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available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2020. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2019, $19,500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,273,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro-
vided, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unob-
ligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2018 not needed for fiscal year 
2018 shall remain available until expended to invest in the 
Social Security Administration information technology 
and telecommunications hardware and software infra-
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structure, including related equipment and non-payroll ad-
ministrative expenses associated solely with this informa-
tion technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 
such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, not more than $1,735,000,000, to remain available 
through March 31, 2019, is for the costs associated with 
continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of 
the Social Security Act, including work-related continuing 
disability reviews to determine whether earnings derived 
from services demonstrate an individual’s ability to engage 
in substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with 
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conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI 
of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative dis-
ability investigation units, and for the cost associated with 
the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant 
United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$1,462,000,000 is additional new budget authority speci-
fied for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 
on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 
to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 
Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $118,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 
that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 
fiscal year 2018 exceed $118,000,000, the amounts shall 
be available in fiscal year 2019 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
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In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
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lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
tive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 
government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 
recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 
enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-
ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
ing before the Congress or any State government, State 
legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-
ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control. 
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SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 
Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
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(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 
any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-
efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
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would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
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or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications. 
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-
viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-
ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
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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 appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
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(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies 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 in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 
false or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2018 that are different than those specified 
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in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the com-
mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 
2018 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the 
Department on a non-competitive basis during each quar-
ter of fiscal year 2018, but not to include grants awarded 
on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall 
include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
of funding, the governmental purpose, including a jus-
tification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. 
Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 
30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 
is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
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formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 
injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-
tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 
a program other than making such purchases if the rel-
evant State or local health department, in consultation 
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-
termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 
is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 
hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 
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drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 
with State and local law. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, 
may be provided to the Association of Community Organi-
zations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order No. 13589, Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and require-
ments contained in the annual appropriations bills relating 
to conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
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SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
nications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 
Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-
rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2018’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ 
in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2022’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place 
it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include com-
munities that have experienced civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 
being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 
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section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 
524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and section 525 
of division H of Public Law 114–113. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 
and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 
agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 
authorities. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
quarterly report on the status of balances of appropria-
tions: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated 
and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unex-
pended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fur-
ther any provision of Public Law 111–148 or title I or 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111–152 and the 
amendment made by such provision: Provided, That funds 
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in this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the rate setting process for calendar year 2018 
and fiscal year 2019 for Medicare under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the final rules for the provisions of (and amend-
ments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), and 2503 of 
Public Law 111–148, as amended by sections 1206(a) and 
1101(c) of Public Law 111–152, insofar as each respective 
rule relates to calendar year 2018. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct or support research using 
human fetal tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to 
an induced abortion. 
SEC. 529 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds made available 
by this Act may be made available either directly, through 
a State (including through managed care contracts with 
a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti-
ty. 
(b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited en-
tity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 
successors, and clinics— 
(1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
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(A) is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of such Code; 
(B) is an essential community provider de-
scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act), that is primarily en-
gaged in family planning services, reproductive 
health, and related medical care; and 
(C) performs, or provides any funds to any 
other entity that performs abortions, other than 
an abortion performed— 
(i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 
the result of an act of rape or incest; or 
(ii) in the case where a woman suffers 
from a physical disorder, physical injury, 
or physical illness that would, as certified 
by a physician, place the woman in danger 
of death unless an abortion is performed, 
including a life endangering physical condi-
tion caused by, or arising from, the preg-
nancy itself; and 
(2) for which the total amount of Federal 
grants to such entity, including grants to any affili-
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ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 
title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 
year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 
(c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in sub-
section (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such entity 
certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, suc-
cessors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not provide 
any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion 
as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 
(2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall seek repayment of any Federal as-
sistance received by any entity that had made a certifi-
cation described in paragraph (1) and subsequently vio-
lated the terms of such certification. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
recurring expenses fund’’ established in section 223 of di-
vision G of Public Law 110–161 $560,000,000 is re-
scinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 531. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2018 under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, 
$15,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 532. Amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal 
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year 2018 under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security 
Act and the income derived from investment of those 
funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, shall 
not be available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 533. Of the unobligated balances of amounts ap-
propriated under section 1101(g) of Public Law 111–148 
(42 U.S.C. 18001(g)), $323,000,000 is rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 534. Of the funds made available for purposes 
of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security 
Act, $88,613,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 535. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10, 
$3,945,905,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 536. (a) This section may be cited as the ‘‘Con-
science Protection Act of 2017’’. 
(b) Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Thomas Jefferson stated a conviction com-
mon to our Nation’s founders when he declared in 
1809 that ‘‘[n]o provision in our Constitution ought 
to be dearer to man than that which protects the 
rights of conscience against the enterprises of the 
civil authority’’. 
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(2) In 1973, the Supreme Court concluded that 
the government must leave the abortion decision ‘‘to 
the medical judgment of the pregnant woman’s at-
tending physician’’, recognizing that a physician may 
choose not to participate in abortion. Roe v. Wade, 
410 U.S. 113, 164 (1973). The Court cited with ap-
proval a policy that ‘‘neither physician, hospital, nor 
hospital personnel shall be required to perform any 
act violative of personally-held moral principles’’, 
410 U.S. at 143 n. 38, and cited State laws uphold-
ing this principle. Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 
197–8 (1973). 
