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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide
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guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $248,524,000, of which
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not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $181,065,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision 
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or 
the provision of services for or related to such persons, of 
which $3,818,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2022 for costs associated with relocation under a re-
placement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and 
related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $67,459,000 shall be avail-
able to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022 for costs associ-
ated with relocation under a replacement lease for head-
quarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided
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further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully com-
plete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$44,011,000, of which $344,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022 for costs associated with relocation 
under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field of-
fices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 
and Budget and obligated and expended in the same man-
ner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Fed-
eral agencies: Provided further, That the District of Colum-
bia Public Defender Service may establish for employees of 
the District of Columbia Public Defender Service a program 
substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter 
II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, except that 
the maximum amount of the payment made under the pro-
gram to any individual may not exceed the amount referred 
to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $325,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $275,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
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portunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall be for the ac-
tivities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the 
Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified 
in section 3009 of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $413,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That
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the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2020 Local Budg-
et Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23–78) and at rates set forth under 
such Act, as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Offi-
cial Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 
47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi-
sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act 
for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal 
year 2020 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates 
included in the Fiscal Year 2020 Local Budget Act of 2019, 
as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the 
sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans-
actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated 
operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such in-
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creases shall be approved by enactment of local District law 
and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained 
in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ-
ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2020, except that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$132,500,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended to carry out the program, including admin-
istrative costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110– 
140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2020, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
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Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate;
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(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $15,171,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology for election reform activi-
ties authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002; 
and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for relocation expenses. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$425,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
mission for necessary expenses to make payments to States 
for activities to improve the administration of elections for 
Federal office, including to enhance election technology and 
make election security improvements, as authorized by sec-
tions 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That for
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purposes of applying such sections, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be a State 
and, for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be 
treated in the same manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Vir-
gin Islands: Provided further, That each reference to the 
‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer 
to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, 
That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$600,000’’: Provided further, That not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election Assist-
ance Commission shall make the payments to States under 
this heading: Provided further, That not later than two 
years after receiving a payment under this heading, a State 
shall make available funds for such activities in an amount 
equal to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made 
to the State under this heading. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
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not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$339,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $339,000,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-
ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 
be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex-
ceed $132,539,000 for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $11,105,700 shall be for the salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’.
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SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State Joint 
Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or 
primary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res-
olution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,497,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
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nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $24,890,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 
Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
4370m–8(d), $8,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds appropriated in prior appro-
priations Acts under the heading ‘‘General Services Admin-
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istration—General Activities—Environmental Review Im-
provement Fund’’ shall be transferred to and merged with 
this account. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $331,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $141,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$18,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees suffi-
cient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer
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Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $172,000,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 
of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
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relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, 
approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $8,856,530,000, of which— 
(1) $152,400,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) for the San Luis I Land 
Port of Entry, San Luis, Arizona: Provided, That the 
foregoing limit of costs on new construction and ac-
quisition may be exceeded to the extent that savings 
are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 
10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted
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prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
greater amount; 
(2) $833,752,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $451,695,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(B) $382,057,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 
any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing secu-
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rity improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance with 
current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the 
House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif-
ference between the funds appropriated and expended 
on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or 
any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may 
be used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,497,561,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,372,817,000 for building operations to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the 
total amount of funds made available from this Fund 
to the General Services Administration shall not be 
available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not
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been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts nec-
essary to provide reimbursable special services to 
other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and 
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or 
other property not in Government ownership or con-
trol as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 
That revenues and collections and any other sums ac-
cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2020, exclud-
ing reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in ex-
cess of the aggregate new obligational authority au-
thorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 
Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 
and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts.
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GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
associated with the management of real and personal prop-
erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern-
ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui-
sition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology man-
agement, and related technology activities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,000,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, manage-
ment, and communications; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which $26,890,000 is for 
Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal; 
and of which $22,550,000 is for the Office of the Adminis-
trator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $9,301,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $67,000,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$3,851,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 
Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support 
of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government 
to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, 
through the development and implementation of innovative 
uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to be deposited
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into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the 
previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to 
carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
$100,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, reve-
nues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2020 in excess of such amount shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the total amount appropriated, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for support functions and full- 
time hires to support activities related to the Administra-
tion’s requirements under Title II of the Foundations for 
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Public Law 115–435): 
Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 
herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act.
