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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, 
the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community 
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 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 expenditure 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, 
to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,311,492,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by 
the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related 
support, $53,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners 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 considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and 
local law enforcement 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 from funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration, Detention Trustee’’ 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation under 
this heading.
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NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
National Security Division, $101,031,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities 
of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
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 expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include 
inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforce-
ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 
individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug 
trafficking, $542,850,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the 
United States, $9,030,202,000, 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. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-
niture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by pur-
chase, 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; 
$370,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 530C of 
title 28, United States Code; and expenses for conducting drug 
education and training programs, including travel and related 
expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution 
of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, 
$2,190,326,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance 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 representation 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 expended: Provided, That none of the 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 Federal 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 the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, 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 assist-
ance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $7,114,000,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services such 
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts
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with a fiscal 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 individuals 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 expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until 
September 30, 2019: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended to make payments in advance 
for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System may accept donated property and services relating to the 
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity 
which has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding 
the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 
contracts to the Federal Prison System relating 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 facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, 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 facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $161,571,000, to remain available until expended: 
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 hereby author-
ized 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 commitments 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 corpora-
tion. 
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 computed on an accrual basis to 
be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-
scribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive 
of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such 
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of
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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 assist-
ance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, 
as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 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 Prosecutorial 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 (34 U.S.C. 11101 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 Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 
and the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 
114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); and for related victims services, 
$492,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
derived by transfer from amounts available for obligation in this 
Act from the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV 
of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding 
section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts 
otherwise made available under this heading: 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 related 
to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided— 
(1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act; 
(2) $35,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants 
for victims of domestic violence, dating 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 provide services 
to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assist-
ance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs 
to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and 
assistance to middle and high school students through edu-
cation and other services related to such violence: Provided,
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That unobligated balances available for the programs author-
ized 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 authorized 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 arrest 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; 
(7) $40,000,000 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 victims, as author-
ized 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 families 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 Work-
place Responses to assist victims of 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 authorized by section 904 
of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 
to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by 
the Office 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 
in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction, 
as authorized by section 904 of the 2013 Act: Provided, That 
the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall 
apply to this program; and 
(17) $1,500,000 for the purposes authorized under the 2015 
Act.
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OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing 
Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecu-
torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children 
Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 
Act’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 
of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which— 
(1) $48,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 
and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 
1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is for a nationwide incident- 
based crime statistics program; and 
(2) $42,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 
programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title 
I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act, 
of which $4,000,000 is for research targeted toward developing 
a better understanding of the domestic radicalization phe-
nomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for effective 
intervention and prevention. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance 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 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–386); the NICS Improvement Amendments 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 Second 
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);
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the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
416); 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’’); the 
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); 
and other programs, $1,677,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as follows— 
(1) $415,500,000 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), 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 Robert Wilson III Memorial Initiative on Preventing 
Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and 
Survivability (VALOR), $5,000,000 is for an initiative to support 
evidence-based policing, $2,500,000 is for an initiative to 
enhance prosecutorial decision-making, $2,400,000 is for the 
operationalization, maintenance and expansion of the National 
Missing and Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for 
a national training initiative to improve police-based responses 
to people with mental illness or developmental disabilities, 
$20,000,000 is for competitive and evidence-based programs 
to reduce gun crime and gang violence, $2,000,000 is for a 
student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to section 
952 of Public Law 110–315, $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 2003 (Public Law 108–79), and 
$16,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement assistance for 
events occurring during or after fiscal year 2018, as authorized 
by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 
U.S.C. 50101); 
(2) $240,000,000 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 immigration and other 
detainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 
(3) $77,000,000 for victim services programs for victims 
of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 
106–386, for programs authorized under Public Law 109–164, 
or programs authorized under Public Law 113–4; 
(4) $3,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement 
Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 
108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 
(5) $14,000,000 for economic, high technology, white collar 
and Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized 
by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 
(6) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, 
as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities; 
(7) $22,500,000 for the matching grant program for law 
enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of 
title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred 
directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s
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Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and 
evaluation programs; 
(8) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
Website; 
(9) $75,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 
shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS 
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); 
(10) $30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 
Act; 