(3) Congress’s enactments to protect this right 
of conscience in health care include the Church 
amendment of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 300a–7), the Coats/ 
Snowe amendment of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 238n), and 
the Weldon amendment approved by Congresses and 
Presidents of both parties every year since 2004. 
(4) None of these laws explicitly provides a 
‘‘private right of action’’ so victims of discrimination 
can defend their conscience rights in court, and ad-
ministrative enforcement by the Department of 
Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights 
has been lax, at times allowing cases to languish for 
years without resolution. 
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(5) Defying the Federal Weldon amendment, 
California’s Department of Managed Health Care 
has mandated coverage for all elective abortions in 
all health plans under its jurisdiction. Other States 
such as New York and Washington have taken or 
considered similar action, and some States may go 
farther to require all physicians and hospitals to pro-
vide or facilitate abortions. On June 21, 2016, the 
Obama Administration concluded a nearly two-year 
investigation of this matter by determining that 
California’s decision to require insurance plans 
under the California Department for Managed 
Health Care authority to cover all legal abortion 
services did not violate the Weldon amendment. 
Until the new Administration is able to reverse this 
finding, individuals will have to choose between ig-
noring their conscience or forgoing health care cov-
erage. 
(6) The vast majority of medical professionals 
do not perform abortions, with 86 percent of ob/gyns 
unwilling to provide them in a recent study (Obstet-
rics & Gynecology, Sept. 2011) and the great major-
ity of hospitals choosing to do so in rare cases or not 
at all. 
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(7) A health care provider’s decision not to par-
ticipate in an abortion, like Congress’s decision not 
to fund most abortions, erects no new barrier to 
those seeking to perform or undergo abortions but 
leaves each party free to act as he or she wishes. 
(8) Such protection poses no conflict with other 
Federal laws, such as the law requiring emergency 
stabilizing treatment for a pregnant woman and her 
unborn child when either is in distress (Emergency 
Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act). As the 
previous Administration has said, these areas of law 
have operated side by side for many years and both 
should be fully enforced (76 Fed. Reg. 9968–77 
(2011) at 9973). 
(9) Reaffirming longstanding Federal policy on 
conscience rights and providing a right of action in 
cases where it is violated allows longstanding and 
widely supported Federal laws to work as intended. 
(c) Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
245 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 245A. PROHIBITING GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINA-
TION AGAINST PROVIDERS OF HEALTH SERV-
ICES THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN ABORTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other law, 
the Federal Government, and any State or local govern-
ment that receives Federal financial assistance, may not 
penalize, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate 
against a health care provider on the basis that the pro-
vider does not— 
‘‘(1) perform, refer for, pay for, or otherwise 
participate in abortion; 
‘‘(2) provide or sponsor abortion coverage; or 
‘‘(3) facilitate or make arrangements for any of 
the activities specified in this subsection. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to prevent any health care provider from 
voluntarily electing to participate in abortions or 
abortion referrals; 
‘‘(2) to prevent any health care provider from 
voluntarily electing to provide or sponsor abortion 
coverage or health benefits coverage that includes 
abortion; 
‘‘(3) to prevent an accrediting agency, the Fed-
eral Government, or a State or local government 
from establishing standards of medical competency 
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applicable only to those who have knowingly, volun-
tarily, and specifically elected to perform abortions, 
or from enforcing contractual obligations applicable 
only to those who, as part of such contract, know-
ingly, voluntarily, and specifically elect to provide 
abortions; 
‘‘(4) to affect, or be affected by, section 1867 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd, com-
monly referred to as the ‘Emergency Medical Treat-
ment and Active Labor Act’); or 
‘‘(5) to supersede any law enacted by any State 
for the purpose of regulating insurance, except as 
specified in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Health and Human Services— 
‘‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of 
this section, section 245 of this Act, or any of sub-
sections (b) through (e) of section 401 of the Health 
Programs Extension Act of 1973; and 
‘‘(2) to pursue the investigation of such com-
plaints in coordination with the Attorney General. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term ‘Federal financial assistance’ means Federal 
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payments to cover the cost of health care services or 
benefits, or other Federal payments, grants, or loans 
to promote or otherwise facilitate health-related ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(2) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘health care provider’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual physician, nurse, or 
other health care professional; 
‘‘(B) a hospital, health system, or other 
health care facility or organization (including a 
party to a proposed merger or other collabo-
rative arrangement relating to health services, 
and an entity resulting therefrom); 
‘‘(C) a provider-sponsored organization, an 
accountable care organization, or a health 
maintenance organization; 
‘‘(D) a social services provider that pro-
vides or authorizes referrals for health care 
services; 
‘‘(E) a program of training in the health 
professions or an applicant to or participant in 
such a program; 
‘‘(F) an issuer of health insurance cov-
erage; or 
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‘‘(G) a group health plan or student health 
plan, or a sponsor or administrator thereof. 
