and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,651,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 
$600,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$268,040,000, to remain available until expended. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00072
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $902,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
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; 
$333,630,000: 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 2019 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00073
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $15,350,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00074
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital 
asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not spe-
cifically provided for in this Act or any other law appro-
priating funds for the National Science Foundation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
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 appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00075
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$379,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00076
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $95,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $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 manage-
ment 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 repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00077
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2018 and 
2019, respectively. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00078
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,431,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger 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 Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00079
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,821,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING 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. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00080
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00081
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00082
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00083
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00084
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$2,600,000,000 during fiscal year 2019 from the Fund 
established by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (34 
U.S.C. 20101): Provided, That notwithstanding section 
1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from the 
Fund for obligation, 5 percent shall be available to the 
Office for Victims of Crime for grants, 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 discrimi-
nate 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 in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00085
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 
impact information system, as defined for security cat-
egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00086
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00087
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 515. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking 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 ex-
port 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, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00088
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents 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 Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary 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 deter-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00089
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles 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 an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
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 appli-
cation 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. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00090
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 
1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 
Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 519. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00091
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
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 esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 520. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 pro-
spective 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 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00092
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
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 certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 522. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Com-
merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 
than September 30, 2019, from the following accounts in 
the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 
Economic 
Development 
Assistance 
Programs’’, 
$10,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, Industrial Technology Services’’, $2,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, 
$10,000,000; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00093
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
(4) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construc-
tion’’, $10,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2019, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $75,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $25,000,000, including, but not lim-
ited to, from fees collected to defray expenses for the 
automation of fingerprint identification and criminal 
justice information services and associated costs; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $10,000,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $50,000,000; and 
(5) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$674,000,000. 
(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00094
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
September 1, 2019, specifying the amount of each rescis-
sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 
(d) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 
301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United 
States unless such conference is a law enforcement train-
ing or operational conference for law enforcement per-
sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend-
ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 
United States. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00095
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
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 Department of Defense. 
SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise 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 indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive 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, Guantanamo 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— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00096
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
(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. 527. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
ance 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 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 
in expired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired 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 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00097
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
and the total finances that have not been obligated 
to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 
(NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 
or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 
of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-
erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com-
pany unless such activities are specifically 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, OSTP, or 
NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, 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 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00098
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, 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 partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 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 proposed 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 Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00099
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
100 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 531. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 532. 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. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00100
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
101 
SEC. 533. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 
by any employee of such Department or agency, including 
the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 534. 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 Economic 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 ‘‘per-
sistent 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 In-
come and Poverty Estimates. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve the registration or renewal 
of, or maintain the registration of, a mark, trade name, 
or commercial name, under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 
provide for the registration and protection of trademarks 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00101
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
102 
used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 
international conventions, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trade-
mark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), including 
the receipt or acceptance of post-registration affidavits or 
declarations, where such mark, trade name, or commercial 
name is the same or substantially similar to a mark, trade 
name, or commercial name that was used in connection 
with a business or assets that were confiscated, as that 
term is defined in section 4(4) of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023(4)), unless the original owner of the mark, 
trade name, or commercial name, or the bona-fide suc-
cessor-in-interest has expressly consented. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 
to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul-
tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 
SEC. 537. (a) A State may bring a civil action against 
the United States in an appropriate United States district 
court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including 
preliminary injunctive relief) as may be necessary to re-
store the sovereignty reserved to the States by the Con-
stitution. It shall be the duty of the courts of the United 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00102
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
103 
States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 
greatest possible extent the disposition of any such action. 
(b) This section shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and continue in effect through all fiscal 
years thereafter. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to relocate the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training 
Center or the ATF National Canine Division. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a civil settlement agreement 
on behalf of the United States that includes a term requir-
ing that any donation be made to any non-party by any 
party-defendant to such agreement. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be expended during fiscal year 2019 to prepare 
for the shutdown of the Stratospheric Observatory for In-
frared Astronomy. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Commerce to pre-
pare, finalize, implement, or enforce recommendations, 
conditions, or prescriptions, or reserve authority related 
thereto, pursuant to authorities provided to the Depart-
ment of Commerce under sections 10 and 18 of the Fed-
eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803, 811) as related to the 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00103
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
104 
Don Pedro (P–2299–082) and La Grange (P–14581–002) 
hydroelectric projects along the Tuolumne River, Cali-
fornia. 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re-
spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam, to prevent 
any of them from implementing their own laws that au-
thorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the ‘‘Order Activating 
Suspended Denial Order Relating to Zhongxing Tele-
communications 
Equipment 
Corporation 
and 
ZTE 
Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.’’ (83 Fed. Reg. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00104
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
105 
17644) published on April 23, 2018, by the Bureau of 
Industry and Security. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 544. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00105
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 544 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5952 
[Report No. 115–704] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019, and for other purposes. 
MAY 24, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:44 May 24, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00106
Fmt 6651
Sfmt 6651
E:\BILLS\H5952.RH
H5952
pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS