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Union Calendar No. 739 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6776 
[Report No. 115–948] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. YODER from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
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, 
$128,110,000: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for operations and support, $842,712,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
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$74,920,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for research and development, $2,545,000, to re-
main 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 support, $259,253,000, of which 
$77,915,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for operations and support, $168,001,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for cer-
tain confidential operational expenses, including the pay-
ment of informants, to be expended at the direction of the 
Inspector General. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (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 competition during fiscal 
years 2018 and 2019. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli-
ance 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. 102. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 
Security that provide award fees link such fees to success-
ful acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms 
of cost, schedule, and performance. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no-
tify 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 (as added by Public Law 102–393) 
from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
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any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 
Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a 
transfer may be obligated until the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
are notified of the proposed transfers. 
SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use 
of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Secu-
rity 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. 105. Section 107 of the Department of Home-
land 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 trans-
portation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of 
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air and marine support to Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 
by the Department of Homeland Security; at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision 
of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in 
other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian ef-
forts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for 
replacement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, main-
tenance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and un-
manned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals 
for personal services abroad; $12,002,072,000; of which 
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the col-
lection 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 
notwithstanding 
section 
1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $681,441,500 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2020; and of which such sums 
as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex-
cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
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That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay-
ment for rental space in connection with preclearance op-
erations: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurements to buy marine vessels, air-
craft, and unmanned aerial systems, $5,510,244,000, of 
which $462,022,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, and of which $5,048,222,000 shall re-
main 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, includ-
ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 
and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 
improvements 
at 
owned 
and 
leased 
facilities; 
$7,333,079,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for efforts to enforce laws against 
forced child labor; of which $33,700,000 shall remain 
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available until September 30, 2020; and of which 
$1,500,000 is for paid apprenticeships for participants in 
the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Corps: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official re-
ception 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 compensation to informants, to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $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 un-
lawfully present in the United States. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $70,431,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity 
Administration 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
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$7,167,778,000, to remain available 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 appropriation 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 
$4,497,778,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $129,789,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for research and development, 
$20,594,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
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COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard, for oper-
ations and support, including purchase or lease of not to 
exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for re-
placement only; purchase or lease of small boats for con-
tingent and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of not 
more than $700,000) and repairs and service-life replace-
ments, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase, 
lease, or improvements of boats necessary for overseas de-
ployments 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; $7,620,209,000, of 
which $340,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; 
and 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)): Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro-
curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 
to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De-
partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 
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Guard), procurements to buy vessels and aircraft, includ-
ing equipment related thereto, $1,429,750,000, to remain 
available until September 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)), and in ad-
dition $95,000,000 for the procurement of Long Lead 
Time Materials for a twelfth National Security Cutter, 
which shall be derived by transfer from unobligated bal-
ances from prior-year appropriations available under the 
heading ‘‘SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE— 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re-
search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 
$19,109,000, 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 ex-
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penses incurred for research, development, testing, and 
evaluation. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 
Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,429,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer 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 de-
pendents 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 replace-
ment only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of 
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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; con-
duct of and participation in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; conduct of behavioral research in sup-
port of protective intelligence and operations; payment in 
advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and payment, with-
out regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, 
of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective 
missions, whether at or away from their duty stations; 
$2,099,870,000; of which $41,536,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, of which $6,000,000 shall 
be for a grant for activities related to investigations of 
missing and exploited children: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 
counterfeit investigations. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
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$64,816,000, 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 re-
main available until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 
Public Law 115-141), related to overtime compensation 
limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail-
able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap-
plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis-
cal year 2019’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the heading 
‘‘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 necessary to maintain 
operations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puer-
to Rico in addition to funding provided by 48 U.S.C. 740. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 
from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad-
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jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con-
solidated 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. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, 
$39,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected and credited to this appropria-
tion in fiscal year 2019 from amounts authorized to be 
collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality 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 of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or 
other such authorizing language: Provided, That to the ex-
tent that amounts realized from such collections exceed 
$39,000,000, those amounts in excess of $39,000,000 
shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain available 
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 im-
porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 
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That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
scription 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 Re-
serve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after con-
sultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of En-
ergy 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 Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
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Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives 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 re-
spect to such transportation, and the disposition of such 
requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-
ize, or otherwise allow the trafficking or import of prop-
erty confiscated by the Cuban Government. 
(b) In this section, the terms ‘‘confiscated’’, ‘‘Cuban 
Government’’, ‘‘property’’, and ‘‘traffic’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 
(13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (2216 
U.S.C. 6023). 
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. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ 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 dele-
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gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec-
tion 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 agree-
ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma-
terially 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 
evaluation system. 
SEC. 211. Members of the United States House of 
Representatives and the United States Senate, including 
the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commis-
sions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under 
Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department 
of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney Gen-
eral, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys Gen-
eral, and the United States Attorneys; and senior mem-
bers of the Executive Office of the President, including 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
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shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 
screening. 
SEC. 212. Any award by the Transportation Security 
Administration to deploy explosives detection systems 
shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on 
other screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in in-
creased security concerns, high injury rates, airport readi-
ness, 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 detec-
tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree-
ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec-
tion 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 214. 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 docu-
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mentation under such section 12114, and there is a back-
log of recreational vessel applications, personnel per-
forming non-recreational vessel documentation functions 
under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 
States Code, may perform documentation under section 
12114. 
SEC. 215. 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 and Support’’ in accordance 
with subsection (a) of section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 216. 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 invest-
ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 
be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro-
visos under such heading. 
SEC. 217. The United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in 
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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 re-
sources available under the heading ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Operations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 218. 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 protec-
tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Director 
of the United States Secret Service may enter into agree-
ments to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable 
basis. 
SEC. 219. 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. 220. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi-
tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des-
ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days 
in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex-
penditures. 
SEC. 221. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit an expenditure plan for the amounts 
made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such 
amounts may be obligated without prior approval of the 
plan by such Committees. 
SEC. 222. For an additional amount for ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Operations and Support’’, $1,000,000 for Coast 
Guard operating funds and unit level maintenance for de-
ferred maintenance. 
TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for operations and support, 
$1,550,112,000, of which $18,650,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary 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 National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for procurement, construction, 
and improvements, $367,964,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate for research and development, 
$16,486,000, 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, 
$1,057,599,000: 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, $103,349,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
and 
other 
activities, 
$3,359,525,000, which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $538,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 
which 
$85,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden, and $10,000,000 shall be for organiza-
tions (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under such 501(a) of such code) determined by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to be at high risk 
of a terrorist attack: Provided, That notwithstanding 
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 
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Rico under this paragraph in accordance with sub-
section (c)(1) of such section 2004. 
(2) $661,000,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity 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) $103,000,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec-
tions 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 
$7,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 
Provided, That such public transportation security 
assistance shall be provided directly to public trans-
portation agencies. 
(4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 
accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
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(5) $700,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, of which $350,000,000 shall be 
for 
Assistance 
to 
Firefighter 
Grants 
and 
$350,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 
Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sec-
tions 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention 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 Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction 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.). 
(7) $249,200,000 for the National Predisaster 
Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(8) $262,531,000 for necessary expenses for 
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi-
tion to and to supplement any other sums appro-
priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 
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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 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 
(9) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total adminis-
trative costs. 
(10) $275,794,000 to sustain current oper-
ations 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.), $7,210,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $6,652,000,000 shall be for 
major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Staf-
ford 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 
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Deficit Control Act of 1985, of which up to $3,000,000 
may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan 
Program for administrative expenses to carry out the pro-
gram as authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5184). 
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), $201,691,000, to remain 
available until September 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 $13,784,000 shall be available for mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $187,907,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
tional fees collected 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 management and 
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flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2019, 
no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In-
surance 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 shall be deposited in the National 
Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci-
fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), 
section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
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1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria-
tion: 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). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. 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. 302. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’, for paragraphs (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. 
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SEC. 303. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 
of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 
SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a build-
ing or other physical facility. 
SEC. 305. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart-
ment 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. 306. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire-
fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv-
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ers 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. 307. The aggregate charges assessed during fis-
cal year 2019, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: 
Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collec-
tion of fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect 
costs of providing such services, including administrative 
costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That such 
fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency Pre-
paredness Program account as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 
1, 2019, and remain available until expended. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to deny continued rental assistance under 
section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) to an indi-
vidual or household on the basis of income. 
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for operations and support of the E- 
Verify Program, $109,081,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for procurement, construction, and im-
provements of the E-Verify Program, $22,838,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police- 
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $254,774,000, of which $58,191,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$304,408,000, of which $166,350,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
$497,751,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for operations and support, 
$214,264,0000: Provided, 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 improvements, $74,896,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, 
$80,443,000, 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 ac-
tivities, $64,663,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 
only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided, That the 
Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 
to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi-
dences and places of employment. 
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 
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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 re-
sults 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 Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 
SEC. 404. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 
title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 
$10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services in fiscal year 2019 for the purpose of 
providing an Immigrant Integration grants program. 
(b) None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant 
integration under subsection (a) may be used to provide 
services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence. 
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SEC. 405. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 
to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 406. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 407. (a) There is to be established a ‘‘Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’ appropriations account for 
planning, operational development, engineering, and pur-
chases prior to sustainment and for information tech-
nology-related procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers. 
(b) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers may accept transfers to the account 
‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procure-
ment, Construction, and Improvements’’ from Govern-
ment agencies requesting the construction of special use 
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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. 408. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment 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. 409. Section 538(a) of division D of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74) is 
amended — 
(1) By striking ‘‘through public sale’’; and 
(2) By striking ‘‘requirements.’’and by inserting 
‘‘requirements: Provided, That the sale of Plum Is-
land property and assets complies with the require-
ments for asset disposition described in chapter 5 of 
subtitle I of title 40, United States Code.’’ 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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 appropria-
tions 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 ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland 
Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion 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, 
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or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal 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 re-
duction 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 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
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appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
propriations 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 trans-
fer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be-
tween appropriations based upon an initial notification 
provided after June 30, except in extraordinary cir-
cumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human 
life or the protection of property. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre-
vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts. 
(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 appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
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of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such 
transfer. 
SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of 
Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a work-
ing 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 re-
corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram-
ming 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2020, in the account and for the purposes for 
which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That 
prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance 
with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
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year 2019 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel-
ligence activities for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations 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 Se-
curity 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 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 
$10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land 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), in-
cluding a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion 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 
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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 obligation; and 
(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 ad-
ditional 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 accommo-
dated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 
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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 development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (di-
vision 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 provi-
sions of the Buy American Act: Provided, That for pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, 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 available 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. 
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SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 
not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe-
cifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 Department 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 by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section 
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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 performance or perform-
ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con-
tract. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the De-
partment 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 without regard to the above referenced statutes. 
SEC. 521. (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 necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
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enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. 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 indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 523. 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 international conference un-
less 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 Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 
days of that determination and the basis for that deter-
mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 
term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 
occurring outside of the United States attended by rep-
resentatives of the United States Government and of for-
eign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations: Provided further, That the 
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total cost to the Department of Homeland Security of any 
such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 524. 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 Secu-
rity Event. 
SEC. 525. 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 Sec-
retary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notifi-
cation 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 Home-
land Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 
such change that were considered by the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 526. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
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post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House 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 com-
promises 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. 527. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op-
erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure-
ment, construction, and improvements. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 
to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per-
sonal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 528. 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. 
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SEC. 529. The authority provided by section 532 of 
the Department 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. 530. (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 extraor-
dinary law enforcement personnel costs for protection ac-
tivities directly and demonstrably associated with any resi-
dence 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. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prevent a Member of the United States 
Congress from entering, for the purpose of conducting 
oversight, any facility in the United States used for pur-
poses of detaining or otherwise housing foreign national 
minors, or to require Members of the United States Con-
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gress to coordinate through a Congressional entity for 
their entry into, for the purpose of conducting oversight, 
any facility in the United States used for purposes of de-
taining or otherwise housing foreign national minors, or 
to make any temporary modification at any such facility 
that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Mem-
ber of the United States Congress, compared to what 
would be observed in the absence of such modification. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to place in detention, remove, refer for 
removal, or initiate removal proceedings against, noncit-
izen veterans or active duty service members who were ap-
proved by the Secretary of Homeland Security to partici-
pate in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initia-
tive described in the June 15, 2012, memorandum entitled 
‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Indi-
viduals Who Came to the United States as Children’’, ex-
cept that this section shall not apply with respect to an 
individual who no longer qualifies for deferred action 
under the conditions on the grant of deferred action estab-
lished under such initiative. 
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment’’ may be used to pay for an abortion, except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
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were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest, ex-
cept that, if this limitation is held to be unconstitutional 
by a court of competent jurisdiction, this subsection shall 
be null and void and the remainder of this Act shall not 
be affected. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act for 
‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’’ may be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 
way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 534. Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5174) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the President shall not con-
sider the income of an individual or household in de-
termining whether to provide, or continue to provide, 
to that individual or household rental assistance 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall 
apply with respect to major disasters declared on or 
after January 1, 2017.’’. 
SEC. 535. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unem-
ployment assistance under section 410(a) of the Robert 
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T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5177(a)) as a result of a disaster declaration 
made for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Vir-
gin Islands, the President shall make such assistance 
available for the one-year period beginning on the date of 
the applicable disaster declaration. (b) Subsection (a) shall 
be effective as if enacted on the date of the disaster dec-
laration under such Act for Hurricane Irma and Hurri-
cane Maria. (c) No additional funds are authorized to 
carry out the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 536. In fiscal year 2019, nonimmigrants shall 
be admitted to the United States under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) to perform agricul-
tural labor or services, without regard to whether such 
labor is, or services are, of a temporary or seasonal nature. 
SEC. 537. (a) Section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘who has already been counted to-
ward the numerical limitation of paragraph (1)(B) during 
fiscal year 2013, 2014, or 2015 shall not again be counted 
toward such limitation during fiscal year 2016.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall not be counted toward the numerical limita-
tion of paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year if that alien al-
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‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, after making a determina-
tion based on demand from previous fiscal years that a 
change in the allocations under such subparagraph is nec-
essary and appropriate, may modify such allocations. 
‘‘(C) With respect to each quarter of a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of Labor shall accept applications for tem-
porary labor certification in support of petitions for non-
immigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) only 
during a one-week period to be selected by such Secretary, 
and shall not finally approve any of such applications dur-
ing any such week. 
‘‘(D) With respect to each quarter of a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of Labor shall approve temporary labor cer-
tifications in support of petitions for nonimmigrants de-
scribed in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) in a manner that 
will result in all employers that have timely submitted an 
approvable application being able to fill an equal (or ap-
proximately equal) percentage of the number of requested 
positions.’’. 
(c) Section 214(c)(14)(C) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)(C)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘(C) In determining the level of penalties to be as-
sessed under subparagraph (A), the highest penalties shall 
be reserved for— 
‘‘(i) willful failures to meet any of the condi-
tions of the petition that involve harm to United 
States workers; and 
‘‘(ii) willful misrepresentations of the number of 
necessary nonimmigrants in an application for tem-
porary labor certification in support of a petition for 
nonimmigrants 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b).’’. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 
Act may be used to deny, or otherwise affect, the right 
of American Indians born in Canada or the United States 
to pass the borders of the United States in accordance 
with 8 U.S.C. § 1359, with such right extending to per-
sons who possess at least 50 per centum of blood of the 
American Indian race or who are members, or eligible to 
be members, of a Federally recognized Indian tribe in the 
United States or Canada. 
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 539. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 705 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5205) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except’’ and inserting 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 3716(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, and except’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘report for the disaster or 
emergency’’ and inserting ‘‘report for project 
completion as certified by the grantee’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘report 
for the disaster or emergency’’ and inserting 
‘‘report for project completion as certified by 
the grantee’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘for 
project completion as certified by the grantee’’ 
after ‘‘final expenditure report’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to disaster or 
emergency assistance provided to a State or local 
government on or after January 1, 2004— 
(A) no administrative action may be taken 
to recover a payment of such assistance after 
the date of enactment of this Act if the action 
is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5205(a)(1)); 
and 
(B) any administrative action to recover a 
payment of such assistance that is pending on 
such date of enactment shall be terminated if 
the action is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) 
of such Act. 
(2) LIMITATION.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section, may not be construed 
to invalidate or otherwise affect any administration 
action completed before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 540. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(a)(2) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1152(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AND 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(3), (4), and (5),’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(3) and (4),’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b) of sec-
tion 203’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’; and 
(5) by striking ‘‘such subsections’’ and inserting 
‘‘such section’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘both sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 203’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 203(a)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a)(5); and 
(3) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR COUNTRIES AT CEILING.— 
If it is determined that the total number of immigrant 
visas made available under section 203(a) to natives of 
any single foreign state or dependent area will exceed the 
numerical limitation specified in subsection (a)(2) in any 
fiscal year, in determining the allotment of immigrant visa 
numbers to natives under section 203(a), visa numbers 
with respect to natives of that state or area shall be allo-
cated (to the extent practicable and otherwise consistent 
with this section and section 203) in a manner so that, 
except as provided in subsection (a)(4), the proportion of 
the visa numbers made available under each of paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of section 203(a) is equal to the ratio of 
the total number of visas made available under the respec-
tive paragraph to the total number of visas made available 
under section 203(a).’’. 
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(c) COUNTRY-SPECIFIC OFFSET.—Section 2 of the 
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d))’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating 
subsection (e) as subsection (d). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if enacted on September 
30, 2018, and shall apply to fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 2019. 
(e) TRANSITION RULES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
IMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding 
paragraphs of this subsection and notwithstanding 
title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), the following rules shall apply: 
(A) For fiscal year 2019, 15 percent of the 
immigrant visas made available under each of 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(b) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) shall be allotted to 
immigrants who are natives of a foreign state 
or dependent area that was not one of the two 
states with the largest aggregate numbers of 
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natives obtaining immigrant visas during fiscal 
year 2011 under such paragraphs. 
