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port operations in, and assistance for, Afghanistan and 
to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $68,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which $54,900,000 shall be for the 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
(SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 
printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’, $96,240,000: Provided,
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That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $967,456,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 
$158,067,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’, $584,278,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds shall be apportioned 
to the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia-
tives’’, $62,043,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $1,167,622,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ to respond to refugee crises, including 
in Africa, the Near East, South and Central Asia, and 
Europe and Eurasia, $493,976,000, to remain available 
until expended, except that such funds shall not be made 
available for the resettlement costs of refugees in the 
United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $417,951,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and 
Related 
Programs’’, 
$220,583,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, $325,213,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is des-
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ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds 
available for obligation under this heading in this Act may 
be used to pay assessed expenses of international peace-
keeping activities in Somalia, subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, $460,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act for fiscal year 2019.
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EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro-
priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 
authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria-
tions accounts. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 8003. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN AC-
COUNTS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds appropriated by this title 
under such headings. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated by this title under such 
headings. 
(b) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this section, up to
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$7,500,000 from funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ by this title in this Act may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds previously made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Global Security Contingency 
Fund’’. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The transfer authority provided in 
subsection (a) may only be exercised to address contin-
gencies. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—The transfer authority provided 
by this section shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That such transfer authority 
is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 
under any other provision of law, including section 610 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exer-
cised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this 
title. 
DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 8004. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse-
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quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 101. Section 177 of division C of Public Law 
114–223, as amended by Public Law 114–254, is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and the 116th Congress’’ after ‘‘the 
115th Congress’’ in each instance it appears. 
SEC. 102. (a) During fiscal year 2019 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Architect of the Capitol under the 
heading ‘‘House Office Buildings’’ may be transferred to 
the House of Representatives and merged with and made 
available under the heading ‘‘Allowances and Expenses’’, 
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The period of availability of any amounts trans-
ferred to the House of Representatives under this section 
shall be the same period of availability applicable to such 
amounts as appropriated for the Architect of the Capitol.
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SEC. 103. Section 243 of title II of division C of Pub-
lic Law 115–244 is amended by inserting ‘‘248’’ after 
‘‘section’’. 
SEC. 104. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 
any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem-
ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com-
pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 
as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 
ends. 
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means 
any of the following whose salaries and expenses are pro-
vided in any division of this consolidated Act: 
(1) A Federal employee. 
(2) An employee of the District of Columbia 
Courts. 
(3) An employee of the Public Defender Service 
for the District of Columbia. 
(4) A District of Columbia Government em-
ployee. 
(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by any division 
of this consolidated Act for the purposes of maintaining 
the essential level of activity to protect life and property 
and bringing about orderly termination of Government
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functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by 
law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in ac-
cord with the provisions of any division of this consoli-
dated Act. 
SEC. 105. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
by the Federal Government during such period had 
appropriations been available, including the cost of 
compensating such furloughed employees, together 
with interest thereon calculated under section 
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 
the grantee), together with interest thereon cal-
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culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri-
tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 
terms under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 
State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 
State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 
to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri-
ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 
of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
priations with respect to any department or agency of the 
Federal Government receiving funding in any division of 
this consolidated Act which, but for such lapse in appro-
priations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relat-
ing to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with 
respect to the program involved. Payments and reimburse-
ments under this authority shall be made only to the ex-
tent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts.
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SEC. 106. (a) Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2302(20)(B)), as amended by section 7 of the 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 
21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, except that, for the purpose of section 132, 
the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in 
this subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate de-
gree’’ after ‘‘associate degree’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on July 1, 2019, as if included in the Strengthening 
Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 
(Public Law 115–224). 
TITLE II 
EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 201. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 
4026) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ for ‘‘December 7, 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. The authority provided under title XXI of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621 et 
seq.), as amended by section 2(a) of the Protecting and 
Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113–254), shall continue in effect 
through September 30, 2019.
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SEC. 203. (a) The following sections of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue 
in effect through March 1, 2019— 
(1) subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
4(i)(1) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(C)–(E)); 
(2) section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 
(3) section 4(k)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(4)); 
and 
(4) section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8(c)(3)(B)). 
(b)(1) Section 4(i)(1)(I) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a– 
1(i)(1)(I)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(2)), section 33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘March 1, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’.
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SEC. 204. Section 319L(e)(1)(A) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(A)) shall 
continue in effect through September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 205. Section 405(a) of the Pandemic and All- 
Hazards Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6a note) shall 
continue in effect through September 30, 2019. 
TANF PROGRAM EXTENSIONS 
SEC. 206. (a) FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(1)) is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 
2020’’. 
(b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON-
SIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019 and 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2017 or 2018’’. 
(c) CONTINGENCY FUND.—Section 403(b)(2) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2019 and 
2020’’. 
(d) TRIBAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Para-
graphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section 412(a) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 612(a)) are each amended by striking ‘‘2017 
and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’.
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(e) CHILD CARE.—Section 418(a)(3) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 
(f) 
GRANTS
TO
THE
TERRITORIES.—Section 
1108(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 
2020’’. 
MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES 
SEC. 207. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended by re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting 
after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT 
AND OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(A) 
REPORTING
AGREEMENT.—Each 
State and the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement specifying the manner by which the 
information and data described in this para-
graph shall be collected and reported to the 
Secretary beginning in fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(i) OUTCOMES FOR EXITING RECIPI-
ENTS.—Information and data regarding 
families who formerly received assistance 
and included a work-eligible individual 
(disaggregated by type of family, reason 
for exit, and participation in work activi-
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ties during the preceding fiscal year) under 
the State program funded under this part 
or under any State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), with respect to 
the following: 
‘‘(I) The percentage with at least 
1 formerly work-eligible individual em-
ployed during the 2nd quarter after 
exiting from the program. 
‘‘(II) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during the 4th quar-
ter after exiting from the program. 
‘‘(III) The median earnings when 
at least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual is employed during the 2d 
quarter after exiting from the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(IV) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during any of the 
first 4 quarters after exiting from the 
program.
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‘‘(V) The distribution of income 
and earnings, including relative to 
poverty and deep poverty, for each of 
the first 4 quarters ending after the 
quarter of exit from assistance. 
‘‘(VI) The percentage who, at the 
time of exit from the program, were 
subject to the following: 
‘‘(aa) A penalty under sec-
tion 407(e). 
‘‘(bb) A sanction or penalty 
described in section 404 or 408. 
‘‘(cc) A penalty or sanction 
not described in item (aa) or 
(bb). 
‘‘(ii) ENGAGEMENT
AND
EMPLOY-
MENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(I) WORK-ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—In the case of current work-el-
igible individuals under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under 
any State program funded with quali-
fied State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following
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information relative to current quarter 
being reported: 
‘‘(aa) Earnings in each of 
the 4 quarters immediately pre-
ceding the quarter. 
‘‘(bb) Standard measures of 
employment, earnings, receipt of 
assistance, and participation in 
work activities (as defined in sec-
tion 407(d)) in each of the first 
4 quarters following the quarter. 
‘‘(II) ALL
RECIPIENTS.— The 
percentage of recipients of assistance 
under the State program funded 
under this part who have not attained 
24 years of age and who obtain a high 
school degree or its recognized equiva-
lent while receiving the assistance. 
‘‘(B) STATISTICAL
ADJUSTMENT
MODEL 
FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 
relevant experts, shall develop recommendations 
by March 1, 2020, on how to establish and dis-
seminate an objective statistical model that will 
allow the Secretary to make adjustments to the
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data reported pursuant to subclauses (I) 
through (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i) of this 
paragraph, based on economic conditions and 
the characteristics of participants. To the ex-
tent practicable, the recommendations shall be 
compatible with the statistical adjustment 
model 
developed 
under 
section 
116(b)(3)(A)(viii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(3)(A)(viii)) and, with respect to a 
State, the State adjusted levels of performance 
established for the State under that section.’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE 
STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDINATION 
SEC. 208. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(d) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(d)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED 
INTEROPERABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with an interagency work group estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget and 
considering State government perspectives, by rule, 
designate data exchange standards to govern, under 
this part—
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‘‘(A) necessary categories of information 
that State agencies operating programs under 
State plans approved under this part are re-
quired under applicable Federal law to elec-
tronically exchange with another State agency; 
and 
‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange 
required under applicable Federal law. 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
data 
exchange 
standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex-
tent practicable— 
‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non- 
proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for-
mat, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 
‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards devel-
oped and maintained by intergovernmental 
partnerships, such as the National Information 
Exchange Model; 
‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards 
developed and maintained by Federal entities 
with authority over contracting and financial 
assistance; 
‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting principles;
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‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is 
cost-effective and improves program efficiency 
and effectiveness; and 
‘‘(F) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require a 
change to existing data exchange standards found to 
be effective and efficient.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than the date that 
is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
issue a proposed rule that— 
(1) identifies federally required data exchanges, 
include specification and timing of exchanges to be 
standardized, and address the factors used in deter-
mining whether and when to standardize data ex-
changes; and 
(2) specifies State implementation options and 
describes future milestones. 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 209. Section 306(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 506(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘individuals’’ and inserting 
‘‘claimants of regular compensation, including claim-
ants’’; and
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(2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘section 
303(j)’’. 
TITLE III 
MEDICAID EXTENDERS 
EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON 
REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION 
SEC. 301. (a) GENERAL FUNDING.—Section 6071(h) 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a 
note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) 
subject 
to 
paragraph 
(3), 
$112,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), amounts 
made’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
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‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR FY 2019.—Funds ap-
propriated under paragraph (1)(F) shall be made 
available for grants to States only if such States 
have an approved MFP demonstration project under 
this section as of December 31, 2018.’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IM-
PROVEMENT; TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE; OVERSIGHT.— 
Section 6071(f) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (h)(1)(F) for fiscal year 
2019, $500,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
for such fiscal year to carry out this subsection.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6071(b) of 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.’’. 
EXTENSION OF PROTECTION FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS 
OF
HOME
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES 
AGAINST SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT 
SEC. 302. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of Public 
Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) is amended by
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striking ‘‘the 5-year period that begins on January 1, 
2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘the period beginning on January 
1, 2014, and ending on March 31, 2019,’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) PROTECTING STATE SPOUSAL INCOME AND 
ASSET
DISREGARD
FLEXIBILITY
UNDER
WAIVERS 
AND PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Nothing in section 2404 
of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) or 
section 1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r–5) shall be construed as prohibiting a State 
from disregarding an individual’s spousal income 
and assets under a State waiver or plan amendment 
described in paragraph (2) for purposes of making 
determinations of eligibility for home and commu-
nity-based services or home and community-based 
attendant services and supports under such waiver 
or plan amendment. 
(2) STATE WAIVER OR PLAN AMENDMENT DE-
SCRIBED.—A State waiver or plan amendment de-
scribed in this paragraph is any of the following: 
(A) A waiver or plan amendment to pro-
vide medical assistance for home and commu-
nity-based services under a waiver or plan 
amendment under subsection (c), (d), or (i) of 
section 1915 of the Social Security Act (42