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support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 
Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to re-
main available until September 30, 2020, shall be for audits 
and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of 
the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Op-
portunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast 
States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and
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services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; $169,634,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of 
which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET 
RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the Emer-
gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–343), $17,500,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for-
eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 
concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence
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activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for as-
sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which not to exceed 
$34,335,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of 
the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed 
$4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
is for information systems modernization initiatives; and 
of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
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penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 
be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 
label applications: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 for 
circulating coinage and protective service capital invest-
ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$30,000,000.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $182,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com-
munity Development Financial Institutions Assist-
ance awards, is available until September 30, 2020, 
for financial assistance and technical assistance 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans: 
Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for
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the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$25,000,000; 
(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2020, for fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified com-
munity development lender organizations with experi-
ence and expertise in community development bank-
ing and lending in Indian country, Native American 
organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and 
other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, includ-
ing administration of CDFI fund programs and the 
New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not less 
than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to better 
assess and inform CDFI investment performance, and 
up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program; and
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(5) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That 
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 
such section 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in 
effect until December 31, 2019: Provided further, That 
of the funds awarded under this heading, not less 
than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
investments that serve populations living in persistent 
poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent 
or more of its population living in poverty over the 
past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 de-
cennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5-year data se-
ries available from the American Community Survey 
of the Census Bureau.
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo-
cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $2,506,554,000, of which not less than $9,890,000 
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 
of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for 
low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax 
Assistance matching grants program for tax return prepa-
ration assistance, and of which not less than $206,000,000 
shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 
Advocate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than 
$5,500,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud case-
work. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes
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related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and of which not less than $60,257,000 
shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement 
program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, in-
cluding rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; 
physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide admin-
istration activities; research and statistics of income; tele-
communications; information technology development, en-
hancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the oper-
ations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$3,709,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020; of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and
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renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for re-
search; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Inter-
nal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States 
detailing the cost and schedule performance for its major 
information technology investments, including the purpose 
and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any 
cost and schedule variances; the risks of such investments 
and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to 
mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental mile-
stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 
quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 
2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-
mation for its major information technology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related contrac-
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tual costs of said acquisitions, including related Internal 
Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ-
ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General 
of the United States detailing the cost and schedule perform-
ance for major information technology investments, includ-
ing the purposes and life-cycle stages of the investments; the 
reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of 
such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue 
Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected 
developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be in-
curred in the next quarter. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the
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following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with 
taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial 
application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax-
payers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 
and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response 
time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard 
to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the In-
ternal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 
a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de-
termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 
taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of the 
video. 
SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
employer making employment tax payments, and such no-
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tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new 
address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com-
promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud 
by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be-
liefs. 
SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap-
ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 
of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 
2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi-
ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 
California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037).
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SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection proc-
ess with respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless 
such program or process takes into account the con-
duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 
former employee. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 
6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 
a proposed final return or statement for use by such person 
to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
$77,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2020, shall 
be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer Serv-
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ices’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts of 
the Internal Revenue Service for an additional amount to 
be used solely for carrying out Public Law 115–97: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be available until the Com-
missioner submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending 
plan for such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of
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Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 
under this section may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover
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the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
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the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2019 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019. 
SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 
Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department- 
wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 
Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For-
feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 
previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 
that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 
of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 
for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 
customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. During fiscal year 2019— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of the 
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to 
issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
mine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including the proposed regulations published at 78 
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for purposes of determining status under 
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
ated on, before, or after such date.
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SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall submit reports on their ac-
tivities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 
and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 
and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall make officials available to 
testify on the contents of the reports required under sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 127. Amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ shall be 
available to reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Salaries 
and Expenses’’ account for expenses incurred in such ac-
count for reception and representation expenses to support 
activities of the Financial Action Task Force. 
SEC. 128. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing Fund may be used for the acquisition of necessary 
land for, and construction of, a replacement currency pro-
duction facility. 
