H. J. Res. 31 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
Joint Resolution 
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 5. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 6. Adjustments to compensation. 
Sec. 7. Technical correction. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2019 
Title I—Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight 
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations 
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery 
Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of the Treasury 
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President 
Title III—The Judiciary 
Title IV—District of Columbia
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Title V—Independent Agencies 
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 
Title II—United States Agency for International Development 
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 
Title IV—International Security Assistance 
Title V—Multilateral Assistance 
Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 
Title VII—General Provisions 
Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
DIVISION G—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
DIVISION H—EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
Title I—Immigration Extensions 
Title II—Technical Corrections 
Title III—Budgetary Effects 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO ACT. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if 
applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all 
such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 
For a payment to Joe Anne Jones, widow of Walter B. Jones 
Jr., late a Representative from North Carolina, $174,000. 
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘Stephen Sepp’’ before 
‘‘Wildfire’’; and 
(2) by amending section 101 to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the ‘Stephen 
Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activi-
ties Act’. 
‘‘(b) REFERENCES.—A reference to the Wildfire Suppression 
Funding and Forest Management Activities Act, including a ref-
erence in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer 
to the Stephen Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest 
Management Activities Act.’’. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for operations and support, $141,381,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from 
obligation until the Secretary complies with section 106 of this 
Act and $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
Secretary provides the first report on border apprehensions required 
under this heading by the report accompanying this Act. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
operations and support, $1,083,837,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
procurement, construction, and improvements, $175,920,000, of 
which $55,920,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021; 
and of which $120,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023, and shall be transferred to and merged with the General 
Services Administration’s Federal Buildings Fund for Department 
of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation at St. Elizabeths: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days prior to any such transfer 
of funds, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator 
of General Services shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives a detailed 
plan delineating the proposed use of such transferred funds for 
such headquarters consolidation project.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 
research and development, $2,545,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 
and the Office of Operations Coordination for operations and sup-
port, $253,253,000, of which $78,299,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses and not 
to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with 
secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to buildings. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 
operations and support, $168,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, 
including the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction 
of the Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 
staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department 
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 
program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the 
appropriation. 
SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a report not later than October 15, 2019, to the Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and 
contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competi-
tion during fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 
by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable 
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives not later than February 15, 2020. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 
that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 
provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 
9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code from the Department
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of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds 
identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified of the proposed transfers. 
SEC. 105. All official costs associated with the use of Govern-
ment aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to 
support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 
shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 106. Section 107 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related 
to visa overstay data, shall apply in fiscal year 2019, except that 
the reference to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be treated as referring to this 
Act, and the reference to ‘‘2017’’ shall be treated as referring to 
‘‘2018’’. 
TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccom-
panied minor aliens; the provision of air and marine support to 
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administra-
tion of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provi-
sion of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other 
law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the purchase 
and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type 
vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, 
aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 
individuals for personal services abroad; $12,179,729,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of the 
Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwith-
standing section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $2,000,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2020; and of which such sums as become 
available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject 
to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that 
account; and of which $58,710,000 is for additional customs officers: 
Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec-
tion with preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform-
ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, including 
procurements to buy marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial 
systems, $2,515,878,000, of which $870,656,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, and of which $1,645,222,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase 
and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type 
vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construc-
tion, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facili-
ties; $7,542,153,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; 
of which $75,448,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; of which $1,500,000 is for paid apprenticeships for partici-
pants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue 
Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 
investigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 
operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination 
Center; and of which not less than $4,273,857,000 shall be for 
enforcement, detention, and removal operations, including transpor-
tation of unaccompanied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,475 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for conducting special operations under section 3131 
of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of com-
pensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse 
other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 
maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully 
present in the United States: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation until the first report required by section 226 has 
been made available on a publicly accessible website. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$45,559,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair 
and maintenance projects.
