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That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Perform-
ance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to 
the authority provided by section 526 of division H of Public Law 
113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 
525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 115–31, and section 525 of division H of Public 
Law 115–141. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior 
appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to 
an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities. 
SEC. 525. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2019, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 
and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, 
That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year 
of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent 
feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 526. Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘National 
Service Trust’’ established in section 102 of the National and 
Community Service Trust Act of 1993, $150,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 527. Of any available amounts appropriated under section 
2104(a)(22) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) that are 
unobligated as of September 25, 2019, $2,061,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded as of such date. 
SEC. 528. Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contin-
gency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2019 under section 
2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act and the income derived from 
investment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that 
Act, shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds 
for elements of a program other than making such purchases if 
the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that 
the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or 
is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 
operating in accordance with State and local law. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’.
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DIVISION C—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2018 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2018, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 
(division A of Public Law 115–141), except section 783. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–141). 
(3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115– 
141). 
(4) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (division E of Public Law 115–141). 
(5) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141) and title II of 
division M of Public Law 115–141. 
(6) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division G of Public 
Law 115–141), except section 114, except for appropriations 
in the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Dwight 
D. 
Eisenhower 
Memorial 
Commission—Capital 
Construction’’, and except that the language in section 118 
shall be applied as if the language read as follows: ‘‘Section 
6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall continue in effect 
for this fiscal year’’. 
(7) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 115–141) and section 7(a) of Public Law 
115–141. 
(8) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division J of Public 
Law 115–141), except section 243. 
(9) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(10) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division L of 
Public Law 115–141). 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume 
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were not available during fiscal year 2018.
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SEC. 104. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 105. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this Act; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2019 without any provision for such project 
or activity; or 
(3) December 7, 2018. 
SEC. 106. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 105, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2019 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 109. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 110. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2018, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2018, to be continued through the date specified in section 105(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 105, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2018 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 105(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 111. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
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SEC. 112. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 113. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 such Act is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) Section 6 of Public Law 115–141 shall apply to amounts 
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 114. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition 
Programs’’ to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropria-
tions Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the program 
can be fully operational by May, 2019. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are available 
in the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’ of the Department of Agriculture for gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by 
section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
not to exceed $4,141,176,000. 
SEC. 116. Amounts provided by section 110 to the Department 
of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Commodity Credit Corporation 
Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior 
to the completion of the report described in section 2 of the Act 
of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11), to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed, as reflected in the June 2018 report 
of its financial condition. 
SEC. 117. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural 
Research Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations 
of $42,000,000 for the operation and maintenance of the National 
Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. 
SEC. 118. Any program, authority, or provision, including any 
pilot program, authorized under the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 105(3) of 
this Act. 
SEC. 119. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decon-
tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 
projects or activities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate