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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 
may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
transfer up to $2,250,000,000 between the appropriations or funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each 
transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 
further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and costs for 
design during construction associated with a construction project 
funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance 
or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act 
and executed in direct support of overseas contingency operations 
in Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract 
is awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, super-
vision and administration costs and costs for design during construc-
tion include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, the Sec-
retary of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense in the United States Cen-
tral Command area of responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles 
up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light 
armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force 
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwith-
standing price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of 
passenger carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts appro-
priated by this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to fund the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP), 
for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Afghanistan 
to respond to urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility: 
Provided, That each project (including any ancillary or related 
elements in connection with such project) executed under this 
authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That not 
later than 45 days after the end of each 6 months of the fiscal 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and 
the allocation and use of funds during that 6-month period that 
were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the purposes 
described herein: Provided further, That, not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Army shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees quarterly commitment, 
obligation, and expenditure data for the CERP in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That, not less than 15 days before making funds 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or 
under any other provision of law for the purposes described herein 
for a project with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 
or more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a written notice containing each of the following:
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(1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed project, 
including how the project is intended to advance the military 
campaign plan for the country in which it is to be carried 
out. 
(2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 
and completion date for the proposed project, including any 
other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be 
contributed to the completion of the project. 
(3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project, 
including the agreement with either the host nation, a non- 
Department of Defense agency of the United States Government 
or a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of the 
activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities to 
be provided through the proposed project. 
SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, 
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to allied 
forces participating in a combined operation with the armed forces 
of the United States and coalition forces supporting military and 
stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees 
regarding support provided under this section. 
SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended 
by the United States Government for a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
of Iraq. 
(3) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restruc-
turing Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations prescribed 
thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code 
of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–148). 
SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Afghanistan 
Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obligated prior to the 
approval of a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan 
Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That the AROC must approve the requirement and 
acquisition plan for any service requirements in excess of
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$50,000,000 annually and any non-standard equipment require-
ments in excess of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, 
That the Department of Defense must certify to the congressional 
defense committees that the AROC has convened and approved 
a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in the 
preceding proviso and accompanying report language for the ASFF. 
SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the Department 
of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000: 
Provided, That, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary to meet the operational requirements 
of a Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 
operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 9011. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be used to provide assistance 
to the Government of Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan 
and to enhance security along its borders. 
SEC. 9012. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ may be used 
to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems. 
SEC. 9013. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative’’, 
$200,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such funds shall be available 
to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment; lethal 
weapons of a defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and serv-
ices; sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 
national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement of any 
weapons or defensive articles provided to the Government of 
Ukraine from the inventory of the United States: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 
to obligating funds provided under this heading, notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
obligation: Provided further, That the United States may accept 
equipment procured using funds provided under this heading in 
this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of 
Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States: Provided 
further, That equipment procured using funds provided under this 
heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the military 
or National Security Forces of Ukraine or returned by such forces 
to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department 
of Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense 
committees: Provided further, That amounts made available by 
this section are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 9014. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for replacement of funds for items provided to the Government 
of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States to the extent 
specifically provided for in section 9013 of this Act. 
SEC. 9015. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
section 9013 for ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment to the Military and 
National Security Forces of Ukraine’’ may be used to procure or 
transfer man-portable air defense systems.
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SEC. 9016. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under section 1233 of 
Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to the Government of Paki-
stan may be made available unless the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, 
Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other 
domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 
attacks into neighboring countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against United States 
or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and 
intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-judicially into 
political and judicial processes in Pakistan; 
(3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture 
of IEDs; 
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material 
and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence 
and due process of law; 
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance pro-
grams in Pakistan; and 
(7) 
providing 
humanitarian 
organizations 
access 
to 
detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, may waive the restriction in subsection (a) on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national security interest to do so: 
Provided, That if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secre-
taries shall report to the congressional defense committees on both 
the justification for the waiver and on the requirements of this 
section that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: 
Provided further, That such report may be submitted in classified 
form if necessary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9017. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act, $770,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer only to the operation 
and maintenance, military personnel, and procurement accounts, 
to improve the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
capabilities of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising the transfer 
authority provided in this section, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the 
proposed uses of these funds: Provided further, That the funds
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provided in this section may not be transferred to any program, 
project, or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available by this section are 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That the authority to provide funding under this 
section shall terminate on September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 9018. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed or military forces into hostilities in Syria, 
into situations in Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities 
is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention 
of the congressional consultation and reporting requirements of 
sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 9019. None of the funds in this Act may be made available 
for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces or the Afghanistan Air Force until the 
Department of Defense provides a report to the congressional 
defense committees of the Afghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift 
requirements. The report should identify Afghanistan’s ability to 
utilize and maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 
and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide additional 
support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current medium airlift 
capacity. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9020. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That such amounts are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Coalition Sup-
port Fund’’, 2017/2018, $500,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: DSCA Secu-
rity Cooperation’’, 2017/2018, $250,000,000; 
‘‘Afghanistan 
Security 
Forces 
Fund’’, 
2017/2018, 
$100,000,000; 
‘‘Counter-ISIL 
Train 
and 
Equip 
Fund’’, 
2017/2018, 
$80,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $25,100,000; 
and 
‘‘Counter-ISIL Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer 
Fund’’, XXXX, $1,610,000,000. 
