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vent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expend-
iture of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites regard-
ing all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 
funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds: Provided further, That with respect to any such 
duplication of benefits, the Secretary shall act in accord-
ance with section 1210 of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 
3442) and section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall require grantees 
to maintain on a public website information containing 
common reporting criteria established by the Department 
that permits individuals and entities awaiting assistance 
and the general public to see how all grant funds are used, 
including copies of all relevant procurement documents, 
grantee administrative contracts and details of ongoing 
procurement processes, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a 
grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 
detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 
for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 
long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 
housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 
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most impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursed 
by, or for which funds have been made available by, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army 
Corps of Engineers, in excess of the authorized amount 
of the project or its components: Provided further, That 
funds allocated under this heading shall not be considered 
relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations made pur-
suant to section 106 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided fur-
ther, That a State, unit of general local government, or 
Indian tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for 
administrative costs: Provided further, That the first pro-
viso under this heading in the Supplemental Appropria-
tions for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (division 
I of Public Law 115–254) is amended by striking ‘‘State 
or unit of general local government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, 
unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such 
term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Pro-
vided further, That the sixth proviso under this heading 
in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act, 2018 (division I of Public Law 115– 
254) is amended by striking ‘‘State or subdivision thereof’’ 
and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local government, or 
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Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Provided further, That in admin-
istering the funds under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute 
or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the re-
cipient of these funds (except for requirements related to 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 
for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver 
or alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with 
the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds 
provided under this heading that use such funds to supple-
ment Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 
404, 406, 407, 408 (c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public 
comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit 
performed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall 
satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to 
such environmental review, approval or permit: Provided 
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further, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt of 
a request for release of funds and certification, imme-
diately approve the release of funds for an activity or 
project assisted under this heading if the recipient has 
adopted an environmental review, approval or permit 
under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is 
categorically excluded from review under the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish via no-
tice in the Federal Register any waiver, or alternative re-
quirement, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days be-
fore the effective date of such waiver or alternative re-
quirement: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building and technical assist-
ance, including assistance on contracting and procurement 
processes, to support States, units of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that re-
ceive allocations pursuant to this heading, received dis-
aster recovery allocations under the same heading in Pub-
lic Law 115–254, or may receive similar allocations for 
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disaster recovery in future appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading and under the same heading in Public Law 115– 
254, up to $2,500,000 shall be transferred, in aggregate, 
to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 
Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Plan-
ning and Development’’ for necessary costs, including in-
formation technology costs, of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 
this heading: Provided further, That the amount specified 
in the preceding proviso shall be combined with funds ap-
propriated under the same heading and for the same pur-
pose in Public Law 115–254 and the aggregate of such 
amounts shall be available for any of the same such pur-
poses specified under this heading or the same heading 
in Public Law 115–254 without limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1001. (a) Amounts previously made available 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-
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tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 
and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 
resulting from a major disaster, including funds provided 
under section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223, 
section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 
added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 
254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 
and any mitigation funding provided under the heading 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Com-
munity Planning and Development—Community Develop-
ment Fund’’ of Public Law 115–123, that were allocated 
in response to Hurricane Matthew, may be used inter-
changeably and without limitation for the same activities 
in the most impacted and distressed areas related to Hur-
ricane Florence. In addition, any funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Community Planning and Development—Commu-
nity Development Fund’’ in this Act or in division I of 
Public Law 115–254 that are allocated in response to 
Hurricane Florence may be used interchangeably and 
without limitation for the same activities in the most im-
pacted and distressed areas related to Hurricane Matthew. 
Until HUD publishes the Federal Register Notice imple-
menting this provision, grantees may submit for HUD ap-
proval revised plans for the use of funds related to Hurri-
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cane Matthew that expand the eligible beneficiaries of ex-
isting programs contained in such previously approved 
plans to include those impacted by Hurricane Florence. 
Approval of any such revised plans shall include the execu-
tion of revised grant terms and conditions as necessary. 
Once the implementing Notice is published, any additional 
action plan revisions shall follow the requirements con-
tained therein. 
(b) Amounts made available for administrative costs 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-
tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 
and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 
under this Act or any future Act, and amounts previously 
provided under section 420 of division L of Public Law 
114–113, section 145 of division C of Public Law 114– 
223, section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 
added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 
254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 
and under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop-
ment—Community Development Fund’’ of division B of 
Public Law 115–56, Public Law 115–123, and Public 
Law 115–254, shall be available for eligible administrative 
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costs of the grantee related to any disaster relief funding 
identified in this subsection without regard to the par-
ticular disaster appropriation from which such funds origi-
nated. 
(c) The additional uses pursuant to this section for 
amounts that were previously designated by the Congress, 
respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
TITLE XI 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS ACT 
SEC. 1101. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail-
able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts 
and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
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SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for the Department of Homeland Security may be 
used for the construction or expansion of immigration de-
tention facilities. 
SEC. 1103. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for the Army Corps of 
Engineers or Department of Homeland Security may be 
obligated or expended to plan, develop, or construct a new 
physical barrier along the Southwest border. 
TITLE XII—FURTHER CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 1201. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 
(division C of Public Law 115–245) is further amended 
by striking the date specified in section 105(3) and insert-
ing ‘‘February 8, 2019’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 15 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 268 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 22, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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