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TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for operations and support, $7,410,079,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That security service fees authorized under section 44940 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $4,740,079,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$169,789,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for research and development, $20,594,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for operations and 
support including purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger 
motor vehicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 
lease of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 
(at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and service- 
life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase, 
lease, or improvements of boats necessary for overseas deployments 
and activities; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 
97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and 
welfare; $7,808,201,000, of which $505,000,000 shall be for defense- 
related activities, of which $165,000,000 is designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 
the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $11,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021; and of which $13,469,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023, for environmental compliance 
and restoration: Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard 
Headquarters Directorates until a future-years capital investment
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plan for fiscal years 2020 through 2024 is submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives pursuant to section 217 of this Act. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement, 
construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, shore 
facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations 
used by the Coast Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, $2,248,260,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and 
development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; $20,256,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, of which $500,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 
section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and used 
for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State 
and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, 
and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of 
continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, 
concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,739,844,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 
652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on 
private or other property not in Government ownership or control, 
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of 
and participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; con-
duct of behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 
and operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations 
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and payment, 
without regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code,
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of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective missions, 
whether at or away from their duty stations; $2,148,528,000; of 
which $40,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, 
and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related 
to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of which 
up to $9,500,000 may be for calendar year 2018 premium pay 
in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate 
of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 
Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 
115–160: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in criminal 
investigations within the jurisdiction of the United States Secret 
Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for procurement, construction, and improvements, $97,131,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 
for research and development, $2,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related 
to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to 
funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that 
‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ shall be available for customs expenses when nec-
essary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 
in Puerto Rico in addition to funding provided by section 740 
of title 48, United States Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States- 
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, 
Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of 
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, $31,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 
and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2019 from amounts 
authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 
section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act
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of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such authorizing language: 
Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of 
$31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 
individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada 
that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 
Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the 
prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
SEC. 206. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 
approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 
pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for 
the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy 
and Transportation and representatives from the United States 
flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the 
use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 
2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel- 
inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States 
Code, with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of 
such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 
crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 
the Northern border at a land port of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border 
crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a 
fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of 
a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of 
crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land 
port of entry. 
SEC. 208. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may reprogram 
within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ as necessary to ensure the 
detention of aliens prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 
may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority
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authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement 
governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 
may be used to continue any contract for the provision of detention 
services if the two most recent overall performance evaluations 
received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or 
the equivalent median score in any subsequent performance evalua-
tion system. 
SEC. 211. Members of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the 
heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of 
the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 
General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, 
and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Execu-
tive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 
passenger and baggage screening. 
SEC. 212. Any award by the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 
risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, 
lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high 
injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2019, any funds in the Aviation Security 
Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 
States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation 
of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other trans-
action agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 
in section 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in 
abrogation of the responsibility described in section 44903(n)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, any requirement that airport opera-
tors provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from 
the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 
Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ shall be for 
expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of 
title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected 
from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insufficient 
to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applica-
tions, personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation 
functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 
States Code, may perform documentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 216. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 
condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to 
$10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay 
and Allowances funding category within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations
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and Support’’ in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of 
this Act. 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject 
to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 
heading. 
SEC. 218. The United States Secret Service is authorized to 
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from executive 
agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, 
for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available to the United 
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 
Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of 
a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully 
reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 220. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up 
to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 221. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States 
Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel 
of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service 
or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in 
advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 
SEC. 222. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an 
expenditure plan for the amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives: Provided, That no such amounts 
may be obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 223. Funds made available for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 
Operations and Support’’ may be allocated by program, project, 
and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 224. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act or any 
other Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
components funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a 
decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal 
proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of 
a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied 
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security
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Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on information shared by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background check of 
a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor 
or potential sponsor reveals— 
(1) a felony conviction or pending felony charge that relates 
to— 
(A) an aggravated felony (as defined in section 
101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(43))); 
(B) child abuse; 
(C) sexual violence or abuse; or 
(D) child pornography; 
(2) an association with any business that employs a minor 
who— 
(A) is unrelated to the sponsor, potential sponsor, or 
member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor; 
and 
(B) is— 
(i) not paid a legal wage; or 
(ii) unable to attend school due to the employment; 
or 
(3) an association with the organization or implementation 
of prostitution. 
SEC. 225. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (here-
after in this section referred to as ‘‘the Administrator’’) may conduct 
a pilot program to provide screening services outside of an existing 
primary passenger terminal screening area where screening services 
are currently provided or would be eligible to be provided under 
the Transportation Security Administration’s annually appropriated 
passenger screening program as a primary passenger terminal 
screening area. 
(b) Any request for screening services under subsection (a) 
shall be initiated only at the request of a public or private entity 
regulated by the Transportation Security Administration; shall be 
made in writing to the Administrator; and may only be submitted 
to the Transportation Security Administration after consultation 
with the relevant local airport authority. 
(c) The Administrator may provide the requested screening 
services under subsection (a) if the Administrator provides a certifi-
cation to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate that implementation of 
subsection (a) does not reduce the security or efficiency of screening 
services already provided in primary passenger terminals at any 
impacted airports. 
(d) No screening services may be provided under subsection 
(a) unless the requesting entity agrees in writing to the scope 
of the screening services to be provided, and agrees to compensate 
the Transportation Security Administration for all reasonable per-
sonnel and non-personnel costs, including overtime, of providing 
the screening services. 
(e) The authority available under this section is effective for 
fiscal years 2019 through 2021 and may be utilized at not more 
than eight locations for transportation security purposes.
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an airport 
authority, air carrier, or other requesting entity shall not be liable 
for any claims for damages filed in State or Federal court (including 
a claim for compensatory, punitive, contributory, or indemnity dam-
ages) relating to— 
(1) an airport authority’s or other entity’s decision to 
request that the Transportation Security Administration pro-
vide passenger screening services outside of a primary pas-
senger terminal screening area; or 
(2) any act of negligence, gross negligence, or intentional 
wrongdoing by employees of the Transportation Security 
Administration providing passenger and property security 
screening services at a pilot program screening location. 
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any compensa-
tion received by the Transportation Security Administration under 
subsection (d) shall be credited to the account used to finance 
the provision of reimbursable security screening services under 
subsection (a). 
(h) The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate— 
(1) an implementation plan for the pilot programs under 
subsection (a), including the application process, that is due 
by 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) an evaluation plan for the pilot programs; and 
(3) annual performance reports, by not later than 60 days 
after the end of each fiscal year in which the pilot programs 
are in operation, including— 
(A) the amount of reimbursement received by the 
Transportation Security Administration from each entity 
in the pilot program for the preceding fiscal year, delineated 
by personnel and non-personnel costs; 
(B) an analysis of the results of the pilot programs 
corresponding to the evaluation plan required under para-
graph (2); 
(C) 
any 
Transportation 
Security 
Administration 
staffing changes created at the primary passenger 
screening checkpoints and baggage screening as a result 
of the pilot program; and 
(D) any other unintended consequences created by the 
pilot program. 
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in 
this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the 
responsibilities, duties, or authorities of the Transportation Security 
Administration. 
(j) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘airport’’ means 
a commercial service airport as defined by section 47107(7) of title 
49 United States Code. 
(k) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘screening serv-
ices’’ means the screening of passengers, flight crews, and their 
carry-on baggage and personal articles, and may include checked 
baggage screening if that type of screening is performed at an 
offsite location that is not part of a passenger terminal of a commer-
cial airport.
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(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘primary passenger 
terminal screening area’’ means the security checkpoints relied 
upon by airports as the principal points of entry to a sterile area 
of an airport. 
SEC. 226. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and weekly thereafter, the Director of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
and make available on a publicly accessible website, a report 
detailing— 
(1) data on aliens detained; including average fiscal year 
to date daily populations of aliens detained; daily counts of 
the number of aliens detained as of the date of each report, 
total fiscal year-to-date book-ins; and average lengths of stay 
of aliens detained (including average post-determination length 
of stay in the case of detainees described in subparagraph 
(B)) for— 
(A) single adults and for members of family units 
detained in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, disaggregated by whether the detainees 
were— 
(i) transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection after being deemed inadmissible at a port 
of entry or after being apprehended within 14 days 
of entering the United States; or 
(ii) arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; 
(B) detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement who are determined to have a cred-
ible or reasonable fear of— 
(i) persecution, as defined in section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or 
(ii) torture, as defined in section 208.30 of title 
8, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 
1, 2018); 
(C) detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement who have been issued a Notice to 
Appear pursuant to section 239 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, disaggregated by single adults and mem-
bers of family units; and 
(2) the total number of enrollees in the Alternatives to 
Detention program and the average length of participation, 
disaggregated by— 
(A) single adults and family heads of household; 
(B) participants in the family case management pro-
gram; 
(C) level of supervision; and 
(D) the locations of supervision, by field office. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or 
its government-employed or contract staff levels. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center.