(11) $130,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs 
and activities, of which— 
(A) $120,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
enhancement program and for other local, State, and Fed-
eral 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 described in the DNA Training and 
Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, 
and Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, section 
303); 
(B) $6,000,000 is for the purposes described in the 
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Pro-
gram (Public Law 108–405, section 412); and 
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
Program grants, including as authorized by section 304 
of Public Law 108–405; 
(12) $47,500,000 for a grant program for community-based 
sexual assault response reform; 
(13) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act; 
(14) $35,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 
(15) $85,000,000 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 
$6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal 
probation 
or 
parole 
supervision 
efforts 
and 
strategies, 
$5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstra-
tions to enhance and maintain parental and family relation-
ships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduc-
tion strategy, and $4,000,000 is for additional replication sites 
employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 
Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanctions 
in probation, and for a research project on the effectiveness 
of the model: Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used for performance-based 
awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 
shall be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Perma-
nent Supportive Housing Model; 
(16) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Safety Ini-
tiative;
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(17) $65,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-community 
relations, of which $22,500,000 is for a competitive matching 
grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State, 
local and tribal law enforcement, $25,000,000 is for a justice 
reinvestment initiative, for activities related to criminal justice 
reform and recidivism reduction, and $17,500,000 is for an 
Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program; 
and 
(18) $330,000,000 for comprehensive opioid abuse reduction 
activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the fol-
lowing programs, which shall address opioid abuse reduction 
consistent with underlying program authorities— 
(A) $75,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(B) $30,000,000 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, and the 
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–416); 
(C) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by 
part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(D) $20,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts pro-
gram; 
(E) $30,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription 
drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and 
(F) $145,000,000 for a comprehensive opioid abuse pro-
gram: 
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 public sector safety service. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 
and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) 
(‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 
Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for 
All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); and other 
juvenile justice programs, $282,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as follows— 
(1) $60,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 
of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance 
to assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants
H. R. 1625—76 
process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
grant program to support emergency planning among State, 
local and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities; 
(2) $94,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(3) $27,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 
by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 
261 and 262 thereof— 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program; 
(B) $4,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence 
education, prevention and intervention, and related activi-
ties; 
(C) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site providing 
information and resources on children of incarcerated par-
ents; 
(D) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing 
on girls in the juvenile justice system; 
(E) $8,000,000 shall be for community-based violence 
prevention 
initiatives, 
including 
for 
public 
health 
approaches to reducing shootings and violence; and 
(F) $8,000,000 shall be for an opioid-affected youth 
initiative; 
(4) $21,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
(5) $76,000,000 for missing and exploited children pro-
grams, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) 
of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO-
TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall 
not apply for purposes of this Act); 
(6) $2,000,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial 
personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of 
the 1990 Act; and 
(7) $2,000,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent 
defense: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may 
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed 
to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, 
That not more than 2 percent of the amounts designated under 
paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be used for training and 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the two preceding pro-
visos shall not apply to grants and projects administered pursuant 
to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited 
children programs. 
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 (including amounts for adminis-
trative costs), to remain available until expended; and $24,800,000 
for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for 
educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional funding
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for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from 
available appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
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 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 activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and 
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), 
$275,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any balances made available through prior year deobligations shall 
only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading— 
(1) $225,500,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title 
I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring 
of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q 
of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 
(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career 
law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 
grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 
within the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
$30,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including 
hiring, equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, 
and anti-opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for commu-
nity policing development activities in furtherance of the pur-
poses in section 1701: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this paragraph $36,000,000 is for regional 
information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title 
I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statistics’’ for administration 
by the Office of Justice Programs; 
(2) $10,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law enforce-
ment agencies in States with high seizures of precursor chemi-
cals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory 
dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 
or investigate illicit activities, including precursor diversion, 
laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; and 
(4) $32,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 
treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided,
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That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities 
related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution 
of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription 
opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration. 
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 representation expenses, a 
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney 
General for official reception 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: Provided, That should this prohibi-
tion be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, 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 remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section 
in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address 
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased 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 compliance 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 indi-
vidual 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 television services, 
or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment 
used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, 
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 enhanced information
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technology program having total estimated development costs in 
excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and 
the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
the information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms 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 deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated 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 successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, 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 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 author-
ized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated 
by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statis-
tics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile 
Justice Programs’’— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office 
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may 
be used by such Office to provide training and technical assist-
ance; and 
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 
amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
statistical programs administered by the National Institute 
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 
be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, 
without regard to the authorizations for such grant or 
reimbursement programs. 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney 
General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney 
General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 
for the following programs, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10631 et seq.), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of 
such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).
