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panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com-
mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8090. The Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that 
the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu-
ture-years intelligence program (including associated an-
nexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed 
appropriations included in that budget. Any such future- 
years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 
respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the 
four succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8091. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives, and the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8092. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in
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title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili-
tary department concerned to its central fund established 
for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8093. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be available for the purpose of making remittances to 
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Fund in accordance with section 1705 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 8094. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days.
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SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any 
Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un-
less the contractor agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its em-
ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a 
condition of employment, that the employee or inde-
pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitration 
any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov-
ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to 
take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement 
as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
with respect to any employee or independent contractor per-
forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of 
this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that 
has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub-
ject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with 
employees or independent contractors that may not be en-
forced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv-
er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and
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shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver 
and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm 
to national security interests of the United States. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta-
neously make public, any determination under this sub-
section not less than 15 business days before the contract 
or subcontract addressed in the determination may be 
awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8096. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
in this Act, up to $115,519,000, shall be available for trans-
fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 
111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 
facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con-
sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen-
ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa-
cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility 
as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro-
vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 
from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for
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the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8097. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Depart-
ment of Defense or a component thereof in contravention 
of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8098. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and 
light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel 
or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations ap-
plicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8099. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 
such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence require-
331 
ments, than those for which originally appropriated and 
in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a 
request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using author-
ity provided in this section shall be made prior to June 
30, 2018. 
SEC. 8100. 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 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8101. (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 individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense.
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SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Reso-
lution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer 
of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar-
antee 
to 
Rosoboronexport 
or 
any 
subsidiary 
of 
Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation 
in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
determines that it is in the vital national security interest 
of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 
the congressional defense committees that, to the best of the 
Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le-
thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 
forces present on military bases subject to agreements
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in force between the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration and the Government of Ukraine; and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased 
taking active measures to destabilize the control of the 
Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
shall 
conduct 
a 
review 
of 
any 
action 
involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later 
than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued 
by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining the results of the review conducted with respect to 
such waiver. 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag 
of the United States unless such flags are treated as covered 
items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Service Secretaries, shall submit two reports to the 
congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 
2018, and not later than September 1, 2018, detailing the 
submission of records during the previous 6 months to data-
bases accessible to the National Instant Criminal Back-
335 
ground Check System (NICS), including the Interstate 
Identification Index (III), the National Crime Information 
Center (NCIC), and the NICS Index, as required by Public 
Law 110–180: Provided, That such reports shall provide the 
number and category of records submitted by month to each 
such database, by Service or Component: Provided further, 
That such reports shall identify the number and category 
of records submitted by month to those databases for which 
the Identification for Firearm Sales (IFFS) flag or other 
database flags were used to pre-validate the records and in-
dicate that such persons are prohibited from receiving or 
possessing a firearm: Provided further, That such reports 
shall describe the steps taken during the previous 6 months, 
by Service or Component, to ensure complete and accurate 
submission and appropriate flagging of records of individ-
uals prohibited from gun possession or receipt pursuant to 
18 U.S.C. 922(g) or (n) including applicable records involv-
ing proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice. 
SEC. 8107. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made avail-
able, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense 
may prescribe, to local military commanders appointed by 
the Secretary, or by an officer or employee designated by 
the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex gratia pay-
336 
ments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this sec-
tion for damage, personal injury, or death that is incident 
to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign coun-
try. 
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 
provided only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 
determined by the local military commander to be 
friendly to the United States; 
(2) a claim for damages would not be compen-
sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 
Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or 
death was not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 
under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga-
tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 
death. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De-
fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap-
propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of payments, 
if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have suf-
fered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed
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Forces under the program should be determined pursuant 
to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and based on an 
assessment, which should include such factors as cultural 
appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions. 
(e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders shall 
receive legal advice before making ex gratia payments under 
this subsection. The legal advisor, under regulations of the 
Department of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia 
payment is proper under this section and applicable De-
partment of Defense regulations. 
(f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 
gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 
commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro-
priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report to 
the congressional defense committees on an annual basis the 
efficacy of the ex gratia payment program including the 
number of types of cases considered, amounts offered, the 
response from ex gratia payment recipients, and any rec-
ommended modifications to the program. 
SEC. 8108. None of the funds available in this Act to 
the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made 
for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or main-
tenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to
338 
reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic 
delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in 
the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 
1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012. 
SEC. 8109. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public Website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8110. The Secretary of each military department, 
in reducing each research, development, test and evaluation 
and procurement account of the military department as re-
quired under paragraph (1) of section 828(d) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub-
lic Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note), as amended by sec-
tion 825(a)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018, shall allocate the percentage reduction 
determined under paragraph (2) of such section 828(d) pro-
portionally from all programs, projects, or activities under 
such account: Provided, That the authority under section 
804(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) 
to transfer amounts available in the Rapid Prototyping 
Fund shall be subject to section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, 
as applicable. 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem-
339 
onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 
Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform-
ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 
the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 
year due to insufficient funding. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States per-
son; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communication 
of a United States person from a provider of elec-
tronic communication services to the public pursuant 
to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8113. 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 rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who
340 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without 
the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly 
provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions 
of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated for activities authorized under section 
1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand support to, 
foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless 
the congressional defense committees are notified in accord-
ance with the direction contained in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initi-
ating such support: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used under section 1208 for 
any activity that is not in support of an ongoing military 
operation being conducted by United States Special Oper-
ations Forces to combat terrorism: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibitions in this 
section if the Secretary determines that such waiver is re-
341 
quired by extraordinary circumstances and, by not later 
than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the con-
gressional defense committees of such waiver. 
SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
ing for the introduction of United States armed forces into 
hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent 
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir-
cumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 
while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congres-
sional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8117. None of the funds provided in this Act for 
the T–AO(X) program shall be used to award a new con-
tract that provides for the acquisition of the following com-
ponents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for 
shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 
and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 
SEC. 8118. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 
fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this 
Act is hereby reduced by $110,780,000.
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SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and 
Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 
14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or 
additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 
SEC. 8121. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $289,255,000, to 
remain available until expended, may be used for any pur-
poses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet estab-
lished under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 
1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8122. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense may use up to $46,000,000 under
343 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
and up to $45,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Research, Devel-
opment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ to develop, re-
place, and sustain Federal Government security and suit-
ability background investigation information technology 
systems of the Office of Personnel Management or other Fed-
eral agency responsible for conducting such investigations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer additional 
amounts into these headings or into ‘‘Procurement, Defense- 
Wide’’ using established reprogramming procedures pre-
scribed in the Department of Defense Financial Manage-
ment Regulation 7000.14, Volume 3, Chapter 6, dated Sep-
tember 2015: Provided further, That such funds shall sup-
plement, not supplant any other amounts made available 
to other Federal agencies for such purposes. 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8124. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access to 
pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
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enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8125. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Global Engagement Center es-
tablished by section 1287 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) shall be made in accordance 
with section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8126. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of De-
fense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund may be 
transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 
note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(as amended by section 897 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017).
345 
SEC. 8127. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 
in this Act, there is appropriated $235,000,000, for an ad-
ditional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such funds shall only be available to the Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment of 
the Department of Defense, or for transfer to the Secretary 
of Education, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, or supple-
ment other Federal funds to construct, renovate, repair, or 
expand elementary and secondary public schools on mili-
tary installations in order to address capacity or facility 
condition deficiencies at such schools: Provided further, 
That in making such funds available, the Office of Eco-
nomic Adjustment or the Secretary of Education shall give 
priority consideration to those military installations with 
schools having the most serious capacity or facility condi-
tion deficiencies as determined by the Secretary of Defense: 
Provided further, That as a condition of receiving funds 
under this section a local educational agency or State shall 
provide a matching share as described in the notice titled 
‘‘Department of Defense Program for Construction, Renova-
tion, Repair or Expansion of Public Schools Located on 
Military Installations’’ published by the Department of De-
fense in the Federal Register on September 9, 2011 (76 Fed.
346 
Reg. 55883 et seq.): Provided further, That these provisions 
apply to funds provided under this section, and to funds 
previously provided by Congress to construct, renovate, re-
pair, or expand elementary and secondary public schools 
on military installations in order to address capacity or 
facility condition deficiencies at such schools to the extent 
such funds remain unobligated on the date of enactment of 
this section. 
SEC. 8128. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Re-
productive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely 
Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Mem-
bers’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued 
to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of Defense 
shall apply such policy and guidance, except that— 
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage.
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SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to purchase heavy water from Iran. 
SEC. 8131. Section 316(a)(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91) is amended by striking ‘‘the study under this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘the study and assessment under this 
section’’. 
SEC. 8132. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, from funds made available to the Department of De-
fense in title II of this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $15,000,000 shall be 
available for a project in a country designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense: Provided, That in furtherance of the 
project the Department of Defense is authorized to acquire 
services, including services performed pursuant to a grant 
agreement, from another Federal agency, on an advance of 
funds or reimbursable basis: Provided further, That an 
order for services placed under this section is deemed to be 
an obligation in the same manner that a similar order 
placed under a contract with a private contractor is an ob-
ligation.
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TITLE IX 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Army’’, $2,683,694,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’’, $377,857,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $103,979,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $914,119,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Army’’, $24,942,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Navy’’, $9,091,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Ma-
rine Corps’’, $2,328,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
350 
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air 
Force’’, $20,569,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Army’’, $184,589,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Air Force’’, $5,004,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $17,352,994,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $6,449,404,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps’’, $1,401,536,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $10,873,895,000: Provided, That such
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amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, $7,575,195,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 
nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ-
ing access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria: Provided further, That such reimburse-
ment payments may be made in such amounts as the Sec-
retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, and in consultation with the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, may determine, based on docu-
mentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to ade-
quately account for the support provided, and such deter-
mination is final and conclusive upon the accounting offi-
cers of the United States, and 15 days following notification 
to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds may be used for the purpose of pro-
viding specialized training and procuring supplies and spe-
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cialized equipment and providing such supplies and loan-
ing such equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coali-
tion forces supporting United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following notification to 
the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 
That these funds may be used to support the Government 
of Jordan, in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense may 
determine, to enhance the ability of the armed forces of Jor-
dan to increase or sustain security along its borders, upon 
15 days prior written notification to the congressional de-
fense committees outlining the amounts intended to be pro-
vided and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 
to exceed $750,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, shall be available to provide support and assist-
ance to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 
to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis re-
sponse, or other Department of Defense security cooperation 
programs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense 
committees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army Reserve’’, $24,699,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy Reserve’’, $23,980,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,367,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $53,523,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’, $108,111,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air National Guard’’, $15,400,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 
For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 
$4,666,815,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the
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Secretary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the Com-
mander, Combined Security Transition Command—Af-
ghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the secu-
rity forces of Afghanistan, including the provision of equip-
ment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastruc-
ture repair, renovation, construction, and funding: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense may obligate 
and expend funds made available to the Department of De-
fense in this title for additional costs associated with exist-
ing projects previously funded with amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in 
prior Acts: Provided further, That such costs shall be lim-
ited to contract changes resulting from inflation, market 
fluctuation, rate adjustments, and other necessary contract 
actions to complete existing projects, and associated super-
vision and administration costs and costs for design during 
construction: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
use more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided 
in this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify in advance such contract changes and adjustments 
in annual reports to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 
under this heading is in addition to any other authority 
to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further,
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That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein 
from any person, foreign government, or international orga-
nization may be credited to this Fund, to remain available 
until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing upon the receipt and 