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to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2021 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313).
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SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 
that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 
delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 
agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution.
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SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’, and with re-
spect to E–Government projects funded under the heading 
‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation 
for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 527. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the General Services Administra-
tion, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the Administrator of General Services to implement 
changes to the System for Award Management providing 
for submission of the authenticated certification described 
under the heading ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations 
Support’’. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 
Law 93–642, $1,670,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,800,000, to remain available until expended, of which,
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notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities au-
thorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and section 
817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Pro-
vided, That all current and previous amounts transferred 
to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the 
Interior will remain available until expended for audits 
and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for annual 
independent financial audits of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to the Account-
ability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): 
Provided further, That previous amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Interior 
may be transferred to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation for annual independent financial audits 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,200,000, to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 
maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $359,000,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
repair and alteration of the National Archives facility in 
College Park, Maryland, and related improvements nec-
essary to enhance the Federal Government’s ability to elec-
tronically preserve, manage, and store Government records, 
and of which up to $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended to implement the Civil Rights Cold Case Records 
Collection Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–426). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
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App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,823,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $6,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $1,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2021, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and
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the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$17,500,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and pay-
ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$145,130,000: Provided, That of the total amount made
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available under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Fi-
nancial System migration or modernization, and shall be 
in addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $1,068,000 may be made 
available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities of 
the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 
et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and 
retention of such workforce and information technology in 
support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for manage-
ment solutions to improve acquisition management; and in 
addition $154,625,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM with-
out regard to other statutes, including direct procurement 
of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-
priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses 
of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant
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to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc-
cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi-
dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 
Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 
fiscal year 2020, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 
including those from prior years, may be used for the devel-
opment of publicity materials to provide information about 
the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex-
penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 for administrative ex-
penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
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eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$27,500,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Ac-
countability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), 
$16,615,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Serv-
ice Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 
such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
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(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $8,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,815,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which not less than $15,662,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be 
available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for con-
sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for-
eign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis-
tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com-
mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 
(1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans-
portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 
replication, and related costs associated with a replacement
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lease for the Commission’s New York Regional Office facili-
ties, not to exceed $10,525,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2020, all amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appro-
priation to the Commission for fiscal year 2020: Provided, 
That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $1,815,000,000 of such offsetting 
collections shall be available until expended for necessary 
expenses of this account and not to exceed $10,525,000 of 
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 
for move, replication, and related costs under this heading 
associated with a replacement lease for the Commission’s 
New York Regional Office facilities: Provided further, That 
the total amount appropriated under this heading from the 
general fund for fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced as such 
offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total 
fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any 
amount of the appropriation for move, replication, and re-
lated costs associated with a replacement lease for the Com-
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mission’s New York Regional Office facilities is subse-
quently de-obligated by the Commission, such amount that 
was derived from the general fund shall be returned to the 
general fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees 
or assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid to 
each national securities exchange and national securities 
association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or assess-
ments paid by such national securities exchange or national 
securities association under section 31 of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 530. Within one year of the enactment of this 
Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, a 
report concerning the Municipal Securities Rulemaking 
Board. The report shall detail: 
(1) the Commission’s legal authorities with re-
spect to: 
(A) the composition of the board and the se-
lection of board members; and
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(B) the compensation of board members and 
executive staff; 
(2) whether board member and executive staff 
compensation is commensurate with that of State and 
local public finance officials, including State treas-
urers and municipal finance directors; and 
(3) whether the current board member selection 
process ensures adequate representation of municipal 
securities stakeholders and accountability to local gov-
ernments and municipal bondholders. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $27,100,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 
be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act
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may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$270,157,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2020: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the
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Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $261,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That $135,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021 as author-
ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $34,500,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 
further, That $19,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $21,900,000.