SEC. 129. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network and the appropriate divisions of the Department 
of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on any 
Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016, includ-
ing— 
(1) the type of data collected; 
(2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work uses the data; 
(3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network needs more authority to combat money laun-
dering through high-end real estate; 
(4) how a record of beneficial ownership would 
improve and assist law enforcement efforts to inves-
tigate and prosecute criminal activity and prevent
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the use of shell companies to facilitate money laun-
dering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, election 
fraud, and other illegal activity; and 
(5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic 
Targeting Orders on a permanent basis on all real es-
tate transactions in the United States greater than 
$300,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 
3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in-
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cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, $13,081,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to
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maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that con-
sists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the
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amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events with-
in the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or non-
political: Provided further, That no provision of this para-
graph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or 
II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
105(d), $750,000, to remain available until expended, for 
required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 
issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$100,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re-
main available until expended for continued modernization 
of information resources within the Executive Office of the 
President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $101,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses:
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Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 
the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 
actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi-
cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 
Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for 
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed 
by the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available for the Office of Management and Budget 
by this Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior 
staff position shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the 
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this or prior 
Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of 
Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if 
water resource project or study reports submitted by the 
Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army
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are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 
planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 
which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 
matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 
not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 
the Office of Management and Budget review period based 
on the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume 
Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the re-
port and act accordingly. 
In addition, $2,000,000 for the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedi-
cated to regulatory review and reforms: Provided, That 
these amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purpose: Provided further, That these 
funds may not be used to backfill vacancies.
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or pub-
lic organizations or agencies, with or without reimburse-
ment, $18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized 
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $280,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
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ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen-
cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 
up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and as-
sociated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2017 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re-
programming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2018, shall be fund-
ed at not less than the fiscal year 2018 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2019 fund-
ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 
of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in con-
sultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon
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a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $117,327,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available as follows: 
$99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by sec-
tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public Law 
109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug court 
training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti- 
doping activities; $2,577,000 for the United States member-
ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 
shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public 
Law 109–469; and $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for activities authorized by section 103 
of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this heading may be transferred to other
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Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activi-
ties. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $19,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 
funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 
to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
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accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $4,288,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se-
curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 
of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 
and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director
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of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi-
cer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 
to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 
appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per-
cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 
the approval of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2019, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the 
President shall be accompanied by a written statement from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on 
the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and reve-
nues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order or
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memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each year 
in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2019; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2019. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum 
is issued during fiscal year 2019 due to a national emer-
gency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later 
than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum 
is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
$100,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
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building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $84,703,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$15,999,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$32,016,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $19,450,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 
the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
by law, $5,154,461,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration 
projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts
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of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $8,475,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 
and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 
other services for such representations as authorized by law; 
the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 
18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 
in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
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penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $1,140,846,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $49,750,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332. 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con-
trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa-
trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by
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the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$604,460,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$92,413,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,819,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
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2020, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$18,548,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 
and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
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or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu-
tive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 
as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 
that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home-
land Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 
services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the
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United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-
trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘28 years and 6 months’’; and 
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District 
of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘24 years and 6 months’’ and 
inserting ‘‘25 years and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 
U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat-
ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘25 
years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 6 
months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 
107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘16 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘17 years’’;
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(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘15 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘16 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western 
district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘14 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students
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and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 
Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
made and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur-
rounding jurisdictions, $12,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
events related to the presence of the National Capital in 
the District of Columbia, including support requested by
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the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 
out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup-
port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris-
dictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, $244,939,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $13,379,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of Co-
lumbia, $121,251,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court System, $71,909,000, of which not 
to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $38,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended con-
sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 
study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
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by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
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sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not more than $20,000,000 in un-
obligated funds provided in this account may be transferred 
to and merged with funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to 
be available for the same period and purposes as funds 
made available under that heading for capital improve-
ments to District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided under this heading shall 
be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Ad-
ministration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, this ap-
propriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies.
