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costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
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fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated
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May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 
made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 
of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with
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an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 
investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 
such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in-
formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, 
or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds,
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an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger 
to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower 
protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Ex-
ecutive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated 
into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a 
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, may con-
tain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 
also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Con-
gress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency 
or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
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(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 
into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 
unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24