in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such 
plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with 
subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014, within or outside the State in which the indus-
trial hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro-
priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini-
tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 
without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require-
ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en-
actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 
of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 
SEC. 731. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 
with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 
eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under
subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 
or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 
care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod-
uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis-
tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 
paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 
allow or require such distribution. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for inves-
tigational use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 
a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to 
include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submis-
sion shall be deemed to have not been received by the Sec-
retary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 
put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the haz-
ard analysis and risk-based preventive control require-
ments of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard 
analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for 
animals rule with respect to the regulation of the produc-
tion, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain by-
products of the alcoholic beverage production process. 
SEC. 735. Hereafter, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C.5315, 
the Administrator for Rural Utilities Service, U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture, shall receive basic pay at a rate 
not to exceed the maximum amount of compensation pay-
able to a member of the Senior Executive Service under 
subsection (b) of section 5382 of title 5 United States 
Code, except that the certification requirement in that 
subsection shall not apply to the compensation of the Ad-
ministrator. 
SEC. 736. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any 
new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fis-
cal year 2019, prepared in coordination with the Research, 
Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning 
on the date of the submission of the plan expires to permit 
Congressional review of the plan. 
SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 
allow eligible entities, or comparable entities that provide 
energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha-
nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their serv-
ice territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 
housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if 
replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 
SEC. 739. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 
the following factors in the country or region being 
audited, as applicable— 
(A) veterinary control and oversight; 
(B) disease history and vaccination prac-
tices; 
(C) 
livestock 
demographics 
and 
traceability; 
(D) epidemiological separation from poten-
tial sources of infection; 
(E) surveillance practices; 
(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 
(G) emergency preparedness and response; 
and 
(2) promptly make publicly available the final 
reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 
to subsection (1). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under its inter-
national trade agreements. 
SEC. 740. No food that bears or contains partially 
hydrogenated oils (as defined in the order published by 
the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Reg-
ister on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall 
be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of sub-
section (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 
such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until 
the applicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the 
Federal Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 
et seq.). 
SEC. 741. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the 
Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may 
make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal year 
for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and 
Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: 
Provided, That such appointments may be made in the 
manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Pro-
vided further, That such appointments may be made at 
a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such 
positions under the General Schedule or other applicable 
schedule, as appropriate, but may not be more than the 
rate payable for a position at level I of the Executive 
Schedule, unless the rate is approved by the President 
under section 5377(d)(2) of title 5. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 
for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that pro-
vides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and 
economic outcomes modelling for certain currently en-
rolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The 
Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to enter into agreements with and provide grants to quali-
fied non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, 
forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in 
conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the 
use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary 
shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight 
years and located in areas with a substantial concentration 
of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to 
multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including 
CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 
SEC. 743. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to implement non-renew-
able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri-
cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 
to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 
expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 
3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re-
newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 
and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 
testing. 
SEC. 746. There is appropriated $6,000,000 to the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available, for section 1110(f)(3) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o(f)(3)). 
SEC. 747. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized 
by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water or wastewater system 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 Secretary of Agriculture (in
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee 
of the Secretary 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 or 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. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the des-
ignee shall make available to the public on an informal 
basis a copy of the request and information available to 
the Secretary or the designee concerning 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 Secretary or the designee shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Department. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements.
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 748. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 
Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 
15, 2019, an amount of funds made available in title III 
under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa-
cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac-
count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 
and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account,
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re-
spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 
recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 
such headings for REAP Zones. 
SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 
for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in 
areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of af-
fordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and 
public housing authorities as authorized by law that com-
mit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family hous-
ing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 751. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a
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pilot program during fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 
2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage 
payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or some 
of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 
the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the 
State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) 
based on the alternate calculation method described in 
subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the 
office for that State determines that the alternate calcula-
tion method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum 
extent practicable, there are not significant yield calcula-
tion disparities between comparable counties in the State. 
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in 
subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield 
for the 2018 crop year for county-level agriculture risk 
coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under 
which— 
(1) county data of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (referred to in this section as 
‘‘NASS data’’) is used for the calculations; 
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a 
county (as determined under standards of the Sec-
retary in effect as of the date of enactment of this
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coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)) other than 
payments made in accordance with the pilot program 
under this section. 