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SEC. 229. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 
and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 
the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil 
engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 230. (a) Of the total amount made available under ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’, $2,370,222,000 shall be available only as follows: 
(1) $1,375,000,000 is for the construction of primary pedes-
trian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio 
Grande Valley Sector; 
(2) $725,000,000 is for the acquisition and deployment of 
border security technologies and trade and travel assets and 
infrastructure, to include $570,000,000 for non-intrusive inspec-
tion equipment at ports of entry; and 
(3) $270,222,000 is for construction and facility improve-
ments, to include $222,000,000 for humanitarian needs, 
$14,775,000 for Office of Field Operations facilities, and 
$33,447,000 for Border Patrol station facility improvements. 
(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(1) shall only be 
available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 
31), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize 
agent safety. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Comp-
troller General of the United States an updated risk-based plan 
for improving security along the borders of the United States that 
includes the elements required under subsection (a) of section 231 
of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with sub-
section (b) of such section. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
prior Acts are available for the construction of pedestrian fencing— 
(1) within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge; 
(2) within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; 
(3) within La Lomita Historical park; 
(4) within the National Butterfly Center; or 
(5) within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of 
the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 232. (a) Prior to use of any funds made available by 
this Act for the construction of physical barriers within the city 
limits of any city or census designated place described in subsection 
(c), the Department of Homeland Security and the local elected 
officials of such a city or census designated place shall confer 
and seek to reach mutual agreement regarding the design and 
alignment of physical barriers within that city or the census des-
ignated place (as the case may be). Such consultations shall continue 
until September 30, 2019 (or until agreement is reached, if earlier) 
and may be extended beyond that date by agreement of the parties, 
and no funds made available in this Act shall be used for such 
construction while consultations are continuing.
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(b) Not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall issue 
notices for public comment regarding construction of pedestrian 
fencing in the places identified in subsection (c). The notices shall 
afford the public not less than 60 days to submit comments on 
the location of proposed fencing in the affected areas. Not later 
than 90 days following the end of the comment period identified 
in this subsection, the Department shall publish in the Federal 
Register its responses to the comments received along with its 
plans for construction in the areas identified in the notice to which 
it is responding. 
(c) The cities and census designated place described in this 
subsection are as follows: 
(1) Roma, Texas. 
(2) Rio Grande City, Texas. 
(3) Escobares, Texas. 
(4) La Grulla, Texas. 
(5) The census designated place of Salineno, Texas. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for operations and support, $1,345,802,000, of 
which $18,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 
and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$322,829,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for research and development, $13,126,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for operations and support, $1,066,258,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency 
for 
procurement, 
construction, 
and 
improvements, 
$133,830,000, of which $61,834,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021, and of which $71,996,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other activities, $3,094,210,000, which shall be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) $525,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $90,000,000 shall be for Oper-
ation Stonegarden, and $10,000,000 shall be for organizations 
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to be at high risk of a terrorist attack: Provided, That notwith-
standing subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 
2019, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 
to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $640,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 shall be for organizations 
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 
(3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus 
Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 
be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public 
transportation security assistance shall be provided directly 
to public transportation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 
with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code. 
(5) $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, of which $350,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants and $350,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Ade-
quate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 
33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management performance 
grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earth-
quake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 
762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(7) $262,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 
Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 
any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 
by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available 
until expended. 
(8) $10,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 
Grants. 
(9) $10,000,000 for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential 
Dams under section 8A of the National Dam Safety Program 
Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2). 
(10) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total 
administrative costs. 
(11) $276,679,000 to sustain current operations for training, 
exercises, technical assistance, and other programs. 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $12,558,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $3,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance 
Direct Loan Program for administrative expenses to carry out the 
program as authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184): 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$12,000,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts set aside from funds provided 
under this heading pursuant to subsection (i)(1) of section 203 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(i)(1)), $250,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out activities for the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund under 
that section of that Act (as in effect on the day before the amend-
ments made by section 1234 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act 
of 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–254) took effect), in addition 
to any amounts otherwise made available for such purpose by 
this or any other Act and may be merged in this account for 
all purposes with funds for the revised National Public Infrastruc-
ture Predisaster Mitigation Assistance, as authorized by the amend-
ments made to section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) by section 
1234 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (division D 
of Public Law 115–254), once that assistance has been fully imple-
mented: Provided further, That $300,000,000 of the amounts pro-
vided under this heading in this Act shall be derived from unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available under this
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heading: Provided further, That none of the amounts derived from 
unobligated balances in the previous proviso shall be from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the budget 
or 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. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
89; 128 Stat. 1020), $202,153,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts 
collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $13,858,000 shall be 
available for mission support associated with flood management; 
and of which $188,295,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2019, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $176,304,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 
expenses associated with flood insurance operations; 
(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 
borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 
assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 
and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) 
and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available 
for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided 
further, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 
24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 
(42 U.S.C. 4033).
