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statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza-
tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 
SEC. 213. In addition to any amounts that otherwise 
may be available (or authorized to be made available) by 
law, 7 percent of funds made available for grant or reim-
bursement programs— 
(1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’ (except for funds made 
available under paragraph (2) under such heading); 
and 
(2) under the headings ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams’’ (except for funds made available under para-
graph (3) under such heading) and ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services Programs’’, to be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’, 
shall be available for assistance to Indian tribes without 
regard to the authorizations for such grant or reimburse-
ment programs. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act.
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SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi-
nal background check system established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce-
ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire-
arm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer 
knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug 
cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United 
States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all 
times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2018, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2018, and 
any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds
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shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-
gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 
title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 2018, and any use, obligation, 
transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $5,544,000.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,858,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That the formulation and de-
velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 
James 
Webb 
Space 
Telescope 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de-
velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi-
tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin-
istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets
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the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30104: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided, $495,000,000 is for an orbiter and a lander to meet 
the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as out-
lined in the most recent planetary science decadal survey: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall use the Space Launch System 
as the launch vehicles for the Jupiter Europa mission, 
plan for an orbiter launch no later than 2022 and a lander 
launch no later than 2024, and include in the fiscal year 
2019 budget the 5-year funding profile necessary to 
achieve these goals. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
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administrative aircraft, $660,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $686,500,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and
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5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,550,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not less 
than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 
(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for Explo-
ration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 
$600,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget sub-
mission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated budget 
that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi- 
Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems, 
that will meet the Exploration Mission 2 (EM–2) manage-
ment agreement launch date of no later than 2021 at a 
success level equal to the Agency Baseline Commitment
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for EM–2 of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Pro-
vided further, That $450,000,000 shall be for exploration 
research and development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $4,676,634,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
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tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $90,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
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craft, $2,826,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $486,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2018 in an amount not 
to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
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$37,900,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers, except that ‘‘Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration’’ may be increased up to 20 per-
cent by such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be 
merged with and available for the same purposes and the 
same time period as the appropriations to which trans-
ferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent
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change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,033,645,000 (reduced by 
$30,200,000) (increased by $30,200,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed 
$544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science
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Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$77,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $880,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as
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authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$328,510,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2018 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of
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1978, $15,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 15 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital 
asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not spe-
cifically provided for in this Act or any other law appro-
priating funds for the National Science Foundation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,183,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$363,807,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official
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reception and representation expenses, $92,500,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $267,000,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section
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505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2017 and 
2018, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,431,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
334 
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $53,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,111,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
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That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
338 
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$4,632,000,000 during fiscal year 2018 from the fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 
U.S.C. 10601). 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of
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students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 
impact information system, as defined for security cat-
egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
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 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to
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inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage 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 pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has—
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(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national 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 and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
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(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or
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(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any
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other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 
and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 
.113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 
or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 
1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 
Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.
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SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 
such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 
to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 
in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase 
in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be
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specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 
years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 
of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Com-
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merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 
than September 30, 2018, from the following accounts in 
the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 
Economic 
Development 
Assistance 
Programs’’, 
$47,000,000; and 
(2) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, 
$20,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2018, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $409,834,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $195,000,000 from fees collected to 
defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 
identification and criminal justice information serv-
ices and associated costs; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $17,500,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $60,000,000;
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(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, 
Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$17,500,000; 
(6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$304,000,000 is permanently rescinded; and 
(7) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $53,365,000. 
(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
September 1, 2018, specifying the amount of each rescis-
sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), and the 
Department of Justice shall ensure that sufficient bal-
ances are available in the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ to re-
scind the amount specified in subsection (b) and shall 
transfer unobligated balances from discretionary appro-
priations (except from ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Fees and Expenses of Wit-
nesses’’, ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’, and amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or 
disaster relief requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget or section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) made 
available in this Act to the Department into the ‘‘Working 
Capital Fund’’ if necessary to meet the amount specified
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in subsection (b) and this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 
301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United 
States unless such conference is a law enforcement train-
ing or operational conference for law enforcement per-
sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend-
ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 
United States. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 
promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro-
gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col-
laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 
or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, 
after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national 
security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
the activity in question and shall include a description of 
the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses 
of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for 
the importation of any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 
been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
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nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 532. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute 
shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de-
partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 534. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 
by any employee of such Department or agency, including 
the purpose of such travel.