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(2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part 
FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part 
(34 U.S.C. 10633(e)(1) and (2)). 
(3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to 
prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10581), the requirements under the second sentence 
of section 2901(f) of such part (34 U.S.C. 10581(f)). 
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 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not 
apply to amounts made available by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under this Act, 
other than for the national instant criminal background check 
system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a 
Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an 
operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement 
officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a 
drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United States 
continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in 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 during fiscal year 2018, except up to $40,000,000 
may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of 
Justice financial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances trans-
ferred 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 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances 
available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall be available for obligation 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. 
SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in this 
Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate 
in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of division G 
of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 
114–113, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Part-
nership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2017 and 
2018. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’.
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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 National 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 Columbia, 
$5,544,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in car-
rying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 100-685 and Execu-
tive Order 13803, 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, 
$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel support 
from Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal 
agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without 
reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes provided 
herein. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, 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; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $6,221,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the formulation 
and development 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 individual 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 develop-
ment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, the 
individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the 
increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold 
described in subsection (f) of section 30104: Provided further, That, 
of the amounts provided, $595,000,000 is for an orbiter and a 
lander to meet the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission 
as outlined in the most recent planetary science decadal survey: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space
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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 2020 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 activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$685,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space technology research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-
gram management; personnel 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$760,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That $130,000,000 shall be for RESTORE. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of exploration research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$4,790,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, 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 elements and an Exploration Upper 
Stage developed simultaneously: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be 
for Exploration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 
$895,000,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems, including 
$350,000,000 for a second mobile launch platform and associated
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SLS activities: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget 
profile for an integrated system that includes the Space Launch 
System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated 
ground systems that will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed 
launch as early as possible, as well as a system-based funding 
profile for a sustained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed 
test launch: Provided further, That acquisition of Orion crew 
vehicles, SLS launch vehicles, Exploration Ground Systems, mobile 
launch platforms, and their associated components may be funded 
incrementally in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter: Provided further, 
That $395,000,000 shall be for exploration research and develop-
ment. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space operations research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support and 
services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties, including operations, production, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel 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, $4,751,500,000, 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, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; 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, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, of which $18,000,000 shall 
be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College 
and Fellowship Program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, explo-
ration, space operations and education research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-
gram management; personnel 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
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of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$2,826,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environ-
mental compliance and restoration, $562,240,000, to remain avail-
able 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 appropria-
tions Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds referred to in 
the preceding proviso shall be available 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 
collected 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, $39,000,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and avail-
able for the same purposes and the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provi-
sion 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 provided by 
NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent 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 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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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 aircraft; and authorized travel; $6,334,476,000, to 
remain available 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 reimbursement 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 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including author-
ized travel, $182,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics 
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.), including services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $902,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management necessary 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 passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as 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 oper-
ation 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 salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
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rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion 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 1978, $15,200,000, of 
which $400,000 shall remain available 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 between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers. 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 specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the National Science Foundation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2018’’. 
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, $9,700,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be 
used to employ any individuals under Schedule C of subpart C 
of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive 
of one special 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 authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission 
Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a).