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Protective Service, in conjunction with 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives providing no fewer than three options for a 
revised method to assess and allocate costs for countermeasures. 
SEC. 302. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any other provision 
of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made 
available in paragraphs (1) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the 
grantee for expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 
SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for para-
graphs (1) through (4), shall be made available to eligible applicants 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 
after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 
the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) 
through (4), (8), and (9), the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full 
business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 
making an award. 
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered 
construction of a building or other physical facility. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4) shall be applied in 
fiscal year 2019 with respect to budget year 2020 and current 
fiscal year 2019, respectively— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Firefighter 
Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waivers from the 
requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 
(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2019, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not 
be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: Provided, 
That the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 
be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such
H. J. Res. 31—22 
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Pro-
vided further, That such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections 
and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2019, and remain available until expended. 
SEC. 309. (a) The Federal share of assistance, including direct 
Federal assistance, provided under sections 403 and 407 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170b and 42 U.S.C. 5173), with respect to a major 
disaster declared pursuant to such Act for damages resulting from 
a wildfire in calendar year 2018, shall be not less than 90 percent 
of the eligible costs under such section. 
(b) The Federal share provided by subsection (a) shall apply 
to assistance provided before, on, or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, 
$109,688,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for procurement, construction, and improvements of the 
E-Verify Program, $22,838,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship and Integration 
Grant Program, $10,000,000. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase 
of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $277,876,000, of which $20,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$50,943,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease 
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $308,520,000, of which $170,462,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for research and development, $511,265,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for operations and support, $187,095,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $100,096,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for research and development, $83,043,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, and other activities, $64,663,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Pro-
vided, That the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences 
and places of employment.
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SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant 
an immigration benefit unless the results of background checks 
required by law to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit 
have been received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
and the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 
(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 
Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information 
Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law 
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 
accreditation. 
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement 
community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 
enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 
training accreditation process to continue the implementation of 
measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal 
law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 406. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account established 
by section 407(a) of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) from Government agencies 
requesting the construction of special use facilities, as authorized 
by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers maintain administrative control 
and ownership upon completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 
governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 
Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 408. The Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer 
personnel and up to $15,000,000 in unexpended balances of amounts 
made available to the Department of Homeland Security under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and 
Support’’ in division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115–141) to the Department of Agriculture for the 
purpose of contract and associated support of the operations of 
the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives at least 30 days in advance 
of such transfer.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 
Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 
activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 
for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter 
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred 
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, 
or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for 
which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity presently per-
formed by Federal employees or any new function or activity 
proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 for the Department 
of Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, 
or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 
by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall 
be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations 
based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except 
in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 
of human life or the protection of property.
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(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation 
in the current year. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 
note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115–31), related 
to the operations of a working capital fund, shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
section applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2019, as recorded in the financial records 
at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than 
June 30, 2020, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
for fiscal year 2019 in this Act shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, in the account and for the purposes for which 
the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
tion of such funds, a notification shall be submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives in accordance with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of 
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the des-
ignee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 
3 full business days in advance of— 
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, grant, contract, 
other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, 
or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 
(2) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obliga-
tion of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from 
multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds; 
(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 
items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), including a contract 
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 
life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 
and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section— 
(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; and
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(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 
for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 
of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 
drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary 
use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facili-
ties. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 
otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 
Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public 
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect 
to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
sections applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 
American Act: Provided, That for purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise made avail-
able in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 
identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act to report 
or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 
to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded
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by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 519. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 
performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-
ance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements 
of a contract. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 
Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 
is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 
I of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 
contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into with-
out regard to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 521. (a) For an additional amount for financial systems 
modernization, $51,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems 
modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwith-
standing section 503 of this Act. 
(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 
15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer. 
SEC. 522. (a) The funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security in this Act for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ shall 
be hereby reduced, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer, 
by a total of $12,000,000 to realize administrative savings, including 
savings from requirements, supplies, or materials that were funded 
by the Department using fiscal year 2018 appropriations for con-
tracts with periods of performance in fiscal year 2019. 