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alter-
nate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall 
not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage 
payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than for pur-
poses of the pilot program under this section. 
SEC. 752. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 
information and subject to the same requirements applica-
ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to 
verify the income for individuals participating in sections 
502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding 
section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts imported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China for use in the school lunch program
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under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 
section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school 
breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
SEC. 754. In response to an eligible community where 
the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 
drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po-
table water through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 
not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro-
vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 
SEC. 755. Of the total amounts made available by 
this Act for direct loans and grants in the following head-
ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu-
tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural 
Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 
Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
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gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 
Rural Cooperative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification 
and Telecommunications Loans Program Account’’; and 
‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedi-
cine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent 
feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this 
section, including, notwithstanding any other provision re-
garding population limits, any county seat of such a per-
sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 
exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 
percent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living in pov-
erty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 
1990, and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 
American Community Survey 5-year average: Provided 
further, That with respect to specific activities for which 
program levels have been made available by this Act that 
are not supported by budget authority, the requirements 
of this section shall be applied to such program level. 
SEC. 756. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the 
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic
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of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry 
Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published 
in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture 
on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection 
system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the 
United States; 
(2) ensure that, before any poultry products 
can enter the United States from any such poultry 
plant, such poultry products comply with all other 
applicable requirements for poultry products in 
interstate commerce in the United States; 
(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and au-
dits of any such plants in the PRC intending to ex-
port into the United States processed poultry prod-
ucts; 
(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry prod-
ucts at United States ports-of-entry to check the 
general condition of such products, for the proper 
certification and labeling of such products, and for 
any damage to such products that may have oc-
curred during transportation; and 
(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry 
products selected to enter the United States are sub-
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ject to additional re-inspection procedures at appro-
priate levels to verify that the products comply with 
relevant Federal regulations or standards, including 
examinations for product defects and laboratory 
analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or 
pathogen testing appropriate for the products in-
volved. 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with obligations of the United States under any 
trade agreement to which the United States is a party. 
SEC. 757. In addition to any other funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations ap-
plicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 
reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance 
final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long 
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the 
date on which a dietary reference intake report with re-
spect to sodium is completed.
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SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the cost 
of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary to support projects that provide access 
to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and pre-
serve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income commu-
nities. 
SEC. 760. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for one-time control and management and associated ac-
tivities directly related to the multiple-agency response to 
citrus greening. 
SEC. 761. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule 
promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and 
published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regu-
lation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of 
grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely 
for wine and receive commercial processing that ade-
quately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public 
health significance.
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SEC. 762. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to revoke an exception made— 
(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geo-
graphic Areas for Official Agencies Under the 
USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 2003)); 
and 
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 
SEC. 763. For school year 2019–2020, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of December 31, 2018, shall 
be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accord-
ance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1760(p). 
SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $16,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for an additional 
amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to 
help address the opioid epidemic in rural America. 
SEC. 765. (a) There is hereby appropriated 
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an 
additional amount for Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141. 
(b) Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c), shall be applied for 
fiscal year 2019 as if the following were inserted after the
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final period in subsection (b)(2)(B): ‘‘In addition, the Sec-
retary shall use $425,000,000 of funds available in fiscal 
year 2019 for an additional amount for the same purpose 
as funds appropriated by Sec. 779 of Public Law 115– 
141.’’: Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 717 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 766. For an additional amount for the cost of 
direct loans and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account’’, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 767. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot 
program for the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for 
programs and services to establish and enhance farming 
and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 
SEC. 768. Not later than September 30, 2019, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall finalize the 
draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Bacterial Risk Con-
trol Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and 
Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Avail-
ability of Platelets for Transfusion’’ issued by the Food 
and Drug Administration in March of 2016.
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SEC. 769. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress that includes a summary of 
the process used in establishing the 2020-2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans published pursuant to section 
301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re-
search Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) and an explanation 
with respect to the decision to incorporate or exclude in 
such Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations 
from the report by the National Academies of Science, En-
gineering, and Medicine entitled ‘‘Redesigning the Process 
for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’ 
and issued September, 2017. 
SEC. 770. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
requirement in the final rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Re-
vision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels’’, 
published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2016 (81 
Fed. Reg. 33742), that any single ingredient sugar, honey, 
agave, or syrup (including maple syrup) that is packaged 
and offered for sale as a single ingredient food bear the 
declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g Added Sugars’’.
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SEC. 771. Paragraph (4) of section 1444(a) of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221 (a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No more than’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘For fiscal years ending on or before 
September 30, 2018, no more than’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘by an institution’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘by an eligible institution under this section’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For fiscal years beginning on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2018, the limitation specified in the preceding 
sentence shall not apply and 100 percent of such 
funds may be carried forward to the succeeding fis-
cal year.’’ 
SEC. 772. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the matter fol-
lowing the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 
(c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for 
fruits under the school breakfast program established 
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 773. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 
to any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption
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covered by a major disaster declared by the President in 
calendar year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance— 
(1) to assess damage to agricultural production 
and rural infrastructure; and 
(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted 
farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 
SEC. 774. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 
group (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 
group’’)— 
(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal 
marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify 
the oceans; 
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices 
that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans 
while providing feedstock for agriculture and other 
commercial and industrial inputs; and 
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to de-
velop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of 
kelp and seagrass in order— 
(A) to deacidify ocean environments;
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(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; 
and 
(C) to develop other scalable commercial 
applications for kelp, seagrass, or products de-
rived from kelp or seagrass. 
(b) The working group shall include— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; 
(3) representatives of any relevant offices with-
in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration; and 
(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes— 
(1) the findings of the research described in 
subsection (a); 
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) any policy recommendations based on those 
findings and results. 
SEC. 775. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
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erties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan 
matures; and 
(3) a description of the resources and tools that 
the Rural Housing Service needs from Congress in 
order to preserve the long-term affordability of the 
properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 
SEC. 777. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 
2019, and following the review required under Executive 
Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro-
vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 
Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 
and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 
Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 
a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net 
effects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 778. In addition to any funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for grants from the National Institute of Food and Agri-
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culture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Centers 
of Excellence. 
SEC. 779. Section 6(e)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(e)(1)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
SEC. 780. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and 
Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or 
delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any 
food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the 
FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing con-
sumers of such content. 
SEC. 781. In addition to funds appropriated in this 
Act, there is hereby appropriated $216,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, under the heading ‘‘Food for 
Peace Title II Grants’’: Provided, That the funds made 
available under this section shall be used for the purposes 
set forth in the Food for Peace Act for both emergency 
and non-emergency purposes. 
SEC. 782. Title III of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 et. seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following— ‘‘SEC. 310. 
CONVERSION AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding Title 5, 
United States Code, a student, who is a U.S. Citizen and 
who participates in a scholarship program carried out by
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the Department may be noncompetitively converted to an 
appointment in the competitive service by an agency or 
office within the Department, provided the student meets 
the requirements for such conversion, as determined by 
the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 783. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Farm Serv-
ice Agency’’ $9,000,000 for purposes of making payments 
to producers impacted by an oriental fruit fly quarantine 
as referenced in H.Rpt.115-232 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances 
available under Treasury symbol code 128/90600, 
$5,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 784. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that applicants that are determined 
to be ineligible for the pilot program have a means 
of appealing or otherwise challenging that deter-
mination in a timely fashion; and 
(2) in determining whether an entity may over-
build or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made 
by any entity that has received a broadband loan 
from the Rural Utilities Service, not consider loans 
that were rescinded or defaulted on, or loans the
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terms and conditions of which were not met, if the 
entity under consideration has not previously de-
faulted on, or failed to meet the terms and condi-
tions of, a Rural Utilities Service loan or had a 
Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded. 
SEC. 785. For the cost of loans and grants, 
$3,000,000 under the same terms and conditions as au-
thorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That 
such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 786. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation).
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION 
B—COMMERCE, 
JUSTICE, 
SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 
for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 
firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 
44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend-
ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 
and transportation of employees of the International 
Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 
regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 
employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 
not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair,
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or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay-
ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 
paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 
official 
motor 
vehicles; 
and 
rental 
of 
tie 
lines, 
$495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, of which $11,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 
be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis-
tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 
States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided under 
this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 
compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 
of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 
include payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities.
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BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 
of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 
Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 
seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 
15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $118,050,000, to re-
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main available until expended, except that of the amount 
appropriated, not less than $4,550,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, and shall only be available 
for contractor support to implement the product exclusion 
process for articles covered by actions taken under section 
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 
1862): Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence 
of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out 
these activities: Provided further, That payments and con-
tributions collected and accepted for materials or services 
provided as part of such activities may be retained for use 
in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 
the United States and other governments: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Commerce may transfer up 
to $2,000,000 to this account, from funds available for 
‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’’ or 
for ‘‘Departmental Management, Renovation and Mod-
ernization’’: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, and shall only be available for
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contractor support to implement the product exclusion 
process for articles covered by actions taken under section 
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 
1862): Provided further, That such transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority contained in 
this Act: Provided further, That any such transfer shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 
grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 
$265,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $23,500,000 shall be for grants under such section 
27. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $39,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the
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Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and 
the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $40,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $101,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $270,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities.
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PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
censuses 
and 
programs 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$3,551,388,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That within the 
amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-
sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available 
under this heading for information technology related to 
2020 census delivery, including the Census Enterprise 
Data Collection and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may 
be obligated until the Secretary updates the previous ex-
penditure plan and resubmits to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies for each 
CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the func-
tional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the 
mission benefits to be realized; (B) an updated estimated 
lifecycle cost, including cumulative expenditures to date by
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fiscal year, and all revised estimates for development, 
maintenance, and operations; (C) key milestones to be 
met; and (D) impacts of cost variances on other Census 
programs; (2) details for each project/investment: (A) rea-
sons for any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks 
and mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to 
the Government Accountability Office. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $39,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal 
agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, 
analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees 
shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
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ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Govern-
ment agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated are available for the administration of all open 
grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-
cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 
of the USPTO, $3,370,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-
tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 
2019, so as to result in a fiscal year 2019 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2019, should the total amount of
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such offsetting collections be less than $3,370,000,000 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur-
ther, 
That 
any 
amount 
received 
in 
excess 
of 
$3,370,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 
as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac-
cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 
to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 
amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 
made available in fiscal year 2019 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis-
cal year 2019 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec-
essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 
of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 
under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and
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the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 
8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 
basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap-
ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other-
wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 
USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 
available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 
Provided further, That any differences between the present 
value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 
specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 
USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 
are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 
of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 
22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap-
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propriated, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 
with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 
USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $724,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 
summer undergraduate research fellowship program par-
ticipants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology 
services, $155,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $140,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for the National Network for Manu-
facturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing 
USA’’).
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CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $106,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall include in the budget justification materials that the 
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart-
ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 
Standards and Technology construction project having a 
total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, 
and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall 
include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 
each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
133 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; pilot programs for state-led fisheries management, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, con-
tracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for 
the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coopera-
tive 
agreements; 
and 
relocation 
of 
facilities, 
$3,596,997,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 
National Ocean Service for the management of national 
marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala-
ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, $157,980,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De-
velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer-
ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 
Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys and Assessments; and 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, 
That of the $3,772,477,000 provided for in direct obliga-
tions under this heading, $3,596,997,000 is appropriated 
from the general fund, $157,980,000 is provided by trans-
fer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: Provided further, That any deviation 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the
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explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
heading in previous years, shall be subject to the proce-
dures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,755,349,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$1,768,349,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading, $1,755,349,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries 
of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi-
ation from the amounts designated for specific activities
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in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro-
cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in 
budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an 
estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration procurement, acquisition or construction 
project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simul-
taneously the budget justification shall include an estimate 
of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 
each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, 
That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisi-
tion and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That,
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of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 
may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder-
ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 
Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con-
servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 
listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 
by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu-
lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 
or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 
coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 
further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci-
entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 
for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis-
bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require-
ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 
least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended.