upon the obligation of any contribution, delineating the 
sources and amounts of the funds received and the specific 
use of such contributions: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obli-
gating from this appropriation account, notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing of the details of any 
such obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees of 
any proposed new projects or transfer of funds between 
budget sub-activity groups in excess of $20,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That the United States may accept equip-
ment procured using funds provided under this heading in 
this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces 
of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United 
States: Provided further, That equipment procured using 
funds provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, 
and not yet transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan 
or transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re-
turned by such forces to the United States, may be treated
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as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notifi-
cation to the congressional defense committees: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention 
of women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 
the recruitment and training of female security personnel: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
Train and Equip Fund’’, $1,769,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in-
cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 
and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova-
tion; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular 
forces, groups, or individuals participating, or preparing 
to participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated groups: 
Provided further, That these funds may be used in such 
amounts as the Secretary of Defense may determine to en-
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hance the border security of nations adjacent to conflict 
areas including Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia re-
sulting from actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available to provide assistance only for ac-
tivities in a country designated by the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, as having a 
security mission to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and 
Syria, and following written notification to the congres-
sional defense committees of such designation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior 
to providing assistance to elements of any forces or individ-
uals, such elements or individuals are appropriately vetted, 
including at a minimum, assessing such elements for asso-
ciations with terrorist groups or groups associated with the 
Government of Iran; and receiving commitments from such 
elements to promote respect for human rights and the rule 
of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this 
appropriation account, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may accept 
and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind, 
from foreign governments, including the Government of 
Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized
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under this heading: Provided further, That contributions of 
funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign 
government or other entity may be credited to this Fund, 
to remain available until expended, and used for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 
waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of items 
and support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Sec-
retary determines that such provision of law would pro-
hibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of such 
assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver 
is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided further, 
That the United States may accept equipment procured 
using funds provided under this heading, or under the head-
ing, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, that was 
transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to 
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned 
by such forces or groups to the United States, may be treat-
ed as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written noti-
fication to the congressional defense committees: Provided 
further, That equipment procured using funds provided
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under this heading, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and 
Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, and not yet transferred to secu-
rity forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or pre-
paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks of the 
Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 
to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or groups 
and upon written notification to the congressional defense 
committees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense 
committees on the use of funds provided under this heading, 
including, but not limited to, the number of individuals 
trained, the nature and scope of support and sustainment 
provided to each group or individual, the area of operations 
for each group, and the contributions of other countries, 
groups, or individuals: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Army’’, $420,086,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Army’’, $709,283,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap-
ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $1,191,139,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $191,836,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is des-
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ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $405,575,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Navy’’, $157,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, 
Navy’’, $130,994,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $233,406,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Navy’’, $239,359,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 
Corps’’, $64,307,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $503,938,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $481,700,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Space Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $2,256,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
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of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Air Force’’, $551,509,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $3,324,590,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense- 
Wide’’, $517,041,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac-
tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro-
curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces, $1,300,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Chiefs of Na-
tional Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit 
to the congressional defense committees the modernization 
priority assessment for their respective National Guard or 
Reserve component: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this paragraph may be used to 
procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify 
missiles, munitions, or ammunition: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $235,368,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $167,565,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR 
FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $129,608,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $394,396,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Cap-
ital Funds’’, $148,956,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $395,805,000, which shall be for operation and 
maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $196,300,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspec-
tor General’’, $24,692,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary 
of Defense that such action is necessary in the national in-
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terest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Office 
of Management and Budget, transfer up to $2,250,000,000 
between the appropriations or funds made available to the 
Department of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer 
made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 
further, That the authority provided in this section is in 
addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms and 
conditions as the authority provided in section 8005 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and 
costs for design during construction associated with a con-
struction project funded with appropriations available for 
operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act and executed in direct 
support of overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan, 
may be obligated at the time a construction contract is 
awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, 
supervision and administration costs and costs for design 
during construction include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, 
the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 
and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the 
United States Central Command area of responsibility: (1)
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passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehi-
cle; and (2) heavy and light armored vehicles for the phys-
ical security of personnel or for force protection purposes 
up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price 
or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger 
carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts 
appropriated by this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, to fund the Commanders’ Emer-
gency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of ena-
bling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to 
urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruction 
requirements within their areas of responsibility: Provided, 
That each project (including any ancillary or related ele-
ments in connection with such project) executed under this 
authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 
That not later than 45 days after the end of each 6 months 
of the fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report regarding the 
source of funds and the allocation and use of funds during 
that 6-month period that were made available pursuant to 
the authority provided in this section or under any other 
provision of law for the purposes described herein: Provided 
further, That, not later than 30 days after the end of each
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fiscal year quarter, the Army shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees quarterly commitment, obliga-
tion, and expenditure data for the CERP in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That, not less than 15 days before making 
funds available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the purposes 
described herein for a project with a total anticipated cost 
for completion of $500,000 or more, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a written notice 
containing each of the following: 
(1) The location, nature and purpose of the pro-
posed project, including how the project is intended to 
advance the military campaign plan for the country 
in which it is to be carried out. 
(2) The budget, implementation timeline with 
milestones, and completion date for the proposed 
project, including any other CERP funding that has 
been or is anticipated to be contributed to the comple-
tion of the project. 
(3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 
project, including the agreement with either the host 
nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 
United States Government or a third-party contrib-
utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and
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maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro-
vided through the proposed project. 
SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of De-
fense for operation and maintenance may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, to provide supplies, 
services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and 
other logistical support to allied forces participating in a 
combined operation with the armed forces of the United 
States and coalition forces supporting military and sta-
bility operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
defense committees regarding support provided under this 
section. 
SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for a 
purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base 
for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta-
tioning of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq. 
(3) To establish any military installation or base 
for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta-
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tioning of United States Armed Forces in Afghani-
stan. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws en-
acted or regulations promulgated to implement the United 
Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, In-
human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at 
New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal 
Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of 
Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to 
Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pan-
demic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148). 
SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Afghan-
istan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obligated 
prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan by 
the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the
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Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC must ap-
prove the requirement and acquisition plan for any service 
requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any 
non-standard 
equipment 
requirements 
in 
excess 
of 
$100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the De-
partment of Defense must certify to the congressional de-
fense committees that the AROC has convened and approved 
a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in 
the preceding proviso and accompanying report language 
for the ASFF. 
SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the 
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may 
be used to purchase items having an investment unit cost 
of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon deter-
mination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is 
necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Com-
mander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 
operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$500,000. 
SEC. 9011. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be 
used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to
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support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security 
along its borders. 
SEC. 9012. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip 
Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air 
defense systems. 
SEC. 9013. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Ini-
tiative’’, $200,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist-
ance, including training; equipment; lethal weapons of a 
defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and services; 
sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 
national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement of 
any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Govern-
ment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
less than 15 days prior to obligating funds provided under 
this heading, notify the congressional defense committees in 
writing of the details of any such obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States may accept equipment pro-
cured using funds provided under this heading in this or 
prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of 
Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States:
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Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, and not 
yet transferred to the military or National Security Forces 
of Ukraine or returned by such forces to the United States, 
may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon 
written notification to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided further, That amounts made available by this sec-
tion are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 9014. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for replacement of funds for items provided to the 
Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 
States to the extent specifically provided for in section 9013 
of this Act. 
SEC. 9015. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under section 9013 for ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment 
to the Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’ 
may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense 
systems. 
SEC. 9016. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under 
section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to
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the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Network, 
the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish- 
e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic and for-
eign terrorist organizations, including taking steps to 
end support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out 
cross border attacks into neighboring countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against 
United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 
Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 
intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 
processes in Pakistan; 
(3) dismantling improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 
used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re-
lated material and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial 
independence and due process of law;
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(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 
States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and 
assistance programs in Pakistan; and 
(7) providing humanitarian organizations access 
to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 
Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
congressional defense committees that it is in the national 
security interest to do so: Provided, That if the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, ex-
ercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report 
to the congressional defense committees on both the justifica-
tion for the waiver and on the requirements of this section 
that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: Pro-
vided further, That such report may be submitted in classi-
fied form if necessary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9017. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act, $770,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense and made available for trans-
fer only to the operation and maintenance, military per-
sonnel, and procurement accounts, to improve the intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the
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Department of Defense: Provided, That the transfer author-
ity provided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising the 
transfer authority provided in this section, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees on the proposed uses of these funds: Provided 
further, That the funds provided in this section may not 
be transferred to any program, project, or activity specifi-
cally limited or denied by this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts made available by this section are designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That the authority to provide 
funding under this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2018. 
SEC. 9018. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
ing for the introduction of United States armed or military 
forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria 
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi-
cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air-
space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven-
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tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require-
ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 
1543). 
SEC. 9019. None of the funds in this Act may be made 
available for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft 
to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or the Afghani-
stan Air Force until the Department of Defense provides 
a report to the congressional defense committees of the Af-
ghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift requirements. The re-
port should identify Afghanistan’s ability to utilize and 
maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 
and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide 
additional support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current 
medium airlift capacity. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9020. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That such amounts are 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Co-
alition Support Fund’’, 2017/2018, $500,000,000;
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: 
DSCA 
Security 
Cooperation’’, 
2017/2018, 
$250,000,000; 
‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2017/2018, 
$100,000,000; 
‘‘Counter-ISIL Train and Equip Fund’’, 2017/ 
2018, $80,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$25,100,000; and 
‘‘Counter-ISIL Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund’’, XXXX, $1,610,000,000. 
SEC. 9021. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report on the United States strategy to defeat 
Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
(ISIS), and their associated forces and co-belligerents. 
(b) The report required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) An analysis of the adequacy of the existing 
legal framework to accomplish the strategy described 
in subsection (a), particularly with respect to the Au-
thorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 
107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) and the Authorization 
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 
2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note).