(b) Funds may only be reduced for the respective appropriations 
from amounts identified in the budget appendix, as modified by 
the report accompanying this Act, by object classes 25.1, 25.2, 
25.3, and 26.2. 
(c) No funds may be reduced from amounts provided under 
the following headings and activities: 
(1) ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency— 
Operations and Support’’; 
(2) ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ for defense- 
related activities; and 
(3) ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Operations 
and Support’’ for National Continuity Programs in the 
Preparedness and Protection program, project, and activity. 
(d) No amounts may be reduced from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
or from amounts that were designated by the Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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(e) The Secretary shall submit a notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
specifying the account and amount of each reduction made pursuant 
to this section. 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the 
transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 
law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 
an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of 
the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at 
all times. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 
Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single inter-
national conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national 
interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 
of that determination and the basis for that determination: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 
conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 
States attended by representatives of the United States Government 
and of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations: Provided further, That the total cost 
to the Department of Homeland Security of any such conference 
shall not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
participation in a National Special Security Event. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated 
for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 full- 
time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before 
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notifica-
tion that includes— 
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by such 
change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the current year 
and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 
that were considered by the Department. 
SEC. 528. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
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of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 
or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 
SEC. 529. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Operations 
and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, construction, 
and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to end items 
with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and 
$2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 530. The authority provided by section 532 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141) regarding primary and secondary schooling of dependents 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 531. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $41,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, exclusively for providing 
reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs 
for protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with 
any residence of the President that is designated or identified 
to be secured by the United States Secret Service. 
(b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 
141), shall be applied with respect to amounts made available 
by subsection (a) of this section by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2019’’ 
for ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to prevent a Member of Congress from entering, for the 
purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for 
the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise 
house alien minors, or to make any temporary modification at 
any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a 
visiting Member of Congress, compared to what would be observed 
in the absence of such modification. 
SEC. 533. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used to place restraints 
on a woman in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security 
(including during transport, in a detention facility, or at an outside 
medical facility) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a pregnant 
woman if— 
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of Homeland 
Security makes an individualized determination that the 
woman— 
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk cannot be 
prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat to harm 
herself or others that cannot be prevented by other means; 
or
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(2) a medical professional responsible for the care of the 
pregnant woman determines that the use of therapeutic 
restraints is appropriate for the medical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to subsection 
(b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, as determined 
by the appropriate medical professional treating the woman, may 
be used. In no case may restraints be used on a woman who 
is in active labor or delivery, and in no case may a pregnant 
woman be restrained in a face-down position with four-point 
restraints, on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the 
area of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, 
on her left side. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to destroy any document, recording, or other record per-
taining to any potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against 
any individual held in the custody of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
SEC. 535. Section 513 of division F of Public Law 114–113, 
regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated 
as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to funds 
made available in this Act in the same manner as such section 
applied to funds made available in that Act. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 537. Within 60 days of any budget submission for the 
Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2020 that assumes 
revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based 
on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 
to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives specific reductions in proposed discre-
tionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues assumed 
in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior 
to October 1, 2019. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 538. The following unobligated balances made available 
to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115–141) are rescinded: 
(1) $169,000 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management—Operations and Support’’; 
(2) $328,000 from ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations 
and Support’’; 
(3) $366,000 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations 
Coordination—Operations and Support’’; 
(4) $427,000 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
Operations and Support’’; 
(5) $30,000 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’; 
(6) $1,040,000 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(7) $5,166,000 from ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’;
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(8) $1,589,000 from ‘‘National Protection and Programs 
Directorate—Operations and Support’’; 
(9) $362,000 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs—Operations 
and Support’’; 
(10) $362,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Operations and Support’’; 
(11) $206,000 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices—Operations and Support’’; 
(12) $63,000 from ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate— 
Operations and Support’’; and 
(13) $437,000 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection Office— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 539. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177): 
(1) $33,870,000 from Public Law 115–141 under the 
heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administration—Operations 
and Support’’. 
(2) $17,045,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation’’. 
(3) $17,200,000 from Public Law 115–141 under the 
heading ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection Office—Federal Assist-
ance’’. 
(4) $7,400,000 from Public Law 114–4 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’. 
