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offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-
tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $6,400,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the formulation and de-
velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 
James 
Webb 
Space 
Telescope 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de-
velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi-
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tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin-
istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 
the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30104. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $725,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program
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management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $932,800,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
$180,000,000 shall be for RESTORE. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $5,338,700,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not less 
than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System
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(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 
less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-
ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-
neously: Provided further, That $795,000,000 shall be for 
Exploration Ground Systems, including $255,000,000 for 
a second mobile launch platform and associated SLS ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget 
submission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated sys-
tem that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion 
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground sys-
tems that will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed 
launch as early as possible, as well as a system-based 
funding profile for a sustained launch cadence beyond the 
initial crewed test launch: Provided further, That acquisi-
tion of Orion crew vehicles, SLS launch vehicles, Explo-
ration Ground Systems, mobile launch platforms, and 
their associated components may be funded incrementally 
in fiscal year 2019 and thereafter: Provided further, That 
$1,043,700,000 shall be for exploration research and de-
velopment.
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SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $4,639,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS OPPORTUNITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $110,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$21,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $44,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $2,750,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020.
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CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $388,200,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2019 in an amount not 
to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$39,300,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 
change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
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tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,556,183,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 
$544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research
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equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$249,254,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $915,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$328,510,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
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further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2019 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $15,350,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
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tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital 
asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not spe-
cifically provided for in this Act or any other law appro-
priating funds for the National Science Foundation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$10,065,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
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cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 
out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as
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authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$379,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 
or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 
with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 
this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 
to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the 
work of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $95,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $410,000,000, of which $376,000,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2018 and 
2019, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$4,200,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
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United States Code, $57,600,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $6,121,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State
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Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
698 
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab-
lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex-
cess of $3,353,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 
available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 
shall remain available until expended to the Department
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of Justice Office of Inspector General for oversight and 
auditing purposes; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to 
the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with 
the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian 
tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-
poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 
which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 
may include preliminary findings and a description of
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areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 
any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 
the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-
net website maintained by the Department, Administra-
tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial inter-
est in the person awarded the grant or contract.
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(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 
which the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
departments and agencies funded in this Act to acquire 
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech-
nologies Company, ZTE Corporation, or a high-impact or 
moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government;
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(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation (FBI) and other appropriate agen-
cies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
or the Russian Federation. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks;
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(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the vital national security interest of the United 
States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
(1), provided that such report may include a classi-
fied annex as necessary. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
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(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or
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(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 
or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such
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funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 
any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori-
gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 
1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-
rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 
Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.
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SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 
such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 
to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 
in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase 
in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be
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specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 
years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 
of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Com-
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merce, Economic Development Administration, Economic 
Development Assistance Programs, $10,000,000 is re-
scinded not later than September 30, 2019. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2019, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $175,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $128,291,000 including from, but 
not limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for 
the automation of fingerprint identification and 
criminal justice information services and associated 
costs; 
(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $10,000,000; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; 
(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, 
Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$10,000,000; and 
(6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$674,000,000, is permanently rescinded.
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(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
September 1, 2019, specifying the amount of each rescis-
sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 
(d) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 524. (a) Any unobligated balances identified in 
the following Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbols are 
hereby permanently cancelled: 80X0114; 80X0111; 
80X0110; and 80X0112. 
(b) Upon enactment of this Act: 
(1) obligated balances in 80X0114 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0130, Construc-
tion and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion, and any upward adjustments to such obliga-
tions may be made from 80–0130; 
(2) obligated balances in 80X0111 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0122, Safety, 
Security and Mission Services, 80–0115, Space 
Flight Capabilities and 80–0130, Construction and
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Environmental Compliance and Restoration, and any 
upward adjustments to such obligations may be 
made from 80–0122, 80–0115 and 80–0130; 
(3) obligated balances in 80X0110 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0130, Construc-
tion and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion, and any upward adjustments to said obliga-
tions may be made from 80–0130; and 
(4) obligated balances in 80X0112 shall be 
transferred to and merged with 80–0122, Safety, 
Security and Mission Services and 80–0130, Con-
struction and Environmental Compliance and Res-
toration, and any upward adjustments to such obli-
gations may be made from 80–0122 and 80–0130. 