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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 Employment Act of 1967, the 
Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 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 Amendments Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111–2), including 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, $379,500,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available 
funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorga-
nization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 
of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require-
ments of section 505 of this Act: 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 author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$93,700,000, to remain 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, 
$410,000,000, of which $376,000,000 is for basic field programs 
and required independent audits; $5,100,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 
is for management and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client 
self-help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro Bono 
Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: 
Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation 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 employees 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. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the
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authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable 
to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of section 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 purpose 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 Commission 
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 passenger motor vehicles and 
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $57,600,000, 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 Representative author-
ized 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 author-
ized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 
et seq.) $5,121,000, 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: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act,
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the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 procurement contract, pursu-
ant 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 application of 
such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, 
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision 
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 
held invalid shall not be affected 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 obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates 
or initiates a new program, project or activity; (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) reorga-
nizes or renames offices, programs or activities; (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by 
Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or 
activities 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 approved by Congress; unless the House 
and Senate Committees 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 receive any contract or subcontract made with 
funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment,
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suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
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 National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
report on the status 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 system and shall identify and describe in each 
quarterly report 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 prevent, personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions 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 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
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 Com-
merce, 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 prod-
ucts, 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 
of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) 
in any fiscal year in excess of $4,436,000,000 shall not be available 
for obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available 
from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector 
General for oversight and auditing purposes; and (2) 3 percent 
shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants,
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consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, 
to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or 
denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 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 instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and 
the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to 
the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts 
for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may 
include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular 
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 
180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described 
in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Sec-
retary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, 
as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to 
the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The 
results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary 
of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, 
or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from 
the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract 
or in any other manner to another person who has a financial 
interest in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that 
a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to 
the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under 
the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, 
agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for 
security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard
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Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 
Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions 
for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems 
within the Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
awardee against available and relevant threat information pro-
vided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Fed-
eral 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 posing 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 reviewed and assessed under subsection 
(a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection 
(a) has— 
(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 Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
and the agency Inspector General. 
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 employee of the United States 
Government. 
SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
treaty, 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 instrumentality of the United States 
to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or 
employee of the United States in connection with requiring an 
export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, acces-
sories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 
121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on 
April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale 
in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) 
of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s 
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumer-
ated in subsection (a); and
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(2) does not permit the export without a license of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts 
for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal 
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete 
breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, 
other than for end use by the Federal Government, or 
a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 
destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary 
export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in 
subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the 
United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from 
Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada 
for a Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under this section 
on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication 
first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has 
implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the arti-
cles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion 
of such articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another 
nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license 
when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased. 
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall 
obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative 
expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the 
United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 
or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agree-
ment the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singa-
pore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Aus-
tralia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco 
Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contraven-
tion of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 
Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Pri-
vacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National 
Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act 
of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the program 
manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments 
of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more
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than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total 
program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program 
manager shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, 
Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or 
Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was 
made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action 
taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of 
the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones 
and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the 
increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates 
of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 
that the project’s management structure is adequate to control 
total project or procurement costs. 
SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence 
related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment 
of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in 
an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess 
of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies 
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, 
to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee 
has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal 
offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, 
more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid 
Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, 
unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement 
or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the 
subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available to the Department of Commerce, Economic 
Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance 
Programs, $10,000,000 is rescinded not later than September 30, 
2018. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than 
September 30, 2018, from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $154,768,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $127,291,000 including from, but not limited to, 
fees collected to defray expenses for the automation of finger-
print identification and criminal justice information services 
and associated costs; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Preven-
tion and Prosecution Programs’’, $15,000,000;
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(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; 
(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services’’, $10,000,000; and 
(6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $304,000,000, 
is permanently rescinded. 
(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2018, 
specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to sub-
sections (a) and (b). 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 
50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single conference occurring 
outside the United States unless such conference is a law enforce-
ment training or operational conference for law enforcement per-
sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are 
law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 
for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the effective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 528. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in
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its annual performance plan and performance and accountability 
reports the following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumen-
tality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant 
accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances 
(on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 
or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a 
bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to partici-
pate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 
or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifi-
cally authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities 
belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, after consultation 
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, 
data, or other information with national security or economic 
security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; 
and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who 
have been determined by the United States to have direct 
involvement with violations of human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and 
shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 
its major participants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, 
or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model 
of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the pro-
posed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such model of 
shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 
the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adapt-
able to sporting purposes. 
SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless
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such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 
activity. 
SEC. 532. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade 
Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal 
Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the 
United States Trade Representative, the National Space Council, 
and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed 
by the respective department or agency head, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 534. The Department of Commerce, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, and the National Science 
Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department 
or agency, including the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 535. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not 
less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, 
for Public Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section 
27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 
20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the 
past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses 
and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. 
SEC. 536. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 
performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-
ance or for performance that does not meet the basic requirements 
of a contract. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legitimacy of Industrial 
Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available under this Act 
to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any 
of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, 
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
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North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, 
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and 
Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, Guam, or 
Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing their own 
laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation 
of medical marijuana. 
SEC. 539. Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) shall lift the stay on 
the effective date of the final rule for the seafood import monitoring 
program published by the Secretary on December 9, 2016, (81 
Fed. Reg. 88975 et seq.) for the species described in section 
300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That the compliance date for the species described in section 
300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, shall occur 
not later than December 31, 2018: Provided further, That not later 
than December 31, 2018, the Secretary shall establish a traceability 
program for United States inland, coastal, and marine aquaculture 
of shrimp and abalone from point of production to entry into United 
States commerce: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promul-
gate such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to establish 
and implement the program: Provided further, That information 
collected pursuant to a regulation promulgated under this section 
shall be confidential and not be disclosed except for the information 
disclosed under section 401(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a(b)(1)): Pro-
vided further, That any regulations promulgated under this section 
shall be enforced as if this section were a provision of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.) and the regulations were promulgated under such Act. 
SEC. 540. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Justice, 
State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of Justice Pro-
grams, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, $2,500,000 
to keep young athletes safe. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Army on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $41,628,855,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members 
of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $28,772,118,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except 
members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $13,231,114,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $28,790,440,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active 
duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United 
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing 
duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $4,715,608,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
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12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $1,988,362,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $764,903,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on 
active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$1,802,554,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $8,264,626,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on 
duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 
708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or
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other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $3,408,817,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
$38,816,957,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $45,384,353,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,055,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Sec-
retary of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
by law, $6,605,546,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, 
$39,544,193,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,699,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $34,059,257,000: Provided, That not more than 
$15,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 
Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States 
Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential
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military purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $38,458,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agree-
ment Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available 
for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of 
a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military depart-
ment, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 
into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, 
That $9,385,000, to remain available until expended, is available 
only for expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may 
be transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation 
and maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and 
evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit 
cost of items that may be purchased with operation and mainte-
nance funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $631,670,000, of which $157,917,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, shall be available to provide support 
and assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individ-
uals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 
response, or other Department of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $2,877,104,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,069,707,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities 
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, 
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $284,837,000.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transpor-
tation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, sup-
plies, and equipment; and communications, $3,202,307,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 
travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifi-
cally authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying 
and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; 
and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of 
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $7,284,170,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and 
related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 
and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including 
those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on 
the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard per-
sonnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau, $6,900,798,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,538,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 may be used for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $235,809,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made
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available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $365,883,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 
Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $352,549,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $19,002,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of 
Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of Defense, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $248,673,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly 
used by the Department of Defense, transfer the funds made avail-
able by this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, 
and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting 
of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, 
and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $129,900,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance, including assistance provided by contract or 
by grants, under programs and activities of the Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized under 
the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Fund, $500,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That no other amounts may be 
otherwise credited or transferred to the Fund, or deposited into 
the Fund, in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 
10, United States Code: Provided further, That within 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall transfer to the Treasury from amounts made available under 
this heading an amount equal to any amounts transferred to the 
Fund for fiscal year 2018 before the date of the enactment of 
this Act pursuant to section 1705(d)(3) of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law: Provided further, That amounts 
so transferred shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $5,535,794,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,196,910,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ord-
nance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment
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and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,391,573,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $2,548,740,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat 
vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; communications and electronic equipment; other support 
equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $8,298,418,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$19,957,380,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020.
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WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related 
support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$3,510,590,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $804,335,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or 
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and 
armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway; 
procurement of critical, long lead time components and designs 
for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expan-
sion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: 
Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), $861,853,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN 80), $1,569,646,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN 79), $2,561,058,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $3,305,315,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,145,596,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,569,669,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $75,897,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $216,968,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,357,079,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $90,336,000; 
Littoral Combat Ship, $1,566,971,000; 
Amphibious Ship Replacement, $1,800,000,000; 
Expeditionary Sea Base, $635,000,000; 
LHA Replacement, $1,710,927,000; 
Expeditionary Fast Transport, $225,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $457,988,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $75,068,000;
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Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, $76,204,000; 
T–AGS Oceanographic Survey Ship, $180,000,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $524,554,000; 
Service Craft, $62,994,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destina-
tion transportation, $489,073,000; 
Completion 
of 
Prior 
Year 
Shipbuilding 
Programs, 
$117,542,000; and 
Polar Icebreakers, $150,000,000. 