(5) $5,200,000 from Public Law 114–113 under the heading 
‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 540. From the unobligated balances available in the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 
9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by section 638 of 
Public Law 102–393), $200,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2019. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,603,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $800,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary 
for Rural Development: Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area 
for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administra-
tive support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 
$4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and 
Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,176,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 
which $22,301,000 shall be available for Departmental Administra-
tion to provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general administration, 
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Adminis-
tration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 
to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs 
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 
$7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under this para-
graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the amount made available under this heading for Depart-
mental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable appro-
priations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding 
of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be trans-
ferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 
this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, 
That no funds made available under this heading for the Office
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of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 
agency. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$21,286,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
$15,222,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $9,525,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $55,630,000, of which not less than $38,000,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations
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suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $59,967,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials 
Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department 
for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above 
Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including 
such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 
5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$45,146,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, 
Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$86,757,000.
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $174,517,000, of which up to $45,300,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 
amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be 
used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 
U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 
equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 
exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests trans-
ferred out of Federal ownership, $1,303,266,000, of which 
$10,600,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 
to carry out the science program at the National Bio- and Agro- 
defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings 
to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 
each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at a cost 
not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever 
is greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be 
owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and 
shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 
agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations 
contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replace-
ment of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 
(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural 
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 
by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricul-
tural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall 
be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Sec-
retary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary 
finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United
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States: Provided further, That funds may be received from any 
State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for 
the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or 
research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$381,200,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$247,700,000 shall be allocated for ARS facilities co-located with 
university partners. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $927,649,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants 
for 1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges 
of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, veteri-
nary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate 
fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants management 
systems shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans- 
Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 
That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual 
eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Pro-
vided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions 
shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more 
than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or any 
other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 
under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out that authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $505,692,000, which shall be for the purposes,
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and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 
of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the joint explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for 
facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive 
funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 
less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 
extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 
U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 
shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 
for extension agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture, Integrated Activities’’ in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the Food and 
Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the 
Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,011,136,000, of which $470,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available for the control of out-
breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 
of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent nec-
essary to meet emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 
program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
eradication zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 
$705,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse 
Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 
$62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 
to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available
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until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
of which $186,013,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 
pests; of which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which $40,966,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 
$5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indem-
nities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 
safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this heading 
for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of amounts avail-
able under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 
shall remain available until expended; of which $13,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility 
located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no funds 
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 
program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, 
of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That 
in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 
agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary 
may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord-
ance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 
such assistance, goods, or services.
H. J. Res. 31—40 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 
$3,175,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$159,095,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79; and of which 
$1,500,000 shall be available for marketing activities authorized 
under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) to provide to State departments of agriculture, 
State cooperative extension services, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 
and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, process 
improvement, and marketing relating to dairy products: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and 
(3) not more than $20,705,000 for formulation and administration 
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–128).
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$10,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-
tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 
of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa-
tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified 
by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 
79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building.
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TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND 
CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Produc-
tion and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion Business Center, $216,350,000: Provided, That $60,228,000 
of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to 
section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged 
with this account. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Farm 
Service 
Agency, 
$1,081,655,000, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be for 
the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies at Farm Service 
Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of the funding made available under this heading for information 
technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated until 
the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, and receives written or electronic notification 
of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 
(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 
entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for develop-
ment as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones 
to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) 
consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 
Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle 
management policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable 
Department’s capital planning and investment control require-
ments; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability 
Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency shall submit 
a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019
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to the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Account-
ability Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is 
operational (a) current performance against key indicators of cus-
tomer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree-
ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 
a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current 
and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, 
and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 
meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 
investment: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 
for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, 
That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 
activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to county committees 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 
to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That 
none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall 
be used to permanently relocate county based employees that would 
result in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 
notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,904,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 
et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll
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weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 
U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct 
loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
and $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed 
conservation 
loans, 
$150,000,000; 
Indian 
highly 
fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 
program loans, $30,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 
boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating 
loans, $59,670,000 for direct operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsub-
sidized guaranteed operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 
and $2,134,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to remain 
available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,068,000: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $290,917,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That of this amount 
$16,081,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conserva-
tion direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$58,361,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
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exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $819,492,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 
for construction and improvement of buildings and public improve-
ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements 
shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 