(c) Following the cancellation of unobligated balances 
and transfer of obligated balances in 80X0114, 80X0111, 
80X0110 and 80X0112, such accounts shall be closed. 
Any collections authorized or required to be credited to 
these accounts that are not received before closing of such 
accounts shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 
301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 
at any single conference occurring outside the United 
States unless such conference is a law enforcement train-
ing or operational conference for law enforcement per-
sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend-
ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 
United States. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this 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 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this Act may be used to con-
struct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, 
its territories, or possessions to house any individual de-
scribed in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or
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imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 529. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following:
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(1) Details on future action the department, 
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 
in expired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 
Treasury of the United States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 
the total number of expired grant accounts with 
undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 
year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 
and the total finances that have not been obligated 
to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 
promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro-
gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col-
laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 
or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, 
after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, have certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national 
security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 
the activity in question and shall include a description of 
the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
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sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 
importation of any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 
been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 533. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices
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of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 
the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 
signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the FAR. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural
719 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available under 
this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 
respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 
District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent 
any of them from implementing their own laws that au-
thorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Jus-
tice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2019’’.
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DIVISION 
F—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN 
OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 
$5,944,440,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, of which up to $1,441,777,000 may remain avail-
able until expended for Worldwide Security Protection: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs (1) 
through (4) as follows:
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(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard 
to civil service and classification laws of persons on 
a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au-
thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 
$2,916,794,000, of which up to $513,000,000 is for 
Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 
of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,302,715,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to 
certain international organizations in which the 
United States participates pursuant to treaties rati-
fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra-
tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar-
mament activities as authorized, $773,847,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $951,084,000, of which
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up to $928,777,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise made available under 
this heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, may be credited 
to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and 
from fees from educational advising and coun-
seling and exchange visitor programs; and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 
derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, 
AND OTHER MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 
and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 
this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be
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transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu-
ations and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 
31, United States Code, for the field examina-
tion of programs and activities in the United 
States funded from any account contained in 
this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are designated for Worldwide Security 
Protection shall continue to be made available 
for support of security-related training at sites 
in existence prior to the enactment of this Act. 
(E) Of the funds made available under this 
heading, $1,100,000 shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘Payment to the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan’’. 
(7) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of this Act 
and other Acts making appropriations for the De-
724 
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, the ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ account shall 
have the same meaning as the ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’ account. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $92,770,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $77,629,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$11,644,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $690,585,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not less than $242,400,000 
shall be for the Fulbright Program and not less than 
$112,360,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program, in-
cluding $4,125,000 for the Congress-Bundestag Youth 
Exchange: Provided, That fees or other payments received 
from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational
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advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 
programs as authorized may be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and 
Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. 
Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 
substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to pro-
grams funded by this Act under this heading shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For 
representation 
expenses 
as 
authorized, 
$8,030,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 
preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
726 
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$790,100,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic 
and overseas representation expenses as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, 
or generators for other departments and agencies of the 
United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,126,304,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, not less than $1,025,304,000 shall be 
made available for a fiscal year 2019 contribution to the 
Capital Security Cost Sharing and Maintenance Cost 
Sharing programs: Provided further, That not later than 
45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the pro-
posed allocation of funds made available under this head-
ing and the actual and anticipated proceeds of sales for 
all projects in fiscal year 2019.
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and 
conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author-
ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex-
ceed $5,686,032. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees 
collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of
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facilities at the International Center in accordance with 
section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90– 
553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
Act, $743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 
by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 
that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,344,135,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 
the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 
recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 
the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an
729 
emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
Nations program without identifying an offsetting de-
crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 
further, That not later than June 1, 2019, and 30 days 
after the end of fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of State 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any 
credits attributable to the United States, including from 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide 
updated fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 assessment 
costs including offsets from available credits and updated 
foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 
any such credits shall only be available for United States 
assessed contributions to the United Nations regular 
budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
notified when such credits are applied to any assessed con-
tribution, including any payment of arrearages: Provided 
further, That any notification regarding funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, sec-
tion 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include
730 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs 
including offsets from available credits and updated for-
eign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That any 
payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 
to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of inter-
est costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading are 
made available to pay not less than the full fiscal year 
2019 United States assessment for each respective inter-
national organization. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $716,425,000, of which 15 percent shall remain
731 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated 
or expended for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security 
Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is prac-
ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: 
(1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the 
objectives of the mission, the national interest that will 
be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of 
funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that 
will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mis-
sion, and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for obligation unless 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mis-
sion basis that the United Nations is implementing effec-
tive policies and procedures to prevent United Nations em-
ployees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops 
serving in such mission from trafficking in persons, ex-
ploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of sexual 
exploitation and abuse or other violations of human rights, 
and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such 
acts while participating in such mission, including pros-
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ecution in their home countries and making information 
about such prosecutions publicly available on the website 
of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State shall work with the United Nations and 
foreign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to 
implement effective vetting procedures to ensure that such 
troops have not violated human rights: Provided further, 
That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses 
unless the Secretary of State determines that United 
States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given 
opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 
for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 
being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this heading may be used for 
any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a rec-
ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
terest of the United States and the President has sub-
mitted to Congress such a recommendation: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than June 1, 2019, and 30 days after 
the end of fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of State shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits
733 
attributable to the United States, including those resulting 
from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United 
Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fis-
cal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 assessment costs in-
cluding offsets from available credits: Provided further, 
That any such credits shall only be available for United 
States assessed contributions to United Nations peace-
keeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations 
shall be notified when such credits are applied to any as-
sessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 
Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, 
section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs, 
including offsets from available credits: Provided further, 
That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall work with the
734 
United Nations and members of the United Nations Secu-
rity Council to evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping mis-
sions, and to consider a draw down when mission goals 
have been substantially achieved. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$48,134,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International
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Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co-
operation Commission as authorized by the North Amer-
ican Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 103–182), $13,258,000: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading for the International 
Joint Commission, up to $500,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2020, and $9,000 may be made avail-
able for representation expenses: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this heading for the Inter-
national Boundary Commission, $1,000 may be made 
available for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $50,651,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out
736 
international communication activities, and to make and 
supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television broad-
casting to the Middle East, $804,486,000: Provided, That 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, up to $34,508,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, 
of which not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet 
freedom programs: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$35,000 may be used for representation expenses, of 
which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within the 
United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 
may be used for representation expenses of Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the BBG 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 
days of any determination by the BBG that any of its 
broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 
provides an open platform for international terrorists or 
those who support international terrorism, or is in viola-
tion of the principles and standards set forth in sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 
or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, 
That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours
737 
previously justified to Congress, including changes to 
transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, sat-
ellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language serv-
ices shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That in addition to funds made available under this head-
ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 
to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue 
from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 
Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 
out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser-
vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele-
vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 
to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized.
738 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not later 
than 45 days after enactment of this Act. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $37,884,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020, which shall not 
be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter-
est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2019, to remain available until expended.
