In the Senate of the United States, 
October 31, 2019. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3055) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re-
lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert 
the following: 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, 
Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020’’. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 2. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this
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Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
that division. 
REFERENCES TO REPORT 
SEC. 3. (a) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in division A shall be treated as a ref-
erence to Senate Report 116–127. The effect of such Report 
shall be limited to division A and shall apply for purposes 
of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the 
implementation of, division A. 
(b) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division B shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 116–110. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of deter-
mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division B. 
(c) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division C shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 116–123. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter-
mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division C. 
(d) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division D shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 116–109. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division D and shall apply for purposes of deter-
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mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division D.
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rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 
of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 
vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 
rental of tie lines, $521,250,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, of which $11,000,000 is to be derived 
from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for 
China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement 
and compliance activities: Provided further, That, of the 
amounts provided under this heading, up to $10,000,000 
shall be available for the SelectUSA program: Provided fur-
ther, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and 
that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the pro-
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visions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for serv-
ices provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract 
for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 
under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B 
of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115–232; 
132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized 
by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 
22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use 
with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase with-
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out regard to any price limitation otherwise established by 
law, $127,652,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-
vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $279,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $31,000,000 shall 
be for grants under such section 27.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$40,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprises, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$40,000,000, of which not more than $15,500,000 shall be 
available for overhead expenses, including salaries and ex-
penses, rent, utilities, and information technology services. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $107,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021.
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $274,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses and programs provided for by law, $7,284,319,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this head-
ing, $2,500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 
for the 2020 Census pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(G) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $42,441,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 
fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated
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are available for the administration of all open grants until 
their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
USPTO, $3,450,681,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO 
under any law are received during fiscal year 2020, so as 
to result in a fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2020, should the total amount of such offsetting 
collections be less than $3,450,681,000, this amount shall 
be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount 
received in excess of $3,450,681,000 in fiscal year 2020 and 
deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for any amounts made available
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by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec-
tion: Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed 
in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be trans-
ferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That 
from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 
made available in fiscal year 2020 for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2020 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to 
pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 
percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as 
provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for 
USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as deter-
mined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement 
life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 
for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Em-
ployees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees
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Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 
available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: Pro-
vided further, That any differences between the present 
value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s spe-
cific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s 
financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 
and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are avail-
able for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, 
United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy- 
Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $753,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital
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Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That NIST may provide local transportation for sum-
mer undergraduate research fellowship program partici-
pants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv-
ices, $161,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $145,500,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership, and of which $16,000,000 shall be 
for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation 
(also known as ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’). 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $123,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 
include in the budget justification materials that the Sec-
retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 
of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
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Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 
and Technology construction project having a total multi- 
year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simulta-
neously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; pilot programs for state-led fisheries management, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, con-
tracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 
agreements; and relocation of facilities, $3,727,466,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service 
for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 
$174,774,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund en-
titled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
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search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only 
be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Ken-
nedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys 
and Assessments; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $62,070,000 shall be 
for payment to the Department of Commerce Working Cap-
ital Fund: Provided further, That of the $3,919,740,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$3,727,466,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$174,774,000 is provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is 
derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided 
further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 
or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the proce-
dures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
submit to Congress a report on existing supercomputing ca-
pacity and needs of the Administration and on the incre-
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mental improvement to operational weather forecasts that 
would result from a significant investment in additional 
compute capacity. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,552,528,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$1,565,528,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $1,552,528,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from 
the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided under this heading in previous years, 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall include in budget justification materials that 
the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart-
ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of 
the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
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States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or 
construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 
and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, 
That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account 
for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition and 
construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 
funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 
issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recog-
nized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (in-
cluding Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of 
salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threat-
ened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 
at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations nec-
essary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal
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salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be de-
veloped by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 
other merit principles and shall not be available for mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 
States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 
or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 
of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2020, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the De-
partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$61,000,000: Provided, That, of the amounts provided
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under this heading, no less than $34,231,000 shall be spent 
on personnel compensation and benefits, as identified by 
object classes 11, 12, and 13: Provided further, That no em-
ployee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed or 
assigned from a bureau or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the 
Department of Commerce for more than 30 days in a fiscal 
year unless the individuals employing bureau or office is 
fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 
under this heading. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS APPLICATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION 
For carrying out the activities and requirements de-
scribed in section 1077 of division A of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, $22,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022. 
