased by $30,200,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed 
$544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
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Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$77,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $880,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
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authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$328,510,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2018 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
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1978, $15,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 15 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital 
asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not spe-
cifically provided for in this Act or any other law appro-
priating funds for the National Science Foundation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,183,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$363,807,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
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reception and representation expenses, $92,500,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $267,000,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
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505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2017 and 
2018, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,431,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $53,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,111,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
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That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, 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. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation 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 available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$4,632,000,000 during fiscal year 2018 from the fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 
U.S.C. 10601). 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
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students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 
impact information system, as defined for security cat-
egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
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inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
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(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
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(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year. 
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(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 114–223 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2018, $313,730,000 are rescinded 
from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $63,282,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $22,960,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 234. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $6,823,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$3,003,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’, $3,600,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $1,579,000. 
(5) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $35,470,000. 
(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $18,997,000. 
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