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(2) An analysis of the budgetary resources nec-
essary to accomplish the strategy described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Defense shall testify at any hear-
ing held by any of the appropriate congressional committees 
on the report and to which the Secretary is invited. 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed 
Services and Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed 
Services and Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 9022. Funds available for the Afghanistan Secu-
rity Forces Fund may be used to provide limited training, 
equipment, and other assistance that would otherwise be 
prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 362 to a unit of the security forces 
of Afghanistan only if the Secretary certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees, within 30 days of a decision to 
provide such assistance, that (1) a denial of such assistance 
would present significant risk to U.S. or coalition forces 
or significantly undermine United States national security
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objectives in Afghanistan; and (2) the Secretary has sought 
a commitment by the Government of Afghanistan to take 
all necessary corrective steps: Provided, That such certifi-
cation shall be accompanied by a report describing: (1) the 
information relating to the gross violation of human rights; 
(2) the circumstances that necessitated the provision of such 
assistance; (3) the Afghan security force unit involved; (4) 
the assistance provided and the assistance withheld; and (5) 
the corrective steps to be taken by the Government of Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That every 120 days after the 
initial report an additional report shall be submitted de-
tailing the status of any corrective steps taken by the Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan: Provided further, That if the Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan has not initiated necessary correc-
tive steps within one year of the certification, the authority 
under this section to provide assistance to such unit shall 
no longer apply: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit a report to such committees detailing the final dis-
position of the case by the Government of Afghanistan. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL-
OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 
collection and study of basic information pertaining to 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 
for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restora-
tion projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for 
restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves-
tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and de-
tailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior
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to construction, $123,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new 
study starts during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That 
the new study starts shall consist of five studies where the 
majority of the benefits are derived from navigation trans-
portation savings or from flood and storm damage reduc-
tion and one study where the majority of benefits are de-
rived from environmental restoration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts 
proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects 
authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications, of such projects (including those 
involving participation by States, local governments, or 
private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 
law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 
shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
construction); $2,085,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 
Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the
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Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as author-
ized by Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as 
are necessary to cover one-half of the costs of construction, 
replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland water-
ways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways 
Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for 
in law: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate five new 
construction starts during fiscal year 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the new construction starts shall consist of four 
projects where the majority of the benefits are derived from 
navigation transportation savings or from flood and storm 
damage reduction and one project where the majority of the 
benefits are derived from environmental restoration: Pro-
vided further, That for new construction projects, project 
cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon as prac-
ticable but no later than September 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That no allocation for a new start shall be considered 
final and no work allowance shall be made until the Sec-
retary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress an out-year funding scenario dem-
onstrating the affordability of the selected new starts and 
the impacts on other projects: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not deviate from the new starts proposed in
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the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 
valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by 
law, $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 
of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate one new 
study start during fiscal year 2018. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; providing security for infra-
structure owned or operated by the Corps, including admin-
istrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 
channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public 
agency that serve essential navigation needs of general com-
merce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; 
clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstruc-
tions to navigation, $3,630,000,000, to remain available
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until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance 
costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland har-
bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund; of which such sums as become available from the spe-
cial account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be 
derived from that account for resource protection, research, 
interpretation, and maintenance activities related to re-
source protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation 
is available; and of which such sums as become available 
from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104– 
303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and mainte-
nance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which 
such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of 
the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engi-
neers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remain-
ing funds which have not been used for emergency activities
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proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for 
the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $139,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 
and other natural disasters and support emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such dis-
asters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and oper-
ation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, 
the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army
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Engineer Research and Development Center, and the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center al-
locable to the civil works program, $185,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, 
That no part of any other appropriation provided in this 
title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of 
the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works execu-
tive direction and management activities of the division of-
fices: Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super-
vision and general administration of emergency operations, 
repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurri-
cane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR 
CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at least 95 
percent of the additional funding provided under each head-
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ing in this title (as designated under such heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act)) to specific 
programs, projects, or activities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 
CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 
of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 
to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2018, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 
is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 
is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations;
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(5) augments or reduces existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con-
tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 
approval is received from the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 
$100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 
$2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 
amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 
or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 
less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 
$300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 
may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 
changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judg-
ments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 
reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity
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that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob-
ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited 
reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to 
be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the 
Chief of Engineers shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of these emergency ac-
tions as soon thereafter as practicable: Provided fur-
ther, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to 
a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity 
is allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less 
than 
$1,000,000, 
the 
reprogramming 
limit 
is 
$150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be re-
programmed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 
reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), 
and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construc-
tion, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the 
Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, respec-
tively; and 
(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC-
TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent 
of the base of the receiving project is permitted.
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(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 
should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 
(a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded 
under the continuing authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; and 
(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 respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and the explanatory statement described
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in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act), including the determination and designation 
of new starts. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 
Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, 
after evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable 
manner for the disposal or management of dredged material 
originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it 
is approved under a State water quality certification pur-
suant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That until an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material is approved
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under a State water quality certification, the Corps of En-
gineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged 
material consistent with the requirements of section 101 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that 
is not consistent with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections (a)(1) 
and (a)(2). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities identi-
fied in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 
the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SEC. 109. Relative to the Rough River Lake Flowage 
Easement Encroachment Resolution Plan, the Chief of En-
gineers shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, a report that includes
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an inventory of habitable structures and improvements 
built, installed, or established in the flowage easement 
boundary; whether each such structure or improvement in 
the inventory was built, installed or established within the 
flowage easement boundary before or after the surveys con-
ducted by the Corps of Engineers in 2013, 2014, and 2015; 
and what notice landowners had of the flowage easement 
boundary prior to those surveys. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $10,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $898,000 shall be deposited 
into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,450,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for expenses necessary in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In-
terior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, of the 
amount made available to the Commission under this Act 
or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,332,124,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $67,693,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the 
Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers 
may be increased or decreased within the overall appropria-
tion under this heading: Provided further, That of the total 
appropriated, the amount for program activities that can 
be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 
shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided fur-
401 
ther, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are avail-
able until expended for the purposes for which the funds 
were contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced 
under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and 
are available until expended for the same purposes as the 
sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706: Provided further, That in accordance with section 
4009(c) of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by 
the Secretary in a letter dated November 21, 2017, funding 
provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2017 shall be made 
available to the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Pro-
gram, the Orange County Sanitation District Effluent 
Reuse Implementation Project—Headworks Segregation, 
and the Groundwater Reliability Improvement Program 
(GRIP) Recycled Water Project: Provided further, That in 
accordance with section 4007 of Public Law 114–322 and 
as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated February 
23, 2018, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 
2017 shall be made available to the Shasta Dam and Res-
ervoir Enlargement Project, the North-of-Delta Offstream 
Storage Investigation/Sites Reservoir Storage Project, the 
Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation, the
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Friant-Kern Canal Subsidence Challenges Project, the Boise 
River Basin Feasibility Study, the Yakima River Basin 
Water Enhancement Project—Cle Elum Pool Raise, and the 
Upper Yakima System Storage Feasibility Study. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $41,376,000, to be 
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 
amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay-
ments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102– 
575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 
leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is al-
ready committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted 
decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of
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the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 
of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 
objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, $59,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation 
Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 
377: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in 
this Act shall be available for activities or functions budg-
eted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and 
Related Resources that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2018, shall be available for obli-
gation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim-
its, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita-
tion category or the Resources Management and De-
velopment category to any program, project, or activ-
ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi-
ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.