SEC. 9021. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 
a report on the United States strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda, the 
Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and their 
associated forces and co-belligerents. 
(b) The report required under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
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(1) An analysis of the adequacy of the existing legal frame-
work to accomplish the strategy described in subsection (a), 
particularly with respect to the Authorization for Use of Mili-
tary Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) and the 
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 
(2) An analysis of the budgetary resources necessary to 
accomplish the strategy described in subsection (a). 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall testify at any hearing held by any of the appropriate 
congressional committees on the report and to which the Secretary 
is invited. 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services 
and Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 9022. Funds available for the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund may be used to provide limited training, equipment, and 
other assistance that would otherwise be prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 
362 to a unit of the security forces of Afghanistan only if the 
Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees, within 
30 days of a decision to provide such assistance, that (1) a denial 
of such assistance would present significant risk to U.S. or coalition 
forces or significantly undermine United States national security 
objectives in Afghanistan; and (2) the Secretary has sought a 
commitment by the Government of Afghanistan to take all necessary 
corrective steps: Provided, That such certification shall be accom-
panied by a report describing: (1) the information relating to the 
gross violation of human rights; (2) the circumstances that neces-
sitated the provision of such assistance; (3) the Afghan security 
force unit involved; (4) the assistance provided and the assistance 
withheld; and (5) the corrective steps to be taken by the Government 
of Afghanistan: Provided further, That every 120 days after the 
initial report an additional report shall be submitted detailing the 
status of any corrective steps taken by the Government of Afghani-
stan: Provided further, That if the Government of Afghanistan 
has not initiated necessary corrective steps within one year of 
the certification, the authority under this section to provide assist-
ance to such unit shall no longer apply: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall submit a report to such committees detailing 
the final disposition of the case by the Government of Afghanistan. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of 
the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collec-
tion and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to construc-
tion; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves-
tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construc-
tion, $123,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall initiate six new study starts during fiscal 
year 2018: Provided further, That the new study starts shall consist 
of five studies where the majority of the benefits are derived from 
navigation transportation savings or from flood and storm damage 
reduction and one study where the majority of benefits are derived 
from environmental restoration: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not deviate from the new starts proposed in the work 
plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for 
conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such 
projects (including those involving participation by States, local 
governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 
selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
construction); $2,085,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 
of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Dis-
posal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 
of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland
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waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways 
Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate five new construction 
starts during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the new 
construction starts shall consist of four projects where the majority 
of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation savings 
or from flood and storm damage reduction and one project where 
the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental restora-
tion: Provided further, That for new construction projects, project 
cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon as practicable 
but no later than September 30, 2018: Provided further, That no 
allocation for a new start shall be considered final and no work 
allowance shall be made until the Secretary provides to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an out-year 
funding scenario demonstrating the affordability of the selected 
new starts and the impacts on other projects: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not deviate from the new starts proposed 
in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects 
and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $425,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as are nec-
essary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate 
one new study start during fiscal year 2018. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and 
care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 
law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by 
the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 
maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, 
or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of 
general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing 
and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to naviga-
tion, $3,630,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 
and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from 
the special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived 
from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 
and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 
areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such 
sums as become available from fees collected under section 217 
of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent 
of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs,
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projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be allo-
cated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 
fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use 
by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as 
the Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, 
and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth 
quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emer-
gency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts pro-
vided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining 
to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $200,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 
the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $139,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and 
other natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, 
and other activities in response to such disasters as authorized 
by law, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters 
of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; 
and for costs of management and operation of the Humphreys 
Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water 
Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Develop-
ment Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
Finance Center allocable to the civil works program, $185,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, That 
no part of any other appropriation provided in this title shall 
be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of 
the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and 
management activities of the division offices: Provided further, That 
any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may 
be used to fund the supervision and general administration of 
emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than 
75 percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until
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the Assistant Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under each 
heading in this title (as designated under such heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act)) to specific programs, 
projects, or activities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this 
Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs 
(6) through (10), unless prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over $100,000, re-
programming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, 
That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over $2,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, 
That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may 
be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed condi-
tions, or real estate deficiency judgments: Provided further, 
That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for 
existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited reprogram-
ming authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond 
to emergencies: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable: 
Provided further, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: Provided
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further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the re-
programming limit is $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 
may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The reprogram-
ming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply 
to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Mainte-
nance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, 
respectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY
UTILIZED
SITES
REMEDIAL
ACTION
PRO-
GRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of 
the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case should a re-
programming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(1) shall 
not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 
authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; and 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 
in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made available 
in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act 
and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), including the deter-
mination and designation of new starts. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond 
the amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity 
that remain unobligated, except that such amounts may include 
any funds that have been made available through reprogramming 
pursuant to section 101. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the 
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may 
accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds provided in this 
title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ to mitigate 
for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, after 
evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for 
the disposal or management of dredged material originating from 
Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a 
State water quality certification pursuant to section 401 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, 
That until an open lake placement alternative for dredged material 
is approved under a State water quality certification, the Corps
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of Engineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged mate-
rial consistent with the requirements of section 101 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that is not consistent 
with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out any water supply reallocation study under 
the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project author-
ized under the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill 
material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1251 et seq.) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) 
and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), 
(C)). 