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FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For the necessary expenses associated with the miti-
gation of fishery disasters, $15,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 
for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 
and fishery resource disasters as declared by the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2019, obligations of direct 
loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi-
tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 
Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 
not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa-
tion, $63,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $34,744,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle
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Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–96), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, from the amounts provided under this heading, 
shall be derived from the Public Safety Trust Fund for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and 
audits related to the First Responder Network Authority 
(FirstNet). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
139 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 
or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 
amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 
Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 
applicable with respect to fiscal year 2019: Provided, That 
the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is
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$11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo-
stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 
Program is $10,828,059,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not 
limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv-
ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 
improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 
are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera-
tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 
other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec-
tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re-
ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 
section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 
of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 
costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog-
raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac-
tivity over its networks.
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SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim-
its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 
local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-
ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 
or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 
the Service has provided information to the customer on 
how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus-
tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-
ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re-
producing, and delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter
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into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 
a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex-
pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 
Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 
subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 
permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco-
nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 
of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 
the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 
agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed-
eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 
higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research,
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and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available. 
SEC. 111. Section 110(a) of the Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘management is’’ and inserting 
‘‘management is: (1)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (b).’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b); or (2) for law enforcement activities 
conducted by States under a joint enforcement 
agreement pursuant to section 311(h) of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(h)), any other agreement with 
the Secretary entered into pursuant to section 
311(a) of such Act, or any similar agreement au-
thorized by law.’’. 
SEC. 112. Title II of Division B of Public Law 115– 
123 is amended by striking ‘‘Federal’’ each place it ap-
pears under the heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $113,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart-
ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $32,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 
available to the Department of Justice for information 
technology, to remain available until expended, for enter-
prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
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for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of im-
migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im-
migration Review, $563,407,000, of which $4,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 
Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than 
$11,400,000 shall be available for services and activities 
provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, 
That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the total amount made 
available under this heading shall remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $101,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char-
acter. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-
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ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-
sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-
pointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti-
tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 
the District of Columbia, $904,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay-
ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re-
quire additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts
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to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 
to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such 
sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 
the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reim-
burse the Office of Personnel Management for such sala-
ries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading for the election monitoring 
program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, not less than $193,715,000 shall be available for 
the Criminal Division, including related expenses for the 
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Program. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases 
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
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not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection (and estimated to be $136,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2019), shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2019, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $28,977,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $2,212,000,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
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That each United States Attorney shall establish or par-
ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $226,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, deposits to the United States 
Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 
shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, fees deposited 
into the Fund pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, 
United States Code (as limited by section 1004(b) of the 
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 (division B of Public 
Law 115–72)), shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That to the extent that 
fees deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2019, net of 
amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed 
$226,000,000, those excess amounts shall be available in 
future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 
2019, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
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tors, (estimated at $360,000,000) and (2) to the extent 
that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-
rived from amounts deposited in the Fund in previous fis-
cal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS 
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $2,409,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad-
vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur-
chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 
witness security caravans; and not to exceed $18,000,000 
is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up-
grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-
cure automated information network to store and retrieve
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the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 
Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 
and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States
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Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 
of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service, $1,358,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 
Code, $1,552,397,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid-
ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce-
ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.
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NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the National Security Division, $101,369,000, of which 
not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys-
tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter-
mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 
the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap-
propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most 
significant 
drug 
trafficking 
organizations, 
transnational organized crime, and money laundering or-
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ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter- 