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(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 
the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 
the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 
of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 
Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior
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as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 
repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative 
Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repay-
ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 
Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec-
lamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United 
States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or 
drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reim-
bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 
studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended 
by— 
(1) striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(2) 
striking 
‘‘$90,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$120,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during the period from November 1 through April 30, water 
users may use their diversion structures for the purpose of 
recharging the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Sec-
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retary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee and 
Water District 1 watermaster, determines there is water 
available in excess of that needed to satisfy existing 
Minidoka Project storage and hydropower rights and ensure 
operational flexibility. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi-
ciency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$2,321,778,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity de-
livery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the
409 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$248,329,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion, $1,205,056,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out fossil energy research and development activities, 
under the authority of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in
410 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, 
technological investigations and research concerning the ex-
traction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 
without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 
U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $726,817,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount 
$60,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 
out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 
$4,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 
for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and oper-
ations and program management activities pursuant to the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and
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sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 
be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 
Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That such amounts shall remain available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses to carry out the Life Exten-
sion II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Pro-
vided further, That section 158 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56), as 
amended by the Further Extension of Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (subdivision 3 of division B of Public 
Law 115–123), shall no longer apply. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 
petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pursu-
ant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 
of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 
note), and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–255), $8,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation,
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and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $6,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis-
tration, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense 
environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$298,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 
and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities 
of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $840,000,000, 
to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina-
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tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until 
expended, of which $35,732,000 shall be available in accord-
ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the pur-
chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not more than 16 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambu-
lance and one bus, $6,259,903,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
such 
amount, 
$183,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, 
for program direction. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car-
rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
110–69), 
$353,314,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for program direction.
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TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 
borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col-
lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee 
program, $33,000,000 is appropriated from fees collected in 
prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided fur-
ther, That if the amount in the previous proviso is not 
available from such fees, an amount for such purposes is 
also appropriated from the general fund so as to result in 
a total amount appropriated for such purpose of no more 
than $23,000,000: Provided further, That fees collected pur-
suant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 2018 shall be 
credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 
shall not be available until appropriated: Provided further, 
That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any 
loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 
1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any 
Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations
415 
in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 
Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses 
necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar-
antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $285,652,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 
as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 
cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, 
That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue
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increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, 
That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 
revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 
may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95– 
238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$189,652,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $49,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
417 
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$10,642,138,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $105,600,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction, 
or 
expansion, 
$2,048,219,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year ap-
propriations available under this heading, $49,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 
naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 
or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip-
ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,620,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which, $85,500,000 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the Advanced Test Reac-
tor: Provided, That of such amount, $47,651,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex-
penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
$407,595,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, including official reception and representation ex-
penses not to exceed $12,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic en-
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ergy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$5,988,048,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic en-
ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified activi-
ties, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $840,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $284,653,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program 
direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are
420 
approved for official reception and representation expenses 
in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2018, no new direct loan obligations may be 
made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 
ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south-
eastern power area, $6,379,000, including official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $6,379,000 collected by the 
Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
421 
ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$51,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis-
tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 
of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 
power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 
and for administrative expenses, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex-
ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South-
western Power Administration, $30,288,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $18,888,000 collected by the
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Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power 
and related services shall be credited to this account as dis-
cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex-
penses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation estimated at not more than $11,400,000: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $40,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Admin-
istration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to re-
cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7152), and other related activities including conservation
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and 
renewable 
resources 
programs 
as 
authorized, 
$223,276,000, including official reception and representa-
tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $221,251,000 shall be de-
rived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
and section 1 of the Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $129,904,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale 
of power and related services shall be credited to this ac-
count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are re-
ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$93,372,000, of which $91,347,000 is derived from the Rec-
lamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $209,000,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to 
recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred-
ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
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able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 
power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 
wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 
the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 
Dams, $4,176,000, to remain available until expended, and 
to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provi-
sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $3,948,000 
collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 
the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discre-
tionary offsetting collections, to remain available until ex-
pended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses 
of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated 
Western Area Power Administration activities: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex-
penses shall be reduced as collections are received during
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the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an-
nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2018, the Administrator of the 
Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$872,000 in funds contributed by United States power cus-
tomers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into 
the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 
and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 
contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifi-
cally appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That 
any such funds shall be available without further appro-
priation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 
Commissioner of the United States Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission for the sole pur-
pose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 
Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
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partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$367,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $367,600,000 of revenues from fees and annual 
charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 
2018 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in 
this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 
during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 
made available by this title for the Department of Energy 
shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 
or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
or 
similar 
arrangements 
(including 
Requests 
for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Oppor-
tunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity
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if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by 
Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 
made available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 
grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or 
Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or 
more, including a contract covered by the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an 
allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits 
in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress with-
in 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detail-
ing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award to-
taling less than $1,000,000 provided during the previous 
quarter.