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SEC. 535. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 
not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 
respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 
grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 
be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per-
sistent 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 
decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area In-
come and Poverty Estimates. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve the registration or renewal 
of, or maintain the registration of, a mark, trade name, 
or commercial name, under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 
provide for the registration and protection of trademarks 
used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 
international conventions, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trade-
mark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), including 
the receipt or acceptance of post-registration affidavits or 
declarations, where such mark, trade name, or commercial 
name is the same or substantially similar to a mark, trade
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name, or commercial name that was used in connection 
with a business or assets that were confiscated, as that 
term is defined in section 4(4) of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023(4)), unless the original owner of the mark, 
trade name, or commercial name, or the bona-fide suc-
cessor-in-interest has expressly consented. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 
to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul-
tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 
SEC. 538. (a) A State may bring a civil action against 
the United States in an appropriate United States district 
court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including 
preliminary injunctive relief) as may be necessary to re-
store the sovereignty reserved to the States by the Con-
stitution. It shall be duty of the courts of the United 
States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 
greatest possible extent the disposition of any such action. 
(b) This section shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and continue in effect through all fiscal 
years thereafter. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to relocate the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
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bacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training 
Center or the ATF National Canine Division. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a civil settlement agreement 
on behalf of the United States that includes a term requir-
ing that any donation be made to any non-party by any 
party-defendant to such agreement. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the designation 
of any area of the Chesapeake Bay watershed as critical 
habitat for the Atlantic Sturgeon pursuant to the proposed 
rule published June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 35701). 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission for the ‘‘collection of information’’, as defined 
in the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A)), 
from employers relating to employees’ earnings and hours 
worked, as set forth in and designated as Component 2 
by the notice published by the Commission on July 14, 
2016, in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 45479), or 
for any final ‘‘collection of information’’ related to such 
earnings and hours worked and to such notice. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 543. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall
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be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 544. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–231. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 545. $0. 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Marine Fisheries Service 
to enforce Executive Order No. 13449 or section 697.7(b) 
of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, in the Block Is-
land Transit Zone (as that term is defined in section 
697.7(b)(3) of such title). 
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives may be used to reclassify M855 ammunition as 
armor-piercing ammunition. The limitation described in 
this section shall not apply in the case of the administra-
tion of a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 548. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to relocate the National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center located in Virginia Key, Florida. 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for activities prohibited by the order 
issued by the Attorney General entitled ‘‘Prohibition on 
Certain Federal Adoptions of Seizures by State and Local 
Law Enforcement Agencies’’ (Order No. 3488–2015, 
dated January 16, 2015) or the order entitled ‘‘Prohibi-
tion on Certain Federal Adoptions of Seizures by State 
and Local Law Enforcement Agencies’’ (Order No. 3485– 
2015, dated January 12, 2015). 
SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay a performance award to any offi-
cer or employee of the Money Laundering and Asset Re-
covery Section of the Department of Justice under section 
5384 or 4505a of title 5, United States Code, prior to 
the date on which the Department of Justice rules on all 
petitions for remission or mitigation in judicial forfeiture 
cases pursuant to section 9.4 of title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for which the Internal Revenue Service has 
submitted a report of its investigation and its rec-
ommendation to the Department of Justice on or before 
June 26, 2017.
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SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out Order Number 3946–2017 
of the Attorney General, issued July 19, 2017. 
SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement Order Number 3946–2017 
of the Attorney General allowing Department of Justice 
components and agencies to forfeit assets seized by State 
or local law enforcement agencies. 
SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex-
ecutive Order No. 13547 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023, relating 
to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great 
Lakes), including the National Ocean Policy developed 
under such Executive order. 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 
may be used in contravention of section 642 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Jus-
tice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018’’.
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DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
essary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi-
ties, $201,751,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000): Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading—
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(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of programs within the Office of Critical Infra-
structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in-
cluding entering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations.
