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SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 
1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall 
be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 
NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 
Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 
limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2020, 
$445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-
ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 
Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
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tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 
in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 
personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
ployees of CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support 
the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
Reform Act, $46,650,000, including up to $900,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2019, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
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nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra-
tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,134,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $231,000,000. 
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MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $7,500,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $12,175,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,200,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$249,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
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tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining. 
SEC. 407. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to enforce the National Labor Rela-
tions Act (29 U.S.C. 152) against any Indian Tribe, in-
cluding any enterprise or institution owned and operated 
by an Indian Tribe and located on its Indian lands. 
(b) For purposes of this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ means any Indian 
Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, Native Alaskan group, 
or other organized group or community which is rec-
ognized as eligible for the special programs and serv-
ices provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians; 
(2) the term ‘‘Indian’’ means any individual 
who is a member of an Indian Tribe; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Indian lands’ ’’ means— 
(A) all lands within the limits of any In-
dian reservation; 
(B) any lands title to which is either held 
in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
any Indian Tribe or individual or held by any 
Indian Tribe or individual subject to restriction 
by the United States against alienation; and 
(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma 
that are within the boundaries of a former res-
ervation (as defined by the Secretary of the In-
terior) of a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue, enforce, or litigate any adminis-
trative directive, regulation, representation issue, or unfair 
labor practice proceeding, or any other administrative 
complaint, charge, claim, or proceeding based on the 
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standard for determining whether entities are ‘‘joint em-
ployers’’ set forth by the National Labor Relations Board 
in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 362 
NLRB No. 186 (August 27, 2015). 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, create, apply, or enforce through 
prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the issuing 
of any interpretation, opinion, certification, decision, 
or policy, any standard for initial bargaining unit 
determinations that conflicts with the standard ar-
ticulated in the majority opinion in Wheeling Island 
Gaming Inc. and United Food and Commercial 
Workers International Union, Local 23, 355 NLRB 
127 (August 27, 2010) (including the majority opin-
ion in footnote 2), except for unit determinations 
governed by section 103.30 of title 34, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for employers covered by such sec-
tion; or 
(2) implement, create, apply, or enforce through 
prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the issuing 
of any interpretation, opinion, certification, decision, 
or policy, any standard for initial bargaining unit 
determinations that utilize the overwhelming com-
munity of interest test except in accretion cases. 
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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,500,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $12,875,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $22,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2018 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
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FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2019, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $113,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013. 
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LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $10,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,400,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$38,591,635,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 
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