In all: $23,824,738,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That additional obligations may 
be incurred after September 30, 2022, for engineering services, 
tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be 
performed in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construc-
tion or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards 
in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for 
the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act for production of the common missile compartment 
of nuclear-powered vessels may be available for multiyear procure-
ment of critical components to support continuous production of 
such compartments only in accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code (as 
added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328)). 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support 
equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance 
(except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized 
for conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, 
appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$7,941,018,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
$1,942,737,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020.
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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing pur-
poses including rents and transportation of things, $18,504,556,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $2,207,747,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $3,552,175,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
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expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,651,977,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground elec-
tronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and 
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger 
motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $20,503,273,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for 
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, 
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of 
land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway, $5,429,270,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2020. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sec-
tions 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $67,401,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$10,647,426,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
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$18,010,754,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique 
operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$37,428,078,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic 
and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; 
advanced research projects as may be designated and determined 
by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$22,010,975,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That, of the funds made available in this para-
graph, $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program 
shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to include program management and oversight, to conduct research, 
development, test and evaluation to include proof of concept dem-
onstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and transition to 
full-scale production: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid 
Innovation Program to appropriations for research, development, 
test and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to 
any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer 
than 30 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details 
of any such transfer. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evalua-
tion, in the direction and supervision of operational test and evalua-
tion, including initial operational test and evaluation which is con-
ducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint oper-
ational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $210,900,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2019.
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TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,685,596,000. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by 
law, $34,428,167,000; of which $31,521,850,000 shall be for oper-
ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019, and of 
which up to $15,349,700,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into under the TRICARE program; of which $867,002,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020, shall be for 
procurement; and of which $2,039,315,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2019, shall be for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational 
activities undertaken in connection with United States military 
training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con-
ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading for research, development, test 
and evaluation, not less than $1,095,100,000 shall be made available 
to the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand to carry out the congressionally directed medical research 
programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials 
that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $961,732,000, of 
which $104,237,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $49,401,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile 
Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $21,045,000 for 
activities on military installations and $28,356,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, to assist State and local govern-
ments; $18,081,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, of which $16,787,000 shall be for the 
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist 
State and local governments and $1,294,000 for activities on mili-
tary installations; and $839,414,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and evalua-
tion, of which $831,900,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chem-
ical Weapons Alternatives program.
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve compo-
nents serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United 
States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and 
for research, development, test and evaluation, $934,814,000, of 
which 
$552,648,000 
shall 
be 
for 
counter-narcotics 
support; 
$120,813,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; 
$236,353,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; 
and $25,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug 
schools program: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of 
the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $321,887,000, of which $319,087,000 shall 
be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 
is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
and payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes; and of which 
$2,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall 
be for research, development, test and evaluation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level 
for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account, $537,600,000.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not author-
ized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law 
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, 
any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply 
to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary 
increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national 
employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall 
not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized 
by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose 
pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, 
whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees 
serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set 
by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: 
Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not 
apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
in the Republic of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. 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. 8004. No more than 25 percent of the appropriations 
in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations 
for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer 
camp training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer 
not to exceed $4,250,000,000 of working capital funds of the Depart-
ment of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military functions (except military construction) 
between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may 
not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen 
military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this 
Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall 
be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees 
on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than 
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the
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item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by 
the Congress: Provided further, That a request for multiple 
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section 
shall be made prior to June 30, 2018: Provided further, That trans-
fers among military personnel appropriations shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds 
that may be transferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments 
to budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and 
activities) contained in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level 
Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the 
obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activi-
ties for which the amounts appropriated exceed the amounts 
requested are hereby required by law to be carried out in the 
manner provided by such tables to the same extent as if the tables 
were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations 
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 
8005 shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in sub-
section (a) occur between appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congres-
sional defense committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2018: 
Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 
such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to trans-
fers from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide’’; 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites’’; and 
(6) 
‘‘Drug 
Interdiction 
and 
Counter-drug 
Activities, 
Defense’’.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense established 
pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may 
be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time 
for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, 
That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital funds and 
the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and 
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with 
the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that 
such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Provided further, 
That except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to 
working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value 
of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
to initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 
year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability 
in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order 
quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, 
unless the congressional defense committees have been notified 
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Pro-
vided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the 
economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at 
least to the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any 
systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be 
terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of 
multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis 
to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress 
a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through 
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement 
of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured 