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OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 
national security threats, $123,000,000: Provided, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) up to 
$28,000,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Of-
fices Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be 
available for administrative support to the Office of Ter-
rorism and Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$27,264,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 
offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 
investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for
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approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 
shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In-
formation Officer prior to the obligation of funds under 
this heading: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading $1,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 
Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the in-
vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 
That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 
other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor-
mation Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $3,077,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
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ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $34,112,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived 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 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
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spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for 
Tax 
Administration; 
$165,113,000, 
of 
which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019; 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 unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; 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 
Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–343), $37,044,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and
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foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $115,003,000, of which 
not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $876,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2018. 
(INCLUDING RETURN OF FUNDS) 
In addition, of amounts in the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund, $38,800,000 from funds paid to the United States 
Government by BNP Paribas S.A. as part of, or related 
to, a plea agreement dated June 27, 2014, entered into 
between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas 
S.A., and subject to a consent order entered by the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of New 
York on May 1, 2015, in United States v. BNPP, No. 
14 Cr. 460 (S.D.N.Y.), are hereby returned to the general 
fund of the Treasury.
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BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 
of the Fiscal Service, $330,837,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, 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 personnel 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 
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
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
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and label applications: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for 
the costs associated with enforcement of the trade practice 
provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
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 2018 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$30,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement 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
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for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–3, $190,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000). Of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) not less than $137,000,000, notwith-
standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
ing Community Development Financial Institutions 
Assistance awards, and section 108(d) of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d)) shall not apply with 
respect to financial assistance in the form of direct 
loans, is available until September 30, 2019, for fi-
nancial assistance and technical assistance under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), re-
spectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to $5,896,000 
may be used for the cost of direct loans, and of 
which up to $3,000,000, subsection (d) of section 
108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)) 
shall not apply to the use of such funds, may be 
available to provide financial assistance, technical as-
sistance, training and outreach to community devel-
opment financial institutions to expand investments 
that benefit individuals with disabilities: Provided, 
That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, includ-
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ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$50,000,000; 
(2) not less than $15,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000), notwithstanding section 108(e) of Pub-
lic Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 
until September 30, 2019, for financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training and outreach programs 
designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawai-
ian, and Native Alaskan communities and provided 
primarily through qualified community development 
lender organizations with experience and expertise in 
community development banking and lending in In-
dian country, Native American organizations, tribes 
and tribal organizations, and other suitable pro-
viders; 
(3) not less than $15,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2019, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) up to $23,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for administrative expenses, in-
cluding administration of CDFI fund programs and
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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 perform-
ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(5) during fiscal year 2018, 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: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until September 30, 
2018: 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 purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 
county that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses
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and the most recent series of 5-year data available 
from the American Community Survey from the 
Census Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $2,315,754,000, of which $8,890,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000) shall be for the Tax Counseling 
for the Elderly Program; of which $12,000,000 shall be 
available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants; of which 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, shall be available for a Community Volunteer In-
come Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax re-
turn preparation assistance, 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 Serv-
ice, not less than $5,000,000 (increased by $500,000) 
shall be for identity theft casework.
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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 
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 
determined by the Commissioner, $4,810,000,000 (re-
duced by $6,000,000), of which not to exceed $50,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, and of 
which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Inter-
agency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 
IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,850,189,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of 
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-
quisition of equipment and construction, repair and ren-
ovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020, 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 Commit-
tees 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 rea-
sons 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 develop-
mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 
in the next quarter: Provided further, That the Internal 
Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification 
for fiscal year 2019, a summary of cost and schedule per-
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formance information 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, 
2020, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, 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 Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 
schedule performance for CADE 2 and Return Renew 
Program information technology investments, including 
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 
incurred in the next quarter.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion 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 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
partial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
tect taxpayers 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
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response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the 
Internal 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 notice 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-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
tim 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 guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
stitution 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 
beliefs.
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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 proce-
dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 
and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
sult of the recommendations in the report published on 
May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 
Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
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 
process with respect to re-hiring a former employee, 
unless such program or process takes into account 
the conduct and Federal tax compliance of such em-
ployee 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).