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OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business 
Act (Public Law 83–163), $99,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2020 commitments to guar-
antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2020 commitments for gen-
eral business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the 
Small Business Act shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a 
combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated 
maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 2020 commitments
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for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 
502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2020 commitments to guar-
antee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2020, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 
5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal 
amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative 
expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
grams, $155,150,000, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, $177,136,000, to be available until expended, of 
which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of 
the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews 
of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which $167,136,000 is 
for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv-
icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be
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transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect 
administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $150,888,000 shall be for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)): Provided further, That the amount for major dis-
asters under this heading is designated by Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99–177). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration 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 transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
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or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act for the Small Business Adminis-
tration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to 
the Administration’s information technology system mod-
ernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as author-
ized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 
this section shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2023. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $56,711,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting 
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided 
further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail 
shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee 
of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or 
any individual participating in a State or local program 
of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested 
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and 
other small post offices: Provided further, That the Postal 
Service may not destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale, 
any copies of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 109–435).
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses: $53,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of 
the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
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record and available for public inspection, except where oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous
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appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza-
tion, restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, pro-
grams, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this 
Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each 
appropriation, detailing both full-time employee equiva-
lents and budget authority, with separate columns to dis-
play the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation and its respective prior year enacted level by object 
class and program, project, and activity as detailed in this 
Act, in the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix 
for the respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed, 
and which shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
amount is specified and to all programs for which new 
budget authority is provided, as well as to discretionary 
grants and discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an 
identification of items of special congressional interest: Pro-
vided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for 
salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after the required date that 
the report has not been submitted to the Congress.
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SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
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(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 
apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions.
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SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or
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commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case 
of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency
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provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
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(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 620. (a) In addition to amounts made available 
in prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over-
sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 
for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) 
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) 
in fiscal year 2020 in an aggregate amount not exceeding 
the amount of funds collected by the Board between January 
1, 2019, and September 30, 2019, including accrued inter-
est, and between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, 
including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of 
monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2020 shall remain available until expended.
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(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and for each fiscal 
year thereafter, the Board shall have authority to obligate 
funds for the scholarship program established by section 
109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–204) in such fiscal year in an aggregate amount not 
exceeding the amounts of funds collected by the Board be-
tween October 1 and September 30 of such fiscal year, in-
cluding accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of 
monetary penalties. Funds made available for obligation in 
any fiscal year shall be in addition to amounts made avail-
able in prior fiscal years and shall remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 
on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
information technology.
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(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 
of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
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petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 626. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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 activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program and unless such awards or in-
centive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 629. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activi-
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ties that result in a total cost to an Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board or commission funded by this Act 
of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless the 
agency or entity determines that such attendance is in the 
national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that includes the basis of that deter-
mination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance 
is in the national interest and advance notice is trans-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis 
of that determination. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 
the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 
Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 631. In addition to any amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for expenses related to enhance-
ments to www.oversight.gov, $1,000,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended, shall be provided for an additional 
amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General Council 
Fund established pursuant to Section 11(c)(3)(B) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.): Provided, That 
these amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any 
authority available to the Council of the Inspectors General 
on Integrity and Efficiency under section 11 of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 632. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under the heading ‘‘Small Busi-
ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ 
heading, $16,369,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded under this 
section from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 
public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), 
unless advance notice of such an obligation is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate.
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SEC. 634. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
SEC. 635. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to enforce section 540 of Public Law 110–329 
(122 Stat. 3688) or section 538 of Public Law 112–74 (125 
Stat. 976; 6 U.S.C. 190 note). 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2020 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality.
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SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which the 
maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits 
may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceed-
ed by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 
acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of 
comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, 
That the limits set forth in this section shall not apply to 
any vehicle that is a commercial item and which operates 
on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the
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activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as 
a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen 
when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and 
(3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 
and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That
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any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 
$4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions 
of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States on the date of enactment 
of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more 
than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De-
partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu-
ant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those
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expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13834 (May 17, 2018), including any such 
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the Ex-
ecutive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency.
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SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 
are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 
support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt-
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ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 
708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency pre-
paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro-
vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
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SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi-
vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy- 
determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, 
(pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of 
the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule 
C position occupied by the individual was not created solely 
or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White 
House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed 
to or from an element of the intelligence community (as 
that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who—
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(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member,
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committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
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SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 
when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
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step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2020, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2020 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2020 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under