governmental agreements with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 
crime and drug trafficking, $560,000,000, of which 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 
under this heading may be used under authorities avail-
able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-
tion. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States, $9,192,137,000, of 
which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That in addition to other funds 
provided for Construction projects, the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation may use up to $150,000,000 appropriated 
in prior years under this heading for all costs related to 
construction, renovation, and modification of federally 
owned and leased space and expansion of network capabili-
ties.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili-
ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 
law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 
owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$385,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 
token value that promote the goals of such programs, 
$2,267,000,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration may use up to $5,700,000 appropriated in prior
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year funds under this heading for necessary expenses of 
construction. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 
local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training 
and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as-
sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 
or without reimbursement, $1,316,678,000, of which not 
to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 
by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica-
tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 
section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 
and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 
from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of
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title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 
other agencies or Departments. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 
Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 
related issues to foreign governments, $7,250,000,000: 
Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 
Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 
as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De-
partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 
and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 
may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter-
mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay-
able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys-
tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 
the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi-
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cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able for necessary operations until September 30, 2020: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con-
tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to make payments in advance for 
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed-
eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv-
ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 
from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro-
gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not- 
for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre- 
release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili-
ties. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 
of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or
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force account, $264,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be available only for 
costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided, 
That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 
work performed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 
by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 
payment of claims, and expenditures which such account-
ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost
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of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 
shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui-
sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-
lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu-
torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 
of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act
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of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio-
lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and the Rape Survivor 
Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 
2015 
Act’’); 
and 
for 
related 
victims 
services, 
$497,500,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be derived by transfer from amounts available for 
obligation in this Act from the Fund established by section 
1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 
(34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of 
such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise 
made available under this heading: Provided, That except 
as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical as-
sistance: Provided further, That of the amount provided— 
(1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-
lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 
1968 Act; 
(2) $36,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 
by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 
Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re-
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search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 
women and related issues addressed by grant pro-
grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 
which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 
and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 
Justice Programs; 
(4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-
vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 
youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 
men and youth in preventing such violence; and as-
sistance to middle and high school students through 
education and other services related to such violence: 
Provided, That unobligated balances available for 
the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 
41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 
amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 
this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 
the total amount available for this grant program 
shall be available for grants under the program au-
thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 
further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
program;
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(5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar-
rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 
Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 
initiative; 
(6) $37,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 
1994 Act; 
(7) $42,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 
section 304 of the 2005 Act; 
(9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 
services to end violence against and abuse of women 
in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 
1994 Act; 
(11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 
1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 
balances available for the programs authorized by 
section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of
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the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 
Act, shall be available for this program; 
(12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 
to end violence against and abuse of women with 
disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 
2000 Act; 
(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 
Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 
domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 
the 1994 Act; 
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 
violence against Indian women, including as author-
ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 
such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval-
uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of-
fice of Justice Programs; 
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 
that provides training and technical assistance on 
issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 
and Alaska Native women; 
(16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 
governments in exercising special domestic violence 
criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 
the 2013 Act: Provided, That the grant conditions in
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section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 
program; and 
(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 
under the 2015 Act. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 
Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As-
sistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 
Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil-
dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 
for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 
473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); 
the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the
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NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 
and other programs, $80,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which— 
(1) $43,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 
programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 
C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is 
for a nationwide incident-based crime statistics pro-
gram; and 
(2) $37,000,000 is for research, development, 
and evaluation programs, and other activities as au-
thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 
subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act, of which 
$4,000,000 is for research targeted toward devel-
oping a better understanding of the domestic 
radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence- 
based strategies for effective intervention and pre-
vention; $1,000,000 is for research to study the root 
causes of school violence to include the impact and 