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(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 
report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 
of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 
which the funds for the award were appropriated, the ac-
count and program, project, or activity from which the 
funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief 
description of the activity for which the award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
is funded for the full period of performance as antici-
pated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
includes a clause conditioning the Federal Govern-
ment’s obligation on the availability of future year 
budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activi-
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ties specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title 
III—Department of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to 
the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause 
any program, project, or activity funding level to increase 
or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, during the time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 
a specific program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the
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use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not 
later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and there-
after may be accounted for as one fund for the same time 
period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, 
for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically au-
thorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fis-
cal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for fiscal year 2018.
431 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified 
as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 
unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of 
Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compli-
ance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, 
until a separate independent cost estimate has been devel-
oped for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear Non-
proliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new con-
tracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, 
the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition 
in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such ac-
tivity is in the national security interests of the United 
States. This waiver authority may not be delegated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective 
until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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gress, in classified form if necessary, a report on the jus-
tification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may not establish any new regional petro-
leum product reserve unless funding for the proposed re-
gional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in 
advance in an annual budget submission and approved by 
the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(1) the justification for the new reserve; 
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 
funding sources; 
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products 
may be released; 
(4) the location of the reserve; and 
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re-
serve. 
SEC. 307. The Secretary of Energy may not transfer 
more than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available 
under this title to the working capital fund established 
under section 653 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7263): Provided, That the Secretary 
may transfer additional amounts to the working capital
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fund after the Secretary provides notification in advance 
of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That any such 
notification shall identify the sources of funds by program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress before adding or removing any activities 
from the fund. 
SEC. 308. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of En-
ergy, in consultation with the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report that provides a detailed 
explanation, using specific receipts data and legal authori-
ties, of how each of the Western Area Power Administration, 
the Southwestern Power Administration, and the South-
eastern Power Administration are executing current receipt 
authority provided in this and prior year appropriations 
Acts to create carryover of unobligated balances for pur-
chase power and wheeling expenditures. 
SEC. 309. (a) Funds provided by this Act for Project 
99–D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and 
any funds provided by prior Acts for such Project that re-
main unobligated, may be made available only for construc-
tion and project support activities for such Project.
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(b) The Secretary of Energy shall not be subject to the 
requirements of subsection (a) if the Secretary waives the 
requirements of section 3121(a) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) 
in accordance with subsection (b) of such section. 
(c) If the Secretary waives the requirements of section 
3121(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2018, the Secretary— 
(1) shall concurrently submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
lifecycle cost estimate used to make the certification 
under section 3121(b) of such Act; and 
(2) may not use funds provided for the Project 
to eliminate such Project until the date that is 30 
days after the submission of the lifecycle cost estimate 
required under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 310. The unappropriated receipts currently in 
the Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities account 
shall be transferred to and merged with the Uranium En-
richment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 
and shall be available only to the extent provided in ad-
vance in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a de-
termination by the President in this fiscal year that a re-
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gional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of sig-
nificant scope and duration exists, that a severe increase 
in the price of refined petroleum product will likely result 
from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale of re-
fined petroleum product would assist directly and signifi-
cantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, the 
Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined petro-
leum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Pro-
ceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited into 
the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 167 of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247), 
and such amounts shall be available for obligation, without 
fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chair-
man and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Com-
mission, for payment of the Federal share of the adminis-
trative expenses of the Commission, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facili-
ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 
100–456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Author-
ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 
Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sec-
tions 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission in-
cluding the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant 
and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 
Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds shall 
be available for construction projects in an amount not to 
exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed commu-
nities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission 
Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105–277),
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as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 
Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not 
to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in connec-
tion with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this 
heading shall be available for the payment of such a non- 
Federal share for programs undertaken to carry out the 
purposes of the Commission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $15,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not-
withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2018, the 
duties and authority of the Federal Cochairperson shall be 
assumed by the Northern Border Regional Commission Pro-
gram Director if the position of the Federal Cochairperson 
and Alternate Federal Cochairperson is vacant. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by
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subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 
and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $909,137,000, includ-
ing official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated herein, not more than $9,500,000 
may be made available for salaries, travel, and other sup-
port costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, of which, notwithstanding 
section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure 
shall only be approved by a majority vote of the Commis-
sion: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $779,768,032 in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained 
and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this ac-
count, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the development
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of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear tech-
nologies, and $16,200,000 shall be for international activi-
ties, except that the amounts provided under this proviso 
shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received 
during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2018 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$129,300,892: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for univer-
sity research and development in areas relevant to the Com-
mission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear 
Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support 
multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 
missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 
nuclear science and engineering: Provided further, That 
$68,076.04 of unobligated balances from the funds trans-
ferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from the 
United States Agency for International Development pursu-
ant to section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
are rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $12,859,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That revenues from licensing 
fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 
estimated at $10,555,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall be re-
tained and be available until September 30, 2019, for nec-
essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $2,304,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this head-
ing, $1,131,000 shall be for Inspector General services for 
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not 
be available from fee revenues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, 
section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2019.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its 
Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Con-
gressional requests for information. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be repro-
grammed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the 
use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any 
program funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 
period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance 
with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to 
human health, the environment, welfare, or national secu-
rity. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activ-
ity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise
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have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of 
the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the Com-
mittees of such waiver and changes to funding levels to pro-
grams, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), 
the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be ex-
pended as directed in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for 
which funds are denied or restricted by this Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations.
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in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 
any authority whereby a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instru-
mentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer au-
thorities, except for any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and 
in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts 
transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification 
requirements for each authority. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low- 
Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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work 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-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018’’. 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, 
and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real 
properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the 
performance of official business; executive direction pro-
gram activities; international affairs and economic policy 
activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, in-
446 
cluding technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury- 
wide management policies and programs activities, 
$201,751,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading— 
(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 avail-
able 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 administration 
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
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(F) international operations. 