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FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $256,724,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $183,166,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision 
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or 
the provision of services for or related to such persons, of 
which $5,919,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation under a re-
placement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and 
related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $73,558,000 shall be avail-
able to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $7,304,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for costs 
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 
headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned 
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and ob-
ligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may 
be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-
cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$45,858,000, of which $4,471,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation 
under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field of-
fices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 
and Budget and obligated and expended in the same man-
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ner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Fed-
eral agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $270,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who
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were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
portunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall be for the ac-
tivities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the 
Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified 
in section 3009 of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$2,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘PART A—SUM-
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MARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the rate set forth under such 
heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Re-
quest Act of 2018 submitted to Congress by the District of 
Columbia, as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Offi-
cial Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 
47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi-
sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act 
for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal 
year 2019 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates 
included in the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 
2018 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia, 
as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the 
sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans-
actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated 
operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such in-
creases shall be approved by enactment of local District law 
and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained 
in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
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lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ-
ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2019, except that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2020, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $281,500,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 
which not less than $57,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, shall be for the purchase of information 
technology and of which not less than $3,302,509 shall be 
for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, 
That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 
amounts provided under this heading are available for the 
liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments 
on leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, 
such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-
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year account in the Treasury, which has been established 
for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui-
dating such unpaid obligations. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$126,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2019, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety
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Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate;
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(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $9,200,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology for election reform activi-
ties authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$333,118,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $333,118,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the
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Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of 
$333,118,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall not be available for 
obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting col-
lections from prior years collected in excess of the amount 
specified for collection in each such year and otherwise be-
coming available on October 1, 2018, shall not be available 
for obligation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive 
bidding system that may be retained and made available 
for obligation shall not exceed $130,284,000 for fiscal year 
2019: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $11,064,000 shall be for 
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February
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27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 
on Universal Service regarding single connection or pri-
mary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res-
olution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 
and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
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ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $309,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, not to exceed $136,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from 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, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$17,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees suffi-
cient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $156,700,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 
of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1831t).
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, 
approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such
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buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $9,633,450,000, of which— 
(1) $1,080,068,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) as follows: 
(A) $767,900,000 shall be for the Depart-
ment of Transportation Lease Purchase Option, 
Washington, District of Columbia; 
(B) $100,000,000 shall be for the DHS Con-
solidation at St. Elizabeths, Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia; 
(C) $27,268,000 shall be for the Former 
Hardesty Federal Complex, Kansas City, Mis-
souri; 
(D) $9,000,000 shall be for the Southeast 
Federal Center Remediation, Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia; and 
(E) $175,900,000 shall be for the Calexico 
West Land Port of Entry, Calexico, California: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction and acquisition projects may be ex-
ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other
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such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the 
amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if re-
quired, unless advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount; 
(2) $890,419,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $424,690,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $373,556,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $92,173,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which— 
(i) $30,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; 
(ii) $11,500,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; and 
(iii) $50,673,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
That 
no 
consolidation 
project 
exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, That 
consolidation projects are approved by each 
of the committees specified in section
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3307(a) of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That preference is given to 
consolidation projects that achieve a utiliza-
tion rate of 130 usable square feet or less 
per person for office space: Provided further, 
That the obligation of funds under this 
paragraph for consolidation activities may 
not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and explanation for each 
project to be undertaken, including esti-
mated savings, has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
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vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 
any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing secu-
rity improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance with 
current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the 
House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif-
ference between the funds appropriated and expended 
on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or 
any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may 
be used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,418,845,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,244,118,000 for building operations to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the 
total amount of funds made available from this Fund 
to the General Services Administration shall not be
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available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts nec-
essary to provide reimbursable special services to 
other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and 
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or 
other property not in Government ownership or con-
trol as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 
That revenues and collections and any other sums ac-
cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2019, exclud-
ing reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in ex-
cess of the aggregate new obligational authority au-
thorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 
Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund
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and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
associated with the management of real and personal prop-
erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern-
ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui-
sition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology man-
agement, and related technology activities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,499,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, manage-
ment, and communications; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which not less than 
$26,890,000 is for Real and Personal Property Management 
and Disposal; and up to $22,550,000 is for the Office of 
the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
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CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
Contract Appeals, $9,301,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
In 
addition 
to 
the 
foregoing 
appropriation, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General on In-
tegrity 
and 
Efficiency 
for 
enhancements 
to 
www.oversight.gov: Provided, That these amounts shall be 
in addition to any other amounts available to the Council 
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for 
such purpose.