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SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple-
ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, section 6055 of such Code, section 1502(c) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111–148), or any amendments made by section 
1502(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 113. 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 per-
son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple-
ment or enforce Internal Revenue Service Notice 2017– 
10 with respect to transactions entered into before Janu-
ary 23, 2017. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce amend-
ments to Treasury Regulations proposed in the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register on August 
4, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 51413) (relating to restrictions on 
liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, gift, and
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generation-skipping transfer taxes under section 2704 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or any substantially 
similar amendments to such regulations. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to make 
a determination that a church, an integrated auxiliary of 
a church, or a convention or association of churches is not 
exempt from taxation for participating in, or intervening 
in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition 
to) any candidate for public office unless— 
(1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue con-
sents to such determination; 
(2) not later than 30 days after such deter-
mination, the Commissioner notifies the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of such 
determination; and 
(3) such determination is effective with respect 
to the church, integrated auxiliary of a church, or 
convention or association of churches not earlier 
than 90 days after the date of the notification under 
paragraph (2).
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. 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. 118. 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 
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 
‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That
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no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 119. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 120. 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. 121. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 
and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 
to cover 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 Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on
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Appropriations 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. 123. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions 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 Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 124. 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 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
SEC. 125. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
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trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
representation expenses. 
SEC. 126. 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 Depart-
ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 
project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 127. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 
activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.
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(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(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 equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, 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 
Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 128. 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 House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 
provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed
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description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 
each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
chise Fund. 
SEC. 129. During fiscal year 2018— 
(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 Serv-
ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-
enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-
ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
used to determine whether an organization is oper-
ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 
for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-
lations 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 de-
terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 
under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
tions created on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 130. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-
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ize, or otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or 
import of property confiscated by the Cuban Government. 
(b) In this section, the terms ‘‘confiscated’’, ‘‘Cuban 
Government’’, ‘‘property’’, and ‘‘traffic’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 
(13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 131. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to authorize a general license or ap-
prove a specific license under section 501.801 or 515.527 
of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to 
a mark, trade name, or commercial name that is the same 
as or substantially similar to a mark, trade name, or com-
mercial name that was used in connection with a business 
or assets that were confiscated unless the original owner 
of the mark, trade name, or commercial name, or the 
bona-fide successor-in-interest has expressly consented. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘confiscated’’ has a 
meaning given such term in section 4(4) of the Cuban Lib-
erty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 
(22 U.S.C. 6023(4)). 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 
402(c) of the Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 
2009, in utilizing funds made available by paragraph (1)
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of section 402(c) of such Act, the Special Inspector Gen-
eral for the Troubled Asset Relief Program shall prioritize 
the performance of audits or investigations of any pro-
gram that is funded in whole or in part by funds appro-
priated under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
of 2008, to the extent that such priority is consistent with 
other aspects of the mission of the Special Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula-
tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De-
partment of the Treasury ‘‘Guidance for United States 
Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries 
on Coal-Fired Power Generation’’ dated October 29, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 
guideline would prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting, 
the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power genera-
tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports 
of goods and services from the United States or prevent 
the loss of jobs from the United States. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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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 au-
thorized 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; 
subsistence 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 reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development, including 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, $12,917,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114.
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curred, and that such amount is collected within 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 out-
standing 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 Res-
idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
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 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 
for the classification of any such expense as political or
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nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter 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 
Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, 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 
remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
tion 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, $100,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,
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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 wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for the Office of Man-
agement 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 Enforce-
ment 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 are in compliance with 
all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 
to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management 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: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
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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 as-
sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
the report and act accordingly. 
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 Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $18,400,000 (increased by $874,000): 
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 Office.
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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, $254,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
(increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, for drug con-
trol activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent 
shall be transferred to State and local entities 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 agencies and 
departments in amounts determined by the Director of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
$2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associ-
ated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2016 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to 
reprogramming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2017, shall be 
funded at not less than the fiscal year 2017 base level,
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unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
justification for changes to those levels based on clearly 
articulated priorities and published Office of National 
Drug Control Policy performance measures of effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of 
fiscal year 2018 funding 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 consultation with the HIDTA 
Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That upon 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 appropriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $108,843,000 (in-
creased by $6,028,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available as follows: $91,000,000
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for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which 
$2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by section 
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; $2,343,000 for the United States mem-
bership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; 
$1,000,000 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 trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities. 