effectiveness of grants made under the STOP School 
Violence Act; $1,000,000 is for a study to better 
protect children against online predatory behavior as 
part of the National Juvenile Online Victimization
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Studies (N–JOVS); and $3,000,000 is for a national 
center for restorative justice. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 
Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 
title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 
and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
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(Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat-
ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 
113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 
and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) 
(‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (di-
vision Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s 
Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title 
III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep 
Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act 
of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 
(‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 
2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); and the SUPPORT 
for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); 
and other programs, $1,723,000,000, to remain available 
until expended as follows— 
(1) $423,500,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 
by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act 
(except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 
for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the
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1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 
of 
which, 
notwithstanding 
such 
subpart 
1, 
$12,000,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III 
Memorial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against 
Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv-
ability (VALOR), $7,500,000 is for an initiative to 
support evidence-based policing, $8,000,000 is for 
an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-mak-
ing, $2,400,000 is for the operationalization, mainte-
nance and expansion of the National Missing and 
Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for an 
academic based training initiative to improve police- 
based responses to people with mental illness or de-
velopmental disabilities, $2,000,000 is for a student 
loan repayment assistance program pursuant to sec-
tion 952 of Public Law 110–315, $15,500,000 is for 
prison rape prevention and prosecution grants to 
States and units of local government, and other pro-
grams, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimi-
nation 
Act 
of 
2003 
(Public 
Law 
108–79), 
$2,000,000 is for a grant program authorized by 
Kevin and Avonte’s Law, $3,000,000 is for a re-
gional 
law 
enforcement 
technology 
initiative, 
$20,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime 
and gang violence, as authorized by Public Law
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115–185, $5,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation 
Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 
wrongful conviction review, $2,000,000 is for emer-
gency law enforcement assistance for events occur-
ring during or after fiscal year 2019, as authorized 
by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 
1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101), $2,000,000 is for grants 
to States and units of local government to deploy 
managed access systems to combat contraband cell 
phone use in prison, $2,000,000 is for a program to 
improve juvenile indigent defense, and $8,000,000 is 
for community-based violence prevention initiatives; 
(2) $243,500,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program, as authorized by section 
241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction 
shall request compensation for any cost greater than 
the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 
detainees housed in State and local detention facili-
ties; 
(3) $85,000,000 for victim services programs 
for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 
107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au-
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thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 
authorized under Public Law 113–4; 
(4) $14,000,000 for economic, high technology, 
white collar, and Internet crime prevention grants, 
including as authorized by section 401 of Public 
Law 110–403, of which $2,500,000 is for competi-
tive grants that help State and local law enforce-
ment 
tackle 
intellectual 
property 
thefts, 
and 
$2,000,000 for a competitive grant program for 
training students in computer forensics and digital 
investigation; 
(5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 
assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 
and related activities; 
(6) $25,000,000 for the matching grant pro-
gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 
by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 
That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Of-
fice of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 
testing and evaluation programs; 
(7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 
Public Website; 
(8) $75,000,000 for grants to States to up-
grade criminal and mental health records for the
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National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-
tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im-
provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 
(9) $30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 
I of the 1968 Act; 
(10) $130,000,000 for DNA-related and foren-
sic programs and activities, of which— 
(A) $120,000,000 is for a DNA analysis 
and capacity enhancement program and for 
other local, State, and Federal forensic activi-
ties, including the purposes authorized under 
section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 
Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 
available under this paragraph may be used for 
the purposes described in the DNA Training 
and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc-
tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 
(Public Law 108–405, section 303); 
(B) $6,000,000 is for the purposes de-
scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic-
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tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 
108–405, section 412); and 
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo-
rensic Exam Program grants, including as au-
thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 
(11) $48,000,000 for a grant program for com-
munity-based sexual assault response reform; 
(12) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed spe-
cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 
of the 1990 Act; 
(13) $37,500,000 for assistance to Indian 
tribes; 
(14) $87,500,000 for offender reentry programs 
and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 
to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is for 
a program to improve State, local, and tribal proba-
tion or parole supervision efforts and strategies, 
$5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents 
Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental 
and family relationships for incarcerated parents as 
a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy, and 
$4,000,000 is for additional replication sites employ-
ing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with
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Enforcement model implementing swift and certain 
sanctions in probation, and for a research project on 
the effectiveness of the model: Provided, That up to 
$7,500,000 of funds made available in this para-
graph may be used for performance-based awards 
for Pay for Success projects, of which up to 
$5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs 
implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing 
Model; 
(15) $66,500,000 for initiatives to improve po-
lice-community relations, of which $22,500,000 is 
for a competitive matching grant program for pur-
chases of body-worn cameras for State, local and 
Tribal law enforcement, $27,000,000 is for a justice 
reinvestment initiative, for activities related to crimi-
nal justice reform and recidivism reduction, and 
$17,000,000 is for an Edward Byrne Memorial 
criminal justice innovation program; 
(16) $347,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 
abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 
CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 
address opioid abuse reduction consistent with un-
derlying program authorities—
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(A) $77,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 
the 1968 Act; 
(B) $31,000,000 for mental health courts 
and adult and juvenile collaboration program 
grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 
title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Of-
fender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau-
thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub-
lic Law 110–416); 
(C) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential 
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris-
oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 
1968 Act; 
(D) $22,000,000 for a veterans treatment 
courts program; 
(E) $30,000,000 for a program to monitor 
prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 
products; and 
(F) $157,000,000 for a comprehensive 
opioid abuse program; 
(17) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant pro-
gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 
Act; and
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(18) $75,000,000 for grants to be administered 
by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes au-
thorized under the STOP School Violence Act: 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 
the funds made available under this heading to increase 
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 
enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub-
lic sector safety service. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecu-
torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 
of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 
Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women