739 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur-
poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 
2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re-
strictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 
to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2019, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and
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Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 
1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha-
waii, $16,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to 
the Center not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
4412), $170,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 
and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 
and $52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be apportioned and obligated to the Endowment not later 
than 45 days after enactment of this Act. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $675,000, as 
authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States
741 
Code: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem-
porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding 
paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro-
vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Oc-
tober 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Commission 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to ex-
ercising such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), 
as authorized by title II of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), 
$4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
including not more than $4,000 for representation ex-
penses: Provided, That prior to the obligation of 
$1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
the Commission shall consult with the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the steps taken to implement the 
recommendations of the Independent Review of USCIRF 
Mission Effectiveness that was conducted pursuant to the 
United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–
742 
71), and such funds shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,579,000, includ-
ing not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not 
more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
743 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen-
tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi-
tations, and conditions contained in the second through 
sixth provisos under this heading in the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019 and shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if in-
cluded in this Act. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,298,914,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading and under the heading ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in this title may be made available to finance 
the construction (including architect and engineering serv-
ices), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by 
the United States Agency for International Development,
744 
unless the USAID Administrator has identified such pro-
posed use of funds in a report submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obliga-
tion of funds for such purposes: Provided further, That 
contracts or agreements entered into with funds appro-
priated under this heading may entail commitments for 
the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the authority of sections 610 
and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds ap-
propriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses, and not to 
exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, 
for USAID during the current fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 
of information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $225,000,000, to remain available until expended:
745 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, not 
less than $220,400,000 shall be made available for a fiscal 
year 2019 contribution to the Capital Security Cost Shar-
ing and Maintenance Cost Sharing programs: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$73,000,000, of which up to $10,950,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2020, for the Office of In-
spector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, as follows:
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GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 
funds 
otherwise 
available 
for 
such 
purposes, 
$3,072,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for train-
ing, equipment, and technical assistance to build the ca-
pacity of public health institutions and organizations in 
developing countries, and for such activities as: (1) child 
survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization 
and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 
water and sanitation programs which directly address the 
needs of mothers and children, and related education pro-
grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned 
by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the preven-
tion, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 
including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 
communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 
children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster pre-
paredness training for health crises; (7) programs to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to, unanticipated and
747 
emerging global health threats; and (8) family planning/ 
reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available for 
a United States contribution to the GAVI Alliance: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts may be made available to any organization 
or program which, as determined by the President of the 
United States, supports or participates in the manage-
ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 
sterilization: Provided further, That any determination 
made under the previous proviso must be made not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria uti-
lized to make the determination: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 
to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing
748 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through 
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 
of family planning methods and services, and that any 
such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol-
lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning (this provision 
shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 
estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur-
poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen-
tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi-
vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep-
tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
target or quota of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 
or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 
any program of general welfare or the right of access to 
health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 
not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor-
mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho-
749 
sen, including those conditions that might render the use 
of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 
known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 
(5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep-
tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro-
vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 
and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 
USAID Administrator determines that there has been a 
violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 
of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 
(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de-
scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 
by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 
for natural family planning under section 104 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi-
nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan-
ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author-
izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
750 
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 
be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 
local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 
options: Provided further, That information provided 
about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 
that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act 
shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 
health benefits and failure rates of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, $5,720,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, which shall be apportioned directly 
to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 
for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 
and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to 
make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided 
further, That the amount of such contribution should be 
$1,350,000,000: Provided further, That clauses (i) and 
(vi) of section 202(d)(4)(A) of the United States Leader-
751 
ship Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 
of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622) shall be applied with respect 
to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 through 
2019 by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided fur-
ther, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of 
funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 
2019 may be made available to USAID for technical as-
sistance related to the activities of the Global Fund, sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to 
$17,000,000 may be made available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin-
istrative expenses of the Office of the United States Global 
AIDS Coordinator. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 
255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
752 
struction assistance, $3,801,034,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be appor-
tioned to the United States Agency for International De-
velopment not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 
the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 
for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to support transition to de-
mocracy and long-term development of countries in crisis: 
Provided, That such support may include assistance to de-
velop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 
USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin-
ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 
if the Secretary of State determines that it is important 
to the national interest of the United States to provide 
transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I
753 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for 
purposes of this heading and under the authorities appli-
cable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support pro-
grams and activities administered by the United States 
Agency for International Development to prevent or re-
spond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and 
complex crises overseas, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available on such terms and 
conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the pur-
poses of preventing or responding to such challenges and 
crises, except that no funds shall be made available for 
lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this 
Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for administrative expenses, in
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addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
except that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of 
the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
apportioned to USAID not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that such notifications shall be transmitted 
at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $55,000,000 may 
be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 
funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this 
paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for 
micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 
and other programs which further the purposes of part 
I of such Act: Provided further, That funds provided as
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a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti-
fication procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made 
available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 
modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, and funds 
used for such cost, including if the cost results in a nega-
tive subsidy, shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating 
to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as con-
tained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the 
House Committee on International Relations on May 9, 
1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
tees provided under this heading, except that the principal 
amount of loans made or guaranteed under this heading 
with respect to any single country shall not exceed 