‘‘(3) STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT RE-
CEIVES
FEDERAL
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term ‘State or local government that receives Fed-
eral financial assistance’ includes every agency and 
other governmental unit and subdivision of a State 
or local government, if such State or local govern-
ment, or any agency or governmental unit or sub-
division thereof, receives Federal financial assist-
ance. 
‘‘SEC. 245B. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 
action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des-
ignated violation. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 
party’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 
States; or 
‘‘(B) any person or entity adversely af-
fected by the designated violation. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des-
ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio-
lation of— 
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‘‘(A) section 245 or 245A of this Act; or 
‘‘(B) any of subsections (b) through (e) of 
section 401 of the Health Programs Extension 
Act of 1973 regarding an objection to abortion. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED.— 
An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 
may be granted, without regard to whether the party com-
mencing the action has sought or exhausted available ad-
ministrative remedies. 
‘‘(d) DEFENDANTS IN ACTIONS UNDER THIS SEC-
TION MAY INCLUDE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AS WELL 
AS OTHERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An action under this sec-
tion may be maintained against, among others, a 
party that is a Federal or State governmental entity. 
Relief in an action under this section may include 
money damages even if the defendant is such a gov-
ernmental entity. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘State governmental entity’ 
means a State, a local government within a State, 
and any agency or other governmental unit or sub-
division of a State or of such a local government. 
‘‘(e) NATURE OF RELIEF.—In an action under this 
section, the court shall grant— 
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‘‘(1) all necessary equitable and legal relief, in-
cluding, where appropriate, declaratory relief and 
compensatory damages, to prevent the occurrence, 
continuance, or repetition of the designated violation 
and to compensate for losses resulting from the des-
ignated violation; and 
‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor-
neys’ fees and litigation expenses as part of the 
costs.’’. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
rule entitled ‘‘Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contrac-
tors’’ published by the Department of Labor in the Fed-
eral Register on October 7, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634), 
with respect to Federal contracts, permits, or other con-
tract-like instruments entered into with the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with Federal property or lands, spe-
cifically related to offering seasonal recreational services 
or seasonal recreation equipment rental for the general 
public: Provided, That this section shall not apply to lodg-
ing and food services associated with seasonal recreation 
services. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 538. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
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be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 539. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–244. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 540. $0. 
SEC. 541. For ‘‘Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration—Health Workforce’’ for establishing and 
carrying out the training demonstration grant program, 
as authorized by section 760 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 294k), there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, and the amount otherwise provided by this 
Act for ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administration— 
Program Management’’ is hereby reduced by $11,750,000. 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Child Care Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 may be distributed to any child care provider 
if a localized list of providers (as mentioned in part 98 
of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, applicable 
to the Department of Health and Human Services, Ad-
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ministration of Children and Families, and in the final 
rule published in the Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 190, 
on Sept. 30, 2016) indicates that a serious injury or death 
occurred at the provider due to a substantiated health or 
safety violation. 
SEC. 543. For ‘‘Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration–Rural Health’’ to carry out section 427(a) of 
the Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969, 
there is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise 
provided by this Act for ‘‘Health Resources and Services 
Administration–Program Management’’ is hereby reduced 
by, $2,734,000. 
SEC. 544. For ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration—Mental Health’’ for carrying out 
the Strengthening Community Crisis Response Systems 
grant program, as authorized by section 520F of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–37), there is 
hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided 
by this Act for ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration—Health Surveillance and Pro-
gram Support’’ is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000. 
SEC. 545. For ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration–Substance Abuse Treatment’’ for 
the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program, as author-
ized by section 399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 
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U.S.C. 280g–3), there is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary—General Departmental Management’’ is here-
by reduced by, $10,000,000. 
SEC. 546. No funds made available by this Act may 
be used to undertake any activities to prepare for or facili-
tate the transfer of responsibilities or functions from the 
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the 
Department of Labor to the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission. 
SEC. 547. For ‘‘Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration—Maternal and Child Health’’ for estab-
lishing and carrying out grants to eligible entities to de-
velop, maintain, or enhance infant and early childhood 
mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment pro-
grams for children up to 12 years of age, as authorized 
by section 399Z–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280h–6) there is hereby appropriated, and the 
amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Health Re-
sources and Services Administration—Program Manage-
ment’’ is hereby reduced by, $5,000,000. 
SEC. 548. For ‘‘Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration—Maternal and Child Health’’ for carrying 
out the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant pro-
gram, as authorized by section 330M of the Public Health 
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Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–19), there is hereby appro-
priated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administration—Pro-
gram Management’’ is hereby reduced by, $9,000,000. 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule on ‘‘Representation—Case Procedures’’ pub-
lished in the Federal Register by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board on December 15, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 74308 
et seq.) or any rule of the same substance. 
SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final regulations on ‘‘Improve Tracking of Workplace In-
juries and Illnesses’’ published by the Department of 
Labor in the Federal Register on May 12, 2016 (81 Fed. 
Reg. 29624 et seq.). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION 
G—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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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 au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $1,808,434,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional 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 pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $8,252,426,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 
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