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ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$4,796,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 
Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support 
of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government 
to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, 
through the development and implementation of innovative 
uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to be deposited 
into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the 
previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to 
carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
$100,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, reve-
nues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund
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during fiscal year 2019 in excess of such amount shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
Act. 
ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND 
For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets 
Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), 
$15,500,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and 
Space Management Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 
Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
4370m–8(d), $6,070,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings Fund
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activities may be transferred between such activities only 
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2020 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of
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the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 
that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 
delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 
agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary 
Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E–Govern-
ment projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen 
Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall 
submit a spending plan and explanation for each project 
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 
Law 93–642, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by
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5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,875,000, to remain available until expended, of which, 
notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to 
$50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant 
to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Pub-
lic Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106– 
568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading $200,000 shall
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be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the De-
partment of the Interior, to remain available until ex-
pended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 
maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $375,105,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
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Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 
16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,801,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2020, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$16,439,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive
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Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and pay-
ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$132,172,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $14,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for infor-
mation technology infrastructure modernization and Trust 
Fund Federal Financial System migration or moderniza-
tion, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, $639,018 
may be made available for strengthening the capacity and 
capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, 
training, and retention of such workforce and information 
technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness 
or for management solutions to improve acquisition man-
agement; and in addition $133,483,000 for administrative 
expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 
of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 
insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions 
of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use
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applicable 
trust 
funds 
as 
provided 
by 
sections 
8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 
8988(f)(2)(A), 
and 
9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 
OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of 
July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Pro-
vided further, That the President’s Commission on White 
House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 
of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2019, accept 
donations of money, property, and personal services: Pro-
vided further, That such donations, including those from 
prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
materials to provide information about the White House 
Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 for administrative ex-
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penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public Law 107– 
304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed Services Em-
ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Ac-
countability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), 
$15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Serv-
ice Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 
such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,658,302,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which not less than $15,206,269 shall be for the Office of
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Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be 
available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for con-
sultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with for-
eign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis-
tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com-
mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 
(1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans-
portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of 
which not less than $75,081,000 shall be for the Division 
of Economic and Risk Analysis. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 
Commission’s New York regional office facilities, not to ex-
ceed $37,188,942, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate under 
section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, all amounts appro-
priated under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular 
appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2019: Pro-
vided further, That fees and charges authorized by section 
31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee)
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shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,658,302,000 of such 
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for 
necessary expenses of this account and not to exceed 
$37,188,942 of such offsetting collections shall be available 
until expended for costs under this heading associated with 
relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s 
New York regional office facilities: Provided further, That 
the total amount appropriated under this heading from the 
general fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced as such 
offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That if any 
amount of the appropriation for costs associated with relo-
cation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s New 
York regional office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by 
the Commission, such amount that was derived from the 
general fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such 
amounts that were derived from fees or assessments collected 
for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities 
exchange and national securities association, respectively, 
in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such na-
tional securities exchange or national securities association 
under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2019.
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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $26,000,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 
be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
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sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2019: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the 
Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $241,600,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That $130,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020 as author-
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ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 
further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $21,900,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
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vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2019 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2019 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2019 commitments for loans authorized under sub-
paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2019 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That dur-
ing fiscal year 2019, guarantees of trust certificates author-
ized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration 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 transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available to the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be pro-
vided to a company— 
(1) that is headquarted in the People’s Republic 
of China; or 
(2) for which more than 25 percent of the voting 
stock of the company is owned by affiliates that are 
citizens of the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 532. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration 
shall conduct a study on whether the provision of match-
making services that, using data collected through outside
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entities such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran 
entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors or 
geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans en-
trepreneurship programs of the Administration. 
SEC. 533. The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall— 
(1) work with Federal agencies to review each 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion’s efforts to comply with the requirements under 
section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(k)); and 
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives— 
(A) a report on Federal agency compliance 
with the requirements under such section 15(k); 
and 
(B) a report detailing the status of issuance 
by the Small Business Administration of de-
tailed guidance for the peer review process of the 
Small Business Procurement Advisory Council 
in order to facilitate a more in depth review of
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Federal agency compliance with the requirements 
under such section 15(k). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $55,235,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting 
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided 
further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail 
shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee 
of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or 
any individual participating in a State or local program 
of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested 
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and 
other small post offices.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$51,515,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
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cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
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SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza-
tion or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall 
include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescis-
sions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) 
a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by 
object class and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be 
reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required 
date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
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maining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 
Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express
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written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 
apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
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were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
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of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case 
of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General
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Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil
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Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 
any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in 
prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over-
sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 
for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) 
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) 
in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds 
collected by the Board between January 1, 2018 and Decem-
ber 31, 2018, including accrued interest, as a result of the 
assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obli-
gation in fiscal year 2019 shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group
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on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an op-
tion on a contract to a contractor conducting the final qual-
ity review processes for background investigation fieldwork 
services or background investigation support services that, 
as of the date of the award of the contract, are being con-
ducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of
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the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 
of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II.
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SEC. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography.
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program and unless such awards or in-
centive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 
SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activi-
ties that result in a total cost to an Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board or commission of more than
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$500,000 at any single conference unless the head of the Ex-
ecutive branch department, agency, board, or commission 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that includes the basis of that determination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless the head of the Executive branch department, agency, 
board, or commission determines that such attendance is 
in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination. 
SEC. 632. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by depart-
ments and agencies funded in this Act to acquire tele-
communications equipment produced by Huawei Tech-
nologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or 
moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
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egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the Fed-
eral Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
such system, including any risk associated with such 
system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 
by one or more entities identified by the United 
States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ-
ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-
rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa-
tion.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high- 
impact or moderate impact information system reviewed 
and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as-
sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi-
tion of such system is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in (1), 
provided that such report may include a classified 
annex as necessary. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used for airline accommodations for any officer 
(as defined in section 2104 of title 5, United States Code) 
or employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United 
States Code) in the executive branch that are not coach- 
class accommodations (which term is defined, for purposes
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of this section, as the basic class of accommodation by air-
lines that is normally the lowest fare offered regardless of 
airline terminology used, and (as referred to by airlines) 
may include tourist class or economy class, as well as single 
class when the airline offers only one class of accommoda-
tions to all travelers), unless such accommodations are con-
sistent with section 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act) and, with respect to subsection (a)(3) and (b)(2) of 
such section, written authorization is provided by the head 
of the agency (or, if the accommodations are for the head 
of the agency, by the Inspector General of the agency). 
SEC. 634. The Comptroller General of the United 
States, in consultation with relevant regulators, shall con-
duct a study that— 
(1) examines the financial impact of the mineral 
pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations; and 
(2) provides recommendations on regulatory and 
legislative actions needed to help mitigate the finan-
cial impact described in paragraph (1) on banks, 
mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which the 
maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits 
may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
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tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceed-
ed by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 
acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of 
comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, 
That the limits set forth in this section shall not apply to 
any vehicle that is a commercial item and which operates 
on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 
plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
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shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants 
received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information;
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AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 
loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 
guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and 
Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to 
be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm 
ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership di-
rect loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed op-
erating loans and $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; 
emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisi-
tion loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 
$60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 
pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 
weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
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such Act: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for grants 
authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act in addition to funding author-
ized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such grants may 
not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans 
and grants including water and waste disposal systems 
grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes au-
thorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 
consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 
105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 
of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State 
of Alaska for training and technical assistance programs 
and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and tech-
nical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to ex-