$300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds are
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available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 
which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, 
which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 
in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $2,853,925,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 
of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 
of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 
U.S.C. 4411), $165,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, which shall be made available for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available to the National Endowment
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for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available by this Act for such purposes: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph may be used for administrative expenses of the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De-
partment of State: Provided further, That the Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De-
partment of State, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, 
$67,795,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, which shall be made available for the Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
United States Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for 
Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Pub-
lic Law 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, which shall be available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except section 7067 
of this Act, for assistance and related programs for coun-
tries identified in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 (22
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U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of Public Law 101–179 (22 
U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for 
assistance for such countries shall be administered in ac-
cordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator des-
ignated pursuant to section 102 of Public Law 102–511 
and section 601 of Public Law 101–179: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be con-
sidered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the 
use of economic assistance. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 
to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As-
sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 
and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 
and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and
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hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$2,938,024,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 
to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require-
ments, and $5,000,000 shall be made available for refu-
gees resettling in Israel. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in 
paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including 
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $410,000,000, of which $6,000,000 is for the Of-
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fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 
Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur-
suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper-
ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail-
able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 
$4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 
Provided further, That any decision to open, close, signifi-
cantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or 
country program shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation 
and regular notification procedures may be waived when 
there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 
Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this 
Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration: Provided further, That section 605(e) of the 
MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this head-
ing: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge 
Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA 
only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment 
to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mu-
tual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 
the entire amount of the United States Government fund-
ing anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided 
further, That no country should be eligible for a threshold 
program after such country has completed a country com-
pact: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be avail-
able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain-
ment expenses.
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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the African De-
velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 
22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 
That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 
by the Board of Directors of the United States African 
Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep-
tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 
USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 
that section with respect to a project and a project may
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exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase 
is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur-
ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees after each time such waiv-
er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 
USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 
from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 
buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec-
essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 
the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 
United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 
such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri-
can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 
the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 
Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro-
gram purposes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may be made available to contract for services as described 
in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961, without regard to the location in which such services 
are performed. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $986,945,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
the Department of State may use the authority of section 
608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard 
to its restrictions, to receive excess property from an agen-
cy of the United States Government for the purpose of 
providing such property to a foreign country or inter-
national organization under chapter 8 of part I of such 
Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That sec-
tion 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except 
that any funds made available notwithstanding such sec-
tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available to support training and technical assistance for
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foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other ju-
dicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading that 
are transferred to another department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government pursuant to 
section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 val-
ued in excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made 
pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$640,080,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism 
assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear-
ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 
arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including activities implemented through 
nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec-
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tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a 
United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear 
Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and for a vol-
untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund shall be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law and subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and 
multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disar-
mament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That such funds 
may also be used for such countries other than the Inde-
pendent States of the former Soviet Union and inter-
national organizations when it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines that Israel is being denied its right to participate 
in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That 
funds made available for conventional weapons destruction 
programs, including demining and related activities, in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 
be used for administrative expenses related to the oper-
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ation and management of such programs and activities, 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be made available 
for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, as described 
in section 8003 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 
(division K of Public Law 115–141), following prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$152,212,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, 
to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign 
civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to partici-
pate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$31,000,000 shall be made available for a United States 
contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers 
mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$110,680,000, of which up to $11,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the 
civilian personnel for whom military education and train-
ing may be provided under this heading may include civil-
ians who are not members of a government whose partici-
pation would contribute to improved civil-military rela-
tions, civilian control of the military, or respect for human 
rights: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be avail-
able for entertainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, $5,475,613,000: Provided, 
That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 
countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 
State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations and subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro-
priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 
services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces:
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Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be avail-
able for grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests 
that funds be used for such purposes, grants made avail-
able for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the 
United States and Israel, be available for advanced weap-
ons systems, of which not less than $815,300,000 shall 
be available for the procurement in Israel of defense arti-
cles and defense services, including research and develop-
ment: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this heading shall be nonrepay-
able notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be obligated upon 
apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of 
section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 
country proposing to make such procurement has first 
signed an agreement with the United States Government
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specifying the conditions under which such procurement 
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in-
clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 
and international organizations: Provided further, That 
only those countries for which assistance was justified for 
the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’ in the 
fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as-
sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 
this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not 
sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be expended at the min-
imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 
articles and services: Provided further, That not more than 
$75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 
for use outside of the United States, for the general costs
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of administering military assistance and sales, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for general costs of administering mili-
tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 
$130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $950,000,000 of 
funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms 
Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 
by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2019 
pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
Participation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–188; 87 Stat. 
713), $358,750,000: Provided, That section 307(a) of the
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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to con-
tributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi-
ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$136,563,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be obligated for payment not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That such funds are only 
available for the first installment of the seventh replenish-
ment of the Global Environment Facility and to support 
a multi-year pledge to such replenishment of not less than 
$546,252,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For an additional amount for payment to the Inter-
national Development Association by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $1,500,000 is to support the World 
Bank Inspection Panel and not less than $500,000 is to
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support the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombuds-
man. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$47,395,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by 
the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$32,417,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$507,860,806. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
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$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be obligated for payment not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That such funds shall 
only be available for the first installment of the eleventh 
replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development and to support a multiyear pledge of not less 
than $90,000,000. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,700,000, of which 
up to $855,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro-
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vided, That none of the funds available during the current 
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, 
or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, 
or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon 
state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco-
nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto-
nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not 
to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to 
exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, 
payment or services provided by transaction participants 
for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 
any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar-
antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary ex-
penses (including special services performed on a contract
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or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 
connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 
repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets 
acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 
Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 
or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical as-
pects of any transaction for which an application for a 
loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 
or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 
Provided further, That in addition to other funds appro-
priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 
the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off-
setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That amounts collected in fiscal year 2019 in excess of 
obligations, up to $10,000,000 shall become available on
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September 1, 2019, and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States 
Code, such expenditures and commitments within the lim-
its of funds available to it and in accordance with law as 
may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insur-
ance programs (including an amount for official reception 
and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
$35,000) shall not exceed $79,200,000: Provided further, 
That project-specific transaction costs, including direct 
and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and 
other direct costs associated with services provided to spe-
cific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 
234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 
considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this 
heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans as au-
thorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $20,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
funds so obligated in fiscal year 2019 remain available for 
disbursement through 2027; funds obligated in fiscal year 
2020 remain available for disbursement through 2028; 
and funds obligated in fiscal year 2021 remain available 
for disbursement through 2029: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake 
any program authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to the au-
thority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 
Account and merged with said account.
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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$79,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep-
resentation and entertainment expenses. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 
cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex-
pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 
Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by
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such department or agency in fiscal year 2019 or any pre-
vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 
That the report required by this section shall be submitted 
not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
and should specify by account the amount of funds obli-
gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 
been further sub-obligated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING 
INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the Committees on Appropriations of each instance 
in which a Federal department or agency is delinquent in 
providing the full amount of funding required by section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-
terrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note).
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(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of 
H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of 
Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that 
Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of 
State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
323), a project to construct a facility of the United States 
may include office space or other accommodations for 
members of the United States Marine Corps. 
(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur-
poses of calculating the fiscal year 2019 costs of providing 
new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 
annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 
State for this purpose. 
(d) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the 
acquisition of property or award of construction contracts
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for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2019, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumer-
ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ in House Report 115–253 and Senate 
Report 114–290: Provided further, That any such notifica-
tion for a new diplomatic facility justified to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations in the Congressional Budget Jus-
tification, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, Fiscal Year 2019, or not previously 
justified to such Committees, shall also include confirma-
tion that the Department of State has completed the req-
uisite value engineering studies required pursuant to OMB 
Circular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 2013 
and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Policy 
and Procedure Directive, P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engineer-
ing. 
(e) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 
made available, following consultation with the ap-
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propriate congressional committees, to address secu-
rity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing, except 
that the amount of funds made available for such 
purposes from this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall be a min-
imum of $25,000,000. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 
significant modification to an interim or temporary 
United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if 
there is a security risk to personnel. 
(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, in-
cluding for Worldwide Security Protection, and under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte-
nance’’ in this Act may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under such headings if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Committees
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on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement 
the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Re-
view Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations 
and requirements, following consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 
Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
any transfer authority otherwise available under any other 
provision of law. 