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested 
in that budget request for production beyond advance procure-
ment activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full 
funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year;
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(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 
associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered 
under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for 
a multiyear procurement contract as follows: V–22 Osprey aircraft 
variants; up to 13 SSN Virginia Class Submarines and Government- 
furnished equipment; and DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III 
guided missile destroyers, the MK41 Vertical Launching Systems, 
and associated Government-furnished systems and subsystems: Pro-
vided, That the term of any multiyear procurement contract for 
V–22 Osprey aircraft variants entered into for use of any part 
of any appropriation contained in this Act may not exceed 5 years. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of 
title 10, United States Code. Such funds may also be obligated 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized 
operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of 
chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations 
shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation and 
maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and 
similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Terri-
tories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micro-
nesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized 
by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for 
graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical 
facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize 
the provision of medical services at such facilities and transpor-
tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian 
patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the civilian per-
sonnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on 
the basis of any end-strength, and the management of such per-
sonnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint 
or limitation (known as an end-strength) on the number of such 
personnel who may be employed on the last day of such fiscal 
year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2019 Department of Defense budget 
request shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if 
subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard 
to fiscal year 2019. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 
U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Department of Army
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Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not be man-
aged on the basis of the Table of Distribution and Allowances, 
and the management of the workforce strength shall be done in 
a manner consistent with the budget available with respect to 
such Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to mili-
tary (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of 
the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits 
paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department 
of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full- 
time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to those members who 
have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 
further, That this section applies only to active components of 
the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the 
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program may be trans-
ferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for 
the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program develop-
mental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments 
and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 
inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain 
are manufactured in the United States from components which 
are substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall 
include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and 
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided 
further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of 
the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 
to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggre-
gate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or 
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That 
when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary 
of the service responsible for the procurement may waive this 
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be 
made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity 
of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and
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wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 
beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located 
in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are 
procured within that State, or in the case of the District of 
Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the 
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: 
Provided further, That such local procurement requirements for 
malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages 
only for military installations in States which are not contiguous 
with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, 
price and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, 
M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, 
or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms 
ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for 
further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal 
year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity 
or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National 
Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation 
is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, $20,000,000 
shall be available for incentive payments authorized by section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, 
That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes 
a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered 
a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensa-
tion under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated 
by an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
with respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of 
supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract 
at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufac-
tured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 
political or psychological activities.
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SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, 
That, upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of 
Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 
incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
less than $43,100,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which— 
(1) $30,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, 
and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,600,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 
for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities 
in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 
SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
are available to establish a new Department of Defense (depart-
ment) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), 
either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit mem-
bership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs 
and other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, 
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any 
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to 
any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory 
capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member 
of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC 
in a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel 
expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership 
duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds available to the department from any source during the 
current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through 
a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings 
not located on a military installation, for payment of cost sharing 
for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or development. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
available to the department during fiscal year 2018, not more 
than 6,030 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded 
for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, of the specific amount referred 
to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years 
may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Pro-
vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years 
funded in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military 
Intelligence Program (MIP).
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(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
the department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, submit a report 
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort 
to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year 
and the associated budget estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced 
by $131,000,000. 
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under 
the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted 
and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these 
procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply 
Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 
alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to 
acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in 
being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the 
House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and 
repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production 
of components and other Defense-related articles, through competi-
tion between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities 
and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive 
of the military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power 
of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
this section. 
SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a 
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in para-
graph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating 
against certain types of products produced in the United States 
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act 
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the 
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary
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of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for 
certain products in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress 
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
foreign entities in fiscal year 2018. Such report shall separately 
indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American 
Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
or any international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained 
in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment 
Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments 
specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air 
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States 
of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, 
Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units 
located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air 
Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost 
to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in 
accordance with the request for such units that are submitted 
to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on 
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition 
that the housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any 
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under 
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the 
Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any recognized 
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 
of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 
5131). 