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 during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $798,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
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
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technology in the Federal Government, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-
tor 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 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger 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
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made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying 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 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
ing), 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 ap-
propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
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dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 
111–203). Such report shall include— 
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 
obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by 
Federal agency and by fiscal year, including— 
(A) the estimated obligations by cost in-
puts such as rent, information technology, con-
tracts, and personnel; 
(B) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated obligations; and 
(C) the specific section of such Act that re-
quires the obligation of funds; and 
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 
2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by 
the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal 
year, including— 
(A) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated collections; and
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(B) the specific section of such Act that 
authorizes the collection of funds. 
SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2018, 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 Budg-
et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 
revenues, 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 memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 
year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 
year 2018; 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 
2018. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
randum is issued during fiscal year 2018 due to a national 
emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget may issue the statement required by subsection
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(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 
or memorandum is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
dential 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, 2018’’. 
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 
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 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
as the Chief Justice may approve, $78,538,000, 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.
406 
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 im-
posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$15,000,000, 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, 
$30,592,000. 
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. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 
services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
ized by law, $18,556,000. 
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.
407 
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 offi-
cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 
and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
ized by law, $5,082,710,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (in-
cluding 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 fur-
niture 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 of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
tices 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 (Pub-
lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $7,366,000, to be appro-
408 
priated 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 reim-
bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert, and other services for such representations as au-
thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 
maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 
of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 
criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 
actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 
U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 
forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 
general administrative expenses, $1,110,375,000 to re-
main available until expended.
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FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $39,929,000, 
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, 
incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa-
tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 
for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 
control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 
patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi-
ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve-
ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702),
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$574,593,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain 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 Gen-
eral. 
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, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $87,920,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $28,708,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
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$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion 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, $18,338,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized 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 appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, 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
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not be available for obligation 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 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 
Administrative 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 ‘‘exec-
utive’’ 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 Director 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 De-
partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 
services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
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(3) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘15 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘16 years’’; 
(4) by adding at the end of the first sentence 
the following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of dis-
trict judge in the district of Alabama occurring 15 
years or more after the confirmation date of the 
judge named to fill the temporary district judgeship 
created in that district by this subsection, shall not 
be filled.’’; 
(5) in the third sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘14 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years and 6 months’’; 
and 
(6) in the fourth sentence (relating to the west-
ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘13 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘14 years’’. 
SEC. 307. (a) Section 2(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Temporary 
Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 
152 note; Public Law 112–121 as amended) is amended 
by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’. 
(b) Section 2(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note; Public Law 112–121 as amended) is amended by 
striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’.
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(c) Section 2(a)(2)(F)(i) of the Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note; Public Law 112–121 as amended) is amended by 
striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’. 
(d) Section 2(a)(2)(G)(i) of the Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note; Public Law 112–121 as amended) is amended by 
striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’. 
(e) Section 2(a)(2)(H)(i) of the Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note; Public Law 112–121 as amended) is amended by 
striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
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 be-
half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an
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amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
cation, 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 and such other factors as may be author-
ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 
and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 
this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 
shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
pose therefor.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 
of surrounding jurisdictions, $13,000,000, 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 re-
quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 
of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 
surrounding jurisdictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $265,400,000 to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, $121,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; for the District of Columbia Court System,
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$71,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; and $58,900,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
provements shall be expended consistent with the District 
of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-
tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment 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 Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 
more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among the items and entities funded under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia 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 District 
of Columbia Courts.
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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 represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings 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, tech-
nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to services provided under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not more 
than $20,000,000 in unobligated 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
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that heading for capital improvements to District of Co-
lumbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be administered by the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
cies. 
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 au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $244,298,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 
the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 
of which $180,840,000 shall be for necessary expenses of
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Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 
include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub-
ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 
or related to such persons; and of which $63,458,000 shall 
be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: 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 manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-
vided 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 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $40,082,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of Federal agencies.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $1,900,000, 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 
September 30, 2019, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
nation Commission, $270,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, 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 
following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 
available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 
Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
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vided for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for 
the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 
3007(d) and 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 in-
dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
lumbia, $5,000,000. 
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 pro-
grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘Part 
A—Summary of Expenses’’ and at the rate set forth 
under such heading, as included in D.C. Bill 22–242, as 
amended as of the date of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
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vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
except as provided in section 450A of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official 
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 2018 under this heading shall not exceed 
the estimates included in D.C. Bill 22–242, as amended 
as of the date of the 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 unantici-
pated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 
such increases 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 further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 
to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re-
quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
available to the District during fiscal year 2018, except
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that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 
or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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, 2019, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $123,000,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2018, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 
Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 
Safety 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 
Administration and the Department of Defense, 
completes 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 reduc-
ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
overs in the off-road environment, including the 
repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 
compliance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 
would be prevented if the proposed require-
ments were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for 
the proposal to provide information on a point-
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of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
ance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 
by the United States military if the proposed 
requirements 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; 
(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. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to finalize any rule by the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission relating to blade-contact injuries on 
table saws. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252; 52 U.S.C. 
20901 et seq.), $7,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be
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transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology for election reform activities authorized under 
such Act. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $322,035,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $322,035,000 of offsetting col-
lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 
9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re-
ceived in excess of $322,035,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall 
not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re-
maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 
excess of the amount specified for collection in each such
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year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2017, 
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 ex-
ceed $111,150,000 for fiscal year 2018: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $11,020,000 shall be for the salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Inspector General. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $39,136,000, to be derived from the 
Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 
FSLIC Resolution 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 avail-
able for reception and representation expenses.
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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, $26,200,000, including services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: 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.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized 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 representa-
tion expenses, $306,317,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 provision of law, not to exceed $126,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $16,000,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
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in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2018, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$164,317,000: 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). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair
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and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate 
amount 
of 
$7,864,111,000 
(reduced 
by 
$6,902,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000), of which— 
(1) $0 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and acquisition (including funds for 
sites and expenses, and associated design and con-
struction services); 
(2) $180,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
ciated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $0 is for Major Repairs and Alter-
ations;
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(B) $110,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(C) $70,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs of which— 
(i) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; 
(ii) $30,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; and 
(iii) $20,000,000 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 sec-
tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided further, That preference is 
given to consolidation projects that achieve 
a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 
or less per person for office space: Pro-
vided further, That the obligation of funds 
under this paragraph for consolidation ac-
tivities may not be made until 10 days 
after a proposed spending plan and expla-
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nation for each project to be undertaken, 
including estimated savings, has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 Repairs and Alterations shall, for pro-
spectus projects, be limited to the amount iden-
tified for each project, except each project in 
this or any previous Act may be increased by an 
amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees 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 ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Ap-
propriations: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
the 
amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund 
costs associated with implementing security im-
provements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance 
with current law and in compliance with the re-
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programming guidelines of the appropriate 
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided 
further, That the difference between the funds 
appropriated and expended on any projects in 
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re-
pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to 
Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects: 
Provided further, That the amount provided in 
this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Al-
terations 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) $5,462,345,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) 
(reduced by $5,000,000) for rental of space to re-
main available until expended; and 
(4) $2,221,766,000 (reduced by $6,902,000) 
for building operations to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $1,146,089,000 (reduced by 
$6,902,000) 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,075,677,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available under this paragraph for
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building operations may be transferred between and 
merged with such appropriations upon notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, but no such ap-
propriation shall be increased by more than 5 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That 
section 521 of this title shall not apply with respect 
to funds made available under this heading for 
building operations: Provided further, That the total 
amount of funds made available from this Fund to 
the General Services Administration shall not be 
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 
expended for each project for required expenses for 
the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided 
further, That funds available in the Federal Build-
ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs 
when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 
and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 
lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private
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or other property not in Government ownership or 
control 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 
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2018, ex-
cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $53,499,000.