(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security up-
grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa-
cilities, and residences used by United States diplomatic 
personnel and their dependents, except that the amount 
made available for such purposes shall be a minimum of 
$10,000,000. 
(h) SECURE RESUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
Secretary of State may not grant final approval for the 
construction of a new facility or substantial construction 
to improve or expand an existing facility in the United 
States by or for the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China until the Secretary certifies and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that an agreement 
has been concluded between the Governments of the 
United States and the People’s Republic of China that
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permits secure resupply, maintenance, and new construc-
tion of United States Government facilities in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(i) NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND KINSHASA.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ that are made available for the cen-
tral Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
25 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such Government has fully vacated 
the property purchased by the United States in Kinshasa 
for the construction of a New Embassy Compound. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS
IMPROVE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations 
of the Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplo-
matic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall be 
made available to implement the recommendations con-
tained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings 
Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 
report entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insuf-
ficient to Track and Report on Foreign Assistance 
Funds’’: Provided, That not later than 45 days after en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations an update to the 
plan required under section 7006 of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) for 
implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may not be obligated for 
enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget System 
Modernization Financial System, Central Resource Man-
agement System, Joint Financial Management System, or 
Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 
until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc
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electronic systems to track commitments, obligations, or 
expenditures of funds unless the Secretary of State, fol-
lowing consultation with the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of State, has reviewed and certified that 
such new system or expansion is consistent with the 
FADR and OIG recommendations. 
(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in the Con-
gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 
2019: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 
shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 
except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided 
further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 
only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 
service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per-
centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of-
fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 
State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart-
ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 
prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro-
priations a justification for such increase, including a de-
tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services
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provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 
Federal agency components may only pay for Working 
Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 
and authorities of such components: Provided further, 
That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 
or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 
each service. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) Not later than 45 days after the initial obli-
gation of funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are made available to a Department 
of State bureau or office with responsibility for the 
management and oversight of such funds, the Sec-
retary of State shall certify and report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau 
or office basis, that such bureau or office is in com-
pliance with Department and Federal financial and 
grants management policies, procedures, and regula-
tions, as applicable. 
(2) When making a certification required by 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider 
the capacity of a bureau or office to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the 
country and program level, as appropriate;
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(B) identify risks and develop mitigation 
and monitoring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and 
indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
nances. 
(3) If the Secretary of State is unable to make 
a certification required by paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing the 
steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office into 
compliance. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of
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this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 
democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 
provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not to exceed 5 
percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of State 
under title I of this Act may be transferred between, 
and merged with, such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
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vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers, and no such transfer may be 
made to increase the appropriation under the head-
ing ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 
(2) BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Broad-
casting Board of Governors under title I of this Act 
may be transferred between, and merged with, such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 
(3) TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any 
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation, other than for administrative ex-
penses made available for fiscal year 2019, for programs 
under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, 
and activities for which the funds in such receiving ac-
count may be used, but no such appropriation, except as
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otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International
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Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 
the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 
entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a
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written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations and related programs, entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any com-
parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first-
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class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 
carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 
661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export
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Control Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an 
additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 
of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds 
are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec-
tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
further, That the availability of funds pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall not be applicable to such funds until 
the Secretary of State submits the report required under 
section 7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 
(division K of Public Law 115–141): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disburse-
ments in order to address balance of payments or eco-
nomic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for 
an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail-
ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 
funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expira-
tion of their respective periods of availability contained in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria-
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tions not later than October 30, 2019, detailing by ac-
count and source year, the use of this authority during 
the previous fiscal year. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by
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the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2019 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2020 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2020, such taxes have 
not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
by such date on the foreign governments and entities that 
have not reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of 
funds withheld pursuant to this subsection.
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(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en-
tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation.
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(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
this subsection with regard to any foreign govern-
ment or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 
agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving 
assistance that describes the privileges and immuni-
ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 
for such country generally, or an individual agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 
accorded the United States assistance provided 
under that agreement. 
(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 
and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and
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customs duties but shall not include individual in-
come taxes assessed to local staff. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin-
istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination
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of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 
can be obligated during the original period of availability: 
Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs to the departments 
and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset-
ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de-