to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the authorities 
under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing 
watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to 
rural communities. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering 
operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with 
the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation 
regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding 
two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 
can be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 
the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 
land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be allocated 
to projects and activities that can commence promptly following 
enactment; that address regional priorities for flood prevention, 
agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish 
and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that address 
authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 
of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78– 
534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 
floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 
and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for watershed rehabilitation 
projects in states with high-hazard dams and other watershed struc-
tures and that have recently incurred flooding events which caused 
fatalities. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing
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authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 
That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 
are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 
cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 
activities with institutions concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$236,835,000: Provided, That no less than $6,000,000 shall be for
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information technology investments: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that support Rural Development programs: Provided further, That 
in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized 
by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), 
any amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 
Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will remain 
available until expended for such purposes. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans and 
$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for 
section 515 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self- 
help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
524 site development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $67,700,000 
shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$3,419,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$431,000; section 524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$9,484,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level for 
section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 
the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected 
cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the 
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 
applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver 
under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 
502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 
502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 
to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant 
authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 
1, 2019: Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement provi-
sions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and public 
housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit 
organizations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 
such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a 
period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives 
to include, but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit
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entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest-
ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low income 
housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and devel-
oper loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and 
allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner’s 
oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up 
to $7,500 per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $16,853,000, to remain available until 
expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm 
labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances 
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness 
or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which 
$40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in 
addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 
521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 
1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 
funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any unex-
pended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements 
may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; 
maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 
V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 
under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a farm 
labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project 
until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 
consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants 
seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 
tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 
That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided 
further, That except as provided in the third proviso under this 
heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 
Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agree-
ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a project that 
the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 
use such recaptured funds for current needs.
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MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct 
a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of multi-family rental housing properties described in this para-
graph, $51,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $27,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 
in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 
market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 
for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 
housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 
in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 
may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preserva-
tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $24,500,000 shall be available 
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, 
as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 
of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing 
for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 
reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability 
of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 
restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi- 
family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 
funds made available for the demonstration program under this 
heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-
trative expenses for activities funded under this heading.
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $45,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed 
loans. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs 
as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $45,778,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 
ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 
to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 
public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $5,778,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-
ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 
State rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 
by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading.
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-
ness development programs authorized by section 310B and 
described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $65,040,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
made available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development and $8,000,000 shall be for grants 
to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the 
Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), 
and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et 
seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 
as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business 
grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, 
including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 
heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
1936b), $18,889,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
of which $557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2019, for 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
$1,072,000 shall be available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi 
Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): 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. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose 
of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$50,000,000.
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The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the 
Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic development and job creation projects shall not exceed 
$10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $29,100,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be 
for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 
shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvan-
taged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $17,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul-
tural product market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which $2,500,000 
may be used for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursu-
ant to section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), 
$334,500: Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) 
of 
the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$1,400,000,000. For loan guarantees and grants for rural water, 
waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs 
authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B 
and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) 
of 
the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$548,690,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro-
gram described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 
not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 
not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition 
to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such 
grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 
306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 
Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,099,000: Pro-
vided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and representational 
expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in 
the planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $59,000,000, of 
which $1,715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, 
for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which 
$4,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program 
and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall 
remain available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 
Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 
Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of division G of Public Law 
115–31), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial 
Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial 
Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), for necessary expenses 
of the World War I Centennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority 
provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I Commission 
may accept money, in-kind personnel services, contractual support, 
or any appropriate support from any executive branch agency for 
activities of the Commission.
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may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwith-
standing paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro-
vided further, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 
2019: Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), as authorized by title 
II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: 
Provided, That prior to the obligation of $1,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, the Commission shall consult 
with the appropriate congressional committees on the steps taken 
to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of 
USCIRF Mission Effectiveness that was conducted pursuant to 
the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–71), and such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304 (22 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses, to remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III 
of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation 
expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That the authorities, requirements,
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Develop-
ment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion 
of the increase in capital stock, $32,417,159, to remain available 
until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital 
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an 
amount not to exceed $507,860,806. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to 
remain available until, and to be fully disbursed no later than, 
September 30, 2020, for the first installment of the eleventh 
replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Develop-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of such payment 
not less than quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, 
That in such report the Secretary shall provide a timeline for 
the obligation and disbursement of any funds that have not yet 
been obligated or disbursed. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $5,700,000, of which up to $855,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with