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man-
agement, and communications; and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $45,645,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), 
of which $24,357,000 is for Real and Personal Property 
Management and Disposal; $21,288,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000) is for the Office of the Administrator, of 
which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 
Board of Contract Appeals, $8,795,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General 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 re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
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in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
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, 
$4,754,000. 
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 sup-
port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov-
ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec-
tronically, through the development and implementation of 
innovative uses of information technology; $53,741,000, to 
be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
vided, 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 appro-
priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de-
posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 
necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 
activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 
its ability to conduct activities electronically: in the aggre-
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gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2018 
in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That any appro-
priations provided to the Electronic Government Fund 
that remain unobligated may be transferred to the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, 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), 
$10,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), 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 under section 41009(d) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (42 
U.S.C. 4370m–8(d)), $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 510. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 511. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2018 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2019 request for United States Courthouse 
construction 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 Manage-
ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference 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.
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SEC. 513. 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 deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 514. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 515. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical
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to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 516. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici-
ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E- 
Government 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 Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 517. Section 16 of the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting the following at the end of sub-
paragraph (a)(1): ‘‘The Account shall be under the 
custody and control of the Chairperson of the Board
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and deposits in the Account shall remain available 
until expended.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (b)(1) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States an account to be 
known as the ‘Public Buildings Reform Board— 
Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund’ (in 
this subsection referred to as the ‘Fund’). The Fund 
shall be under the custody and control of the Admin-
istrator of General Services and deposits in the 
Fund shall remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 518. The unobligated balance of amounts pro-
vided for National Capital Region, FBI Headquarters 
Consolidation, in paragraph (1)(A) under the heading 
‘‘General Services Administration—Federal Buildings 
Fund’’ in division E of Public Law 115–31 is rescinded. 
SEC. 519. The Administrator of General Services 
shall make available to the public on the website of the 
General Services Administration any draft environmental 
assessment— 
(1) prepared by the Administrator of General 
Services under section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)); and
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(2) for which the Administrator of General 
Services has solicited public comment. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
lic 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 author-
ized by 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 representa-
tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and in addition not to exceed 
$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement
447 
and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$364,308,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General 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, $4,241,000.
448 
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, $4,000,000, 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, 2019, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
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 
Government 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,
449 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $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 Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice 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 con-
ference 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 reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
as amended; and payment of per diem or subsistence al-
lowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
of duty, $129,341,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $18,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for information technology
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infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Fi-
nancial System migration or modernization: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available by the previous pro-
viso may not be obligated until the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives a plan for expenditure of such amount, prepared 
in consultation with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, the Administrator of the United States 
Digital Service, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT 
systems remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A– 
11; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under 
the requirements established by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Exhibit 300; 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Government; 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and 
Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Na-
451 
tional Institute of Standards and Technology re-
quirements related to securing the agency’s informa-
tion system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; and(6) 
is reviewed and commented upon within 90 days of 
plan development by the Inspector General of the 
Office of Personnel Management, and such com-
ments are submitted to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management before the date of such sub-
mission: 
Provided further, That, not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report that— 
(A) evaluates— 
(i) the steps taken by the Office of 
Personnel Management to prevent, miti-
gate, and respond to data breaches involv-
ing sensitive personnel records and infor-
mation; 
(ii) the Office’s cybersecurity policies 
and procedures in place on the date of en-
actment of this Act, including policies and 
procedures relating to IT best practices 
such as data encryption, multifactor au-
thentication, and continuous monitoring;
452 
(iii) the Office’s oversight of contrac-
tors providing IT services; and 
(iv) the Office’s compliance with gov-
ernment-wide initiatives to improve cyber-
security; and 
(B) sets forth improvements that could be 
made to assist the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment in addressing cybersecurity challenges: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $584,000 may be made available for 
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-
tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and re-
tention of such workforce and information technology in 
support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-
agement solutions to improve acquisition management; 
and in addition $131,414,000 for administrative expenses, 
to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insur-
ance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use ap-
plicable 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
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5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses 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: Provided further, 
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2018, accept dona-
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, 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 
General 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 $25,000,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
454 
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized 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 Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $24,750,000.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 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), $8,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $5,000,000 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended.
456 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change 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 representa-
tion expenses, $1,652,000,000 to remain available until 
expended; of which funding for information technology ini-
tiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 2017 level 
by not less than $50,000,000; of which not less than 
$14,748,358 shall be for the Office of Inspector General; 
of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for a 
permanent secretariat for the International Organization 
of Securities Commissions; of which not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations 
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign gov-
ernmental and other regulatory officials, members of their 
delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning secu-
rities matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic 
and administrative expenses and the expenses of Commis-
sion staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) 
incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and transpor-
tation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of 
which not less than $68,950,000 shall be for the Division
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of Economic and Risk Analysis: In addition, for costs as-
sociated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 
Commission’s headquarters facilities, not to exceed 
$244,507,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. For purposes of calculating the fee rate under sec-
tion 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2018, all amounts appro-
priated under this heading shall be deemed to be the reg-
ular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2018. 
Provided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,652,000,000 of 
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses of this account and not to exceed 
$244,507,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for costs under this head-
ing associated with relocation under a replacement lease 
for the Commission’s headquarters facilities: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount appropriated under this head-
ing from the general fund for fiscal year 2018 shall be 
reduced as such offsetting fees are received so as to result 
in a final total fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
ther, That if any amount of the appropriation under this
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heading for costs associated with relocation under a re-
placement lease for the Commission’s headquarters facili-
ties is subsequently de-obligated on or before September 
30, 2019, any such amount derived from the general fund 
shall be returned to the general fund, and any such 
amount derived from fees or assessments collected for 
such purpose shall be paid to each national securities ex-
change and national securities association, respectively, in 
proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such na-
tional securities exchange or national securities association 
under such section 31 in fiscal year 2018. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$22,900,000: 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 na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
459 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection 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 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $265,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) of which 
not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for examina-
tions, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees 
to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
Business Administration, and certain loan program activi-
ties, including fees authorized by section 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 ex-
ceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in ac-
cordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law
460 
108–447, during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That 
$6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization 
and Accounting System, to be available until September 
30, 2019. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$211,100,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2019 : Provided, That $120,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2018 or fiscal 
year 2019 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
ness Act: Provided further, 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 
$10,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business con-
cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
461 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $19,900,000. 
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 Flexi-
bility 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, $3,438,172, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2018 commitments 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 fis-
cal year 2018 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed $29,000,000,000 for a combination of 
amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line
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of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2018 commitments for loans au-
thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2018 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 during fiscal year 
2018, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec-
tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 
principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan programs, $152,782,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $186,458,000, to be available until ex-
pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the
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appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $176,458,000 is for direct administrative expenses 
of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 
for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation 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 avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 521. Of the unobligated balances available for 
the Immediate Disaster Assistance Program authorized by 
section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657n)
464 
and the Expedited Disaster Assistance Loan Program au-
thorized by section 12085 of Public Law 110–246, 
$2,600,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as emergency require-
ments pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 522. Section 7(m)(4)(E) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 
percent’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘50 
percent’’. 
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, $58,118,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas 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: Pro-
465 
vided further, 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 informa-
tion 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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $234,650,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement 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, 
$51,100,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the
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judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal 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 procure-
ment 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 otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive 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
467 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided 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. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 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 pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
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programming 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 denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
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 Represent-
atives 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 Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum
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the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 
with a separate column to display the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive 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 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines.
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SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent 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 treat-
ment 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 
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 promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard 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 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal 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 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 informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40,
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United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee 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 of 1986 and ex-
empt 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.
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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 Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing 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));
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(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 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal 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 
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 ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any
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otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. In fiscal year 2018 and any fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission 
to complete or publish the study, recommendations, or re-
port prepared by the Interagency Working Group on Food 
Marketed to Children pursuant to the directive described 
on pages 983 and 984 of the House Appropriations Com-
mittee Print of the explanatory statement accompanying 
the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
8). 
SEC. 621. 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 
option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final 
quality 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 conducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 622. (a) The head of each executive branch 
agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 
related to information technology.
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(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 
budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 
as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 623. 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. 624. 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 serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 
in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 625. 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 Inspec-