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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $34,744,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle Class Tax
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Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from the 
amounts provided under this heading, shall be derived from 
the Public Safety Trust Fund for activities associated with 
carrying out investigations and audits related to the First 
Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902).
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SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 
any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amend-
ed by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 
113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable 
with respect to fiscal year 2020: Provided, That the life 
cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 
$10,828,059,000.
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SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish services (including but not lim-
ited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) 
necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and im-
provement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are 
authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative 
Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in 
the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 
which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Adminis-
trator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 
or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimburse-
ment for services provided under this section or the author-
ity under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-
ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation 
or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 
its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 
of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment,
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personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or posses-
sion, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any for-
eign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service 
shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 
document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 
Service has provided information to the customer on how 
an electronic copy of such report or document may be 
accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer 
still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy 
of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 
recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and 
delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into 
grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non- 
reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agen-
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cy, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal 
government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 
thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 
related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall 
be deposited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Fa-
cilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 
2022, for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds 
within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 
to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Econom-
ics and Statistics Administration of the Department of 
Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Cen-
sus, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements 
with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 
local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, 
to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology 
activities which further the purposes for which such 
amounts have been made available. 
SEC. 111. Not later than one day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, using amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this title for the Bureau of Indus-
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JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment, and 
departmental direction, $33,875,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 
available to the Department of Justice for information tech-
nology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise- 
wide information technology initiatives: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained in this 
Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of immi-
gration-related activities of the Executive Office for Immi-
gration Review, $672,966,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examina-
tions Fee’’ account, and of which not less than $15,000,000
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shall be available for services and activities provided by the 
Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$35,000,000 of the total amount made available under this 
heading shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $105,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $13,308,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-
ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-
sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-
pointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, 
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the 
administration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent 
of private or Government-owned space in the District of Co-
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lumbia, $924,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 
INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 
$685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon 
a determination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for litigation activi-
ties of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may trans-
fer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 
Activities’’ from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be nec-
essary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the 
Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated 
with the election monitoring program under section 8 of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to
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reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such sal-
aries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading for the election monitoring 
program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not less 
than $195,982,000 shall be available for the Criminal Divi-
sion, including related expenses for the Mutual Legal Assist-
ance Treaty Program. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 
exceed $13,000,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 
and kindred laws, $166,755,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
(and estimated to be $141,000,000 in fiscal year 2020), 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
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tions are received during fiscal year 2020, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $25,755,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $2,278,360,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That each 
United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 
task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $227,229,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, deposits to the United States Trustee Sys-
tem Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be avail-
able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund 
pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code 
(as limited by section 1004(b) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship 
Act of 2017 (division B of Public Law 115–72)), shall be
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retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the Fund 
in fiscal year 2020, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors, exceed $227,229,000, those excess amounts 
shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during 
fiscal year 2020, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors, (estimated at $309,000,000) and (2) to the 
extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can 
be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund in previous 
fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $2,335,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
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nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 
and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 
is for construction of buildings for protected witness 
safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness secu-
rity caravans; and not to exceed $18,000,000 is for the pur-
chase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in-
formation network to store and retrieve the identities and 
locations of protected witnesses: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading may not be transferred 
pursuant to section 205 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $16,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
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under the STOP School Violence Act; $1,000,000 is 
for a national study to understand the responses of 
law enforcement to sex trafficking of minors; 
$2,000,000 is for a national center on forensics; and 
$3,000,000 is for a national center for restorative jus-
tice. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking 
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’);
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OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos-
ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce-
ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 
subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 
place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2020 
shall be: 
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec-
tions completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 
2020 shall be: 
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
water depths of less than 500 feet.