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, $141,778,000: Provided, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) up to 
$32,000,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Offices 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be available 
for administrative support to the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to $5,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not sup-
plant any other amounts made available to the Treasury 
offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further, 
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 approval:
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Provided further, That the submitted spend plan shall be 
reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief Information 
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 admin-
istrative expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Offi-
cer to provide oversight of the investments made under this 
heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 
to the Treasury Chief Information 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 repairs 
and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of 
the Treasury, $4,426,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That these funds shall be trans-
ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 
the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and 
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
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ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 
Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, shall be for audits 
and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of 
the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Op-
portunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast 
States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may
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be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; $169,634,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 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 unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET 
RELIEF PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the Emer-
gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–343), $34,000,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for-
eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 
concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv-
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ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for as-
sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $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 head-
ing, $702,000,000 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 be-
tween 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, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed 
$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 per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 
be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 
label applications: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
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propriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, shall be for the costs associ-
ated 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 invest-
ments 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 Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
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the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $160,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com-
munity Development Financial Institutions Assist-
ance awards, is available until September 30, 2019, 
for financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
and outreach under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103– 
325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up 
to $2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 
and of which up to $3,000,000, notwithstanding sub-
section (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to provide finan-
cial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach to community development financial institu-
tions to expand investments that benefit individuals 
with disabilities: Provided, That the cost of direct and 
guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
to exceed $25,000,000;
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(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2019, for fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified com-
munity development lender organizations with experi-
ence and expertise in community development bank-
ing and lending in Indian country, Native American 
organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and 
other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2019, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 
until September 30, 2019, for a Healthy Food Fi-
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions for the 
purpose of offering affordable financing and technical 
assistance to expand the availability of healthy food 
options in distressed communities;
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(5) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for administrative expenses, includ-
ing administration of CDFI fund programs and the 
New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not less 
than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to better 
assess and inform CDFI investment performance, and 
up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program; and 
(6) 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: Pro-
vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in 
effect until December 31, 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 the pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 
counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent
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or more of its population living in poverty over the 
past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 de-
cennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5-year data se-
ries available from the American Community Survey 
of the Census Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo-
cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $2,506,554,000, of which not less than $9,890,000 
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 
of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for 
low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less 
than $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income 
Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return 
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 Service, not less than 
$5,500,000 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 deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and of which not less than $60,257,000 
shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement 
program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, in-
cluding rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; 
physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide admin-
istration activities; research and statistics of income; tele-
communications; information technology development, en-
hancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the oper-
ations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
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rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$3,634,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019; of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and 
renovation 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 Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States 
detailing the cost and schedule performance for its major 
information technology investments, including the purpose 
and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any 
cost and schedule variances; the risks of such investments 
and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to 
mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental mile-
stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 
quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 
2019, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-
mation for its major information technology systems.
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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 contrac-
tual costs of said acquisitions, including related Internal 
Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ-
ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General 
of the United States detailing the cost and schedule perform-
ance for major information technology investments, includ-
ing the purposes and life-cycle stages of the investments; the 
reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of 
such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue 
Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected 
developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be in-
curred in the next quarter.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with 
taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial 
application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax-
payers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 
and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response
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time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard 
to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the In-
ternal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 
a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de-
termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 
taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of the 
video. 
SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
employer making employment tax payments, and such no-
tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new 
address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com-
promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud 
by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be-
liefs.
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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 procedures, 
verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap-
ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 
of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 
2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi-
ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 
California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection proc-
ess with respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless 
such program or process takes into account the con-
duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 
former employee. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information).
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SEC. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 
6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 
a proposed final return or statement for use by such person 
to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
$320,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2019, 
shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer 
Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ ac-
counts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
amount to be used solely for carrying out Public Law 115– 
97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 
the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
spending plan for such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
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insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Trou-
bled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alco-
hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer under this section may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
466 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions
467 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
curity 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. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 
Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department of
468 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department- 
wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 
Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For-
feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 
previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 
that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 
of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 
for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 
customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. During fiscal year 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 Service, to 
issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
mine whether an organization is operated exclusively
469 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including the proposed regulations published at 78 
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for purposes of determining status under 
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
ated on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall submit reports on their ac-
tivities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter;
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(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 
and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 
and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall make officials available to 
testify on the contents of the reports required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 127. 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) 
of section 402(c) of such Act, the Special Inspector General 
for the Troubled Asset Relief Program shall prioritize the 
performance of audits or investigations of any program that 
is funded in whole or in part by funds appropriated 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 General. 
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 author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 
3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, $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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REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to 
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
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in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that con-
sists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events with-
in the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or non-
political: Provided further, That no provision of this para-
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graph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or 
II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
105(d), $750,000, to remain available until expended, for 
required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 
issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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$100,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall re-
main available until expended for continued modernization 
of information resources within the Executive Office of the 
President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $101,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 
the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 
actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi-
cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 
Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro-
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vided further, That of the funds made available for the Of-
fice of Management and Budget by this Act, no less than 
three full-time equivalent senior staff position shall be dedi-
cated solely to the Office of the Intellectual Property En-
forcement 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 appli-
cable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the 
Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have 
not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary pol-
icy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief 
of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 
the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided further, That 
if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the 
appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management 
and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management
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and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or pub-
lic organizations or agencies, with or without reimburse-
ment, $18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized 
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $280,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
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sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen-
cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 
up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and as-
sociated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2016 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re-
programming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2017, shall be fund-
ed at not less than the fiscal year 2017 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2018 fund-
ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 
of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in con-
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sultation 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 ap-
propriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $117,093,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available as follows: 
$99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by sec-
tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public Law 
109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug court 
training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti- 
doping activities; $2,343,000 for the United States member-
ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 
shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public 
Law 109–469; and $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for activities authorized by section 103 
of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made