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which 
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment 
item unit cost of not more than $250,000. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps program in accordance with Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 
2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension center, or place 
on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program
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in accordance with the information paper of the Department 
of the Army titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officer’s Training 
Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated January 
27, 2014. 
SEC. 8033. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations 
to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in 
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and 
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the 
local community: Provided, That such regulations shall direct that 
the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military 
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for 
military retail system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an invest-
ment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for 
sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subse-
quent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been charge-
able to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund during 
fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item 
would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
made to the Department of Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2019 Department of Defense budget 
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis 
that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded 
in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budg-
eted for in a proposed fiscal year 2019 procurement appropriation 
and not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appro-
priated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency 
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior 
or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to 
the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and develop-
ment acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro-
grams authorized by the President under section 503 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 8036. Up to $10,322,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be made 
available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the 
purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Secu-
rity Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and 
payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer-
cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other 
funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance 
or combined exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may
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not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country that 
is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under 
any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made available only 
for the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training 
and technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, 
the gathering of information, documenting of environmental dam-
age, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and 
cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting 
from Department of Defense activities. 
SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless 
the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American 
Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has 
been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ‘‘Made 
in America’’ inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall 
determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United 
States Code, whether the person should be debarred from con-
tracting with the Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Con-
gress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending 
the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products, provided that American-made equipment and products 
are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8039. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces 
or civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
employee’s place of duty remains at the location of that head-
quarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military depart-
ment may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by- 
case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel 
requirements or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 
mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, 
and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar 
threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and 
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
Department of Defense; or
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(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mor-
tuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized 
Federal entities. 
SEC. 8040. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 
or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 
of Defense civilian employees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 
competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective 
organization plan developed by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s per-
sonnel-related costs for performance of that activity or func-
tion by Federal employees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insur-
ance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 
in the performance of that activity or function under the 
contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
health benefits plan that requires the employer to con-
tribute less towards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 
for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 
(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any adminis-
trative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 
full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 
that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of 
title 41, United States Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 
that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 
as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
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(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 
of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 
credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 
measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 
policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 
in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activi-
ties. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8041. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2016/2018, $5,517,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2016/2018, $172,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, $56,900,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 
$5,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement, Defense-wide’’, 2016/2018, $7,264,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 2017/2019, $19,319,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2017/2019, $17,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
Army’’, 2017/2019, $7,064,000; 
‘‘Procurement 
of 
Ammunition, 
Army’’, 
2017/2019, 
$15,507,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2017/2019, $12,535,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, $45,900,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, $32,200,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: Carrier Replacement 
Program’’, 2017/2021, $14,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $78,347,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $31,639,000; 
‘‘Space Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $34,900,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$18,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $136,691,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, 
2017/2018, $62,331,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, 2017/ 
2018, $9,128,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, 
2017/2018, $131,000,000; and 
‘‘Defense Health Program: Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation’’, 2017/2018, $30,000,000. 
SEC. 8042. None of the funds available in this Act may be 
used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians 
(dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard,
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Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying 
any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or 
reduction on military technicians (dual status), unless such reduc-
tions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless specifically 
appropriated for that purpose. 
SEC. 8044. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands 
and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, 
allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred 
against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when 
members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence 
or counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities 
and programs included within the National Intelligence Program 
and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That nothing in 
this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and 
National Guard personnel and training procedures. 
SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter- 
drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 
appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug 
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency 
of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropria-
tions law. 
SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than 
those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by- 
case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 103 
of title 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8047. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund, Army’’, $99,000,000 shall be available to maintain competitive 
rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds made available by this Act for 
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive procure-
ments may be used unless the competitive procurements are open 
for award to all certified providers of Evolved Expendable Launch 
Vehicle-class systems: Provided, That the award shall be made 
to the provider that offers the best value to the government. 
SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 is hereby appro-
priated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the
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national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts 
specified as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8050. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes 
that is not available from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent 
they contribute to the extramural budget. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay 
a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee 
when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; 
and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more than 
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred 
to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to 
be merged with, and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support 
of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense 
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an 
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the 
period of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed 
under the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States 
Code, and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended bal-
ance, an obligation or an adjustment of an obligation may be 
charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 
as the expired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
the end of the period of availability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
any current appropriation account of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is 
not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department 
of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public 
Law 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, 
That in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative