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(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy 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 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 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
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age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
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(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity. 
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
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EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 420. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2019. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 421. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT ACT 
SEC. 422. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facil-
ity Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 
580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 423. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
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thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
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(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures 
on Midway Island that have been recommended by the 
United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register 
of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 425. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
SECURITY.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 
carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,490,000 for fiscal year 
2019. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,800,000 for fiscal year 
2019.’’. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 426. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 
title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au-
thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte-
rior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out 
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the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage-
ment program to such organizations. 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 427. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance 
Superfund’’, $43,000,000, of which $38,000,000 shall be 
for the Superfund Remedial program and $5,000,000 
shall be for the Superfund Emergency Response and Re-
moval program, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $43,000,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ 
for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds 
and performance partnership grants, $670,000,000 to re-
main available until expended, of which— 
(1) $300,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
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penses: Provided, That these additional funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $6,100,000,000. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 428. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
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mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge 
of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
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issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 
Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 
units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-
tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 
and regulations in effect prior to such date. 
RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 431. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
SEC. 432. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, or 
the Smithsonian Institution to acquire telecommunications 
equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, 
ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or moderate-impact in-
formation system, as defined for security categorization in 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 
(NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publi-
cation 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of 
Federal Information and Information Systems’’ unless the 
agency has— 
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(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such system, including any risk associated with such 
system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 
by one or more entities identified by the United 
States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ-
ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-
rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate impact information system re-
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viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui-
sition of such system is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
(1), provided that such report may include a classi-
fied annex as necessary. 
SEC. 433. Within available funds, not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall issue a report 
on efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment and the Environmental Protection Agency re-
lating to the removal of lead-based paint and other haz-
ardous materials, which shall include— 
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(1) a description of direct removal efforts by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) a description of education provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Environmental Protection Agency to other 
Federal agencies, local governments and commu-
nities, recipients of grants made by either entity, 
and the general public relating to the removal of 
lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; 
(3) a description of assistance received from 
other Federal agencies relating to the removal of 
lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; and 
(4) any best practices developed or provided by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Environmental Protection Agency relating 
to the removal of lead-based paint and other haz-
ardous materials. 
SEC. 434. (a) Within available funds for the National 
Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
an inventory and evaluation of certain land, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Flatside Wilderness Adja-
cent Inventory Areas’’ and dated November 30, 2017, to 
determine the suitability of that land for inclusion in the 
National Wilderness Preservation System. 
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(b) The Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to 
the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 
Appropriations, and Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate the results of the inventory and evaluation required 
under subsection (a). 
ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC CANCER RATES IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
SEC. 435. (a) REPORT IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC 
VARIATION OF TYPES OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.—Using 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Toxic Substances 
and Environmental Health’’ for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, shall submit to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, a report that provides details 
on the geographic variation in pediatric cancer incidence 
in the United States, including— 
(1) the types of pediatric cancer within each of 
the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted inci-
dence rate of cancer among persons aged 20 years 
or younger; 
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(2) geographic concentrations of types and 
prevalence of pediatric cancers within each such 
State, in accordance with Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention guidelines; and 
(3) an update on current activities related to 
pediatric cancer, including with respect to carrying 
out section 399V–6 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g–17). 
(b) SUPPORT FOR STATES WITH HIGH INCIDENCE 
OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.—Using funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Toxic Substances and Environmental Public 
Health’’ for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
may conduct public outreach, in collaboration with State 
departments of health, particularly in the 10 States with 
the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer among 
persons aged 20 years or younger, to improve awareness 
by residents, clinicians, and others, as appropriate, of pos-
sible contributing factors to pediatric cancer, including en-
vironmental exposures, in a manner that is complementary 
of, and does not conflict with, ongoing pediatric cancer- 
related activities supported by the Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
(c) PRIVACY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall ensure that all information with respect to 
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patients that is contained in the reports under this section 
is de-identified and protects personal privacy of such pa-
tients in accordance with applicable Federal and State pri-
vacy law. 
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 
SEC. 436. The explanatory statement regarding divi-
sion A of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record 
on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 
with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 
this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference. 
COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED 
DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 
SEC. 437. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 
any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem-
ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com-
pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 
as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 
ends. 
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employees’’ means 
any Federal employees whose salaries and expenses are 
provided in this Act. 
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(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 
the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 
to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter-
mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 
otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap-
proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 
Act. 
STATES, TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS AND OTHER FED-
ERAL
GRANTEES
IMPACTED
BY
A
GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWN 
SEC. 438. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
by the Federal Government during such period had 
appropriations been available, including the cost of 
compensating such furloughed employees, together 
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with interest thereon calculated under section 
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 
the grantee), together with interest thereon cal-
culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri-
tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 
terms under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 
State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 
State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 
to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri-
ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 
of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
priations with respect to any department or agency of the 
Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 
but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or 
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made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re-
ferred to in this section with respect to the program in-
volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author-
ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2019’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 12 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 266 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes. 
JANUARY 15, 2019 
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