(B) For fiscal year 2020, 10 percent of the 
immigrant visas made available under each of 
such paragraphs shall be allotted to immigrants 
who are natives of a foreign state or dependent 
area that was not one of the two states with the 
largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining 
immigrant visas during fiscal year 2012 under 
such paragraphs. 
(C) For fiscal year 2021, 10 percent of the 
immigrant visas made available under each of 
such paragraphs shall be allotted to immigrants 
who are natives of a foreign state or dependent 
area that was not one of the two states with the 
largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining 
immigrant visas during fiscal year 2015 under 
such paragraphs. 
(2) PER-COUNTRY LEVELS.— 
(A) RESERVED
VISAS.—With respect to 
the visas reserved under each of subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) of paragraph (1), the number 
of such visas made available to natives of any 
single foreign state or dependent area in the ap-
propriate fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent 
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(in the case of a single foreign state) or 2 per-
cent (in the case of a dependent area) of the 
total number of such visas. 
(B) UNRESERVED VISAS.—With respect to 
the immigrant visas made available under each 
of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(b) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) and not reserved 
under paragraph (1), for each of fiscal years 
2019, 2020, and 2021, not more than 85 per-
cent shall be allotted to immigrants who are na-
tives of any single foreign state. 
(3) SPECIAL
RULE
TO
PREVENT
UNUSED 
VISAS.—If, with respect to fiscal year 2019, 2020, or 
2021, the operation of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection would prevent the total number of 
immigrant visas made available under paragraph (2) 
or (3) of section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)) from being issued, such visas may be 
issued during the remainder of such fiscal year with-
out regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this sub-
section. 
(4) 
RULES
FOR
CHARGEABILITY.—Section 
202(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(b)) shall apply 
in determining the foreign state to which an alien is 
chargeable for purposes of this subsection. 
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SEC. 541. No funds or fees made available to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or to the head of any other 
Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act may be used 
to release from Federal custody, other than for removal 
from the United States, any lawfully detained alien— 
(1) who has engaged in or suspected of ter-
rorism or espionage, or who otherwise poses a dan-
ger to national security; 
(2) who has been convicted of an offense for 
which an element was active participation in a crimi-
nal street gang, as defined in section 521(a) of title 
18, United States Code, or aliens not younger than 
16 years of age who intentionally participated in an 
organized criminal gang to further the illegal activity 
of that gang; 
(3) who has been convicted of an aggravated 
felony, as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) 
at the time of conviction; 
(4) who has been convicted of three or more 
misdemeanor offenses arising out of not less than 3 
separate incidents, other than minor traffic offenses 
or State or local offenses for which an essential ele-
ment was the alien’s immigration status; or 
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(5) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor 
which is an offense of domestic violence, sexual 
abuse or exploitation, burglary, unlawful possession 
or use of a firearm, drug distribution or trafficking, 
driving under the influence, or any other mis-
demeanor offense for which the individual was sen-
tenced to a term of imprisonment of 90 days or 
more (not including a suspended sentence). 
SEC. 542. None of the funds, resources, or fees made 
available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 
other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 
Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 
‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established 
under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, ad-
minister, enforce, or carry out (including through the 
issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set 
forth in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Policy 
Memo 602–0162, dated July 11, 2018, or the memo-
randum from the Principal Legal Advisor on Litigating 
Domestic Violence-Based Persecution Claims Following 
Matter of A-B-, dated July 11, 2018. 
SEC. 543. (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 De-
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partment of Homeland Security (including during trans-
port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil-
ity) 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 deter-
mination 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 pre-
vented by other means; or 
(2) a medical professional responsible for the 
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
ical safety of the woman. 
(c) Should a pregnant woman be restrained pursuant 
to subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re-
straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes-
sional 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 re-
strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 
on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 
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of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 
feasible, on her left side. 
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, or 
any other record pertaining to any potential sexual assault 
or abuse perpetrated against any individual held in the 
custody of the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to place in detention, remove, refer for 
removal, or initiate removal proceedings against, individ-
uals who were approved by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity to participate in the Deferred Action for Childhood 
Arrivals initiative, as delineated in the June 15, 2012, 
memorandum entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discre-
tion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 
States as Children’’, or individuals granted temporary pro-
tected status under section 244 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), except that this section 
shall not apply with respect to an individual who no longer 
qualifies either for deferred action under the Deferred Ac-
tion for Childhood Arrivals initiative or temporary pro-
tected status under section 244 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. 
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SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 546. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 739 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6776 
[Report No. 115–948] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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