SEC. 109. Relative to the Rough River Lake Flowage Easement 
Encroachment Resolution Plan, the Chief of Engineers shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a report that includes an inventory of habitable structures and 
improvements built, installed, or established in the flowage ease-
ment boundary; whether each such structure or improvement in 
the inventory was built, installed or established within the flowage 
easement boundary before or after the surveys conducted by the 
Corps of Engineers in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and what notice 
landowners had of the flowage easement boundary prior to those 
surveys. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act, $10,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $898,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah 
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,450,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2019, for expenses necessary in 
carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2018, of the amount made 
available to the Commission under this Act or any other Act, 
the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 
for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:
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WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of water and 
related natural resources and for related activities, including the 
operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other 
facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities 
to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and 
other agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,332,124,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $67,693,000 shall be available for 
transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $5,551,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin 
Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 
such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall 
appropriation under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be 
financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation 
special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived 
from that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 
for which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That funds 
advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account 
and are available until expended for the same purposes as the 
sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority 
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided further, That 
in accordance with section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322 and 
as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated November 21, 
2017, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2017 shall 
be made available to the North Valley Regional Recycled Water 
Program, the Orange County Sanitation District Effluent Reuse 
Implementation Project—Headworks Segregation, and the Ground-
water Reliability Improvement Program (GRIP) Recycled Water 
Project: Provided further, That in accordance with section 4007 
of Public Law 114–322 and as recommended by the Secretary in 
a letter dated February 23, 2018, funding provided for such purpose 
in fiscal year 2017 shall be made available to the Shasta Dam 
and Reservoir Enlargement Project, the North-of-Delta Offstream 
Storage Investigation/Sites Reservoir Storage Project, the Upper 
San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation, the Friant-Kern 
Canal Subsidence Challenges Project, the Boise River Basin Feasi-
bility Study, the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project— 
Cle Elum Pool Raise, and the Upper Yakima System Storage Feasi-
bility Study. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restora-
tion, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act, $41,376,000, to be derived from such 
sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration 
Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public 
Law 102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the
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full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 
authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream 
purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with 
plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $37,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred 
to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to 
carry out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated 
herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED 
Program 
management: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with 
clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related 
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, 
and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, $59,000,000, to be 
derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as 
provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions 
budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which 
are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this 
Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous 
or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded 
in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 
for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior
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approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless 
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity 
for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning 
of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity for 
which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning 
of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 
Resources Management and Development category to any pro-
gram, project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations 
of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide 
adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased con-
tractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and 
real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is 
received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any 
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quar-
terly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives 
and 
the 
Senate 
detailing 
all 
the 
funds 
reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories 
of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit 
until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State 
of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality 
standards of the State of California as approved by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall 
be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or 
nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the 
‘‘Cleanup 
Program—Alternative 
Repayment 
Plan’’ 
and 
the 
‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan’’ described in the report enti-
tled ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, 
or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries 
of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
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SEC. 203. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emer-
gency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 
Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(2) striking ‘‘$90,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$120,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
the period from November 1 through April 30, water users may 
use their diversion structures for the purpose of recharging the 
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Advisory Committee and Water District 1 watermaster, 
determines there is water available in excess of that needed to 
satisfy existing Minidoka Project storage and hydropower rights 
and ensure operational flexibility. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,321,778,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$162,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for pro-
gram direction. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reli-
ability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$248,329,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $28,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2019, for program direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $1,205,056,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
fossil energy research and development activities, under the 
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the 
extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances with-
out objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $726,817,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of such amount $60,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $4,900,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve 
activities. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $252,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 
6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell 
not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve in fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the proceeds 
from such drawdown and sale shall be deposited into the ‘‘Energy 
Security and Infrastructure Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 
2018: Provided further, That such amounts shall remain available 
until expended for necessary expenses to carry out the Life Exten-
sion II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, 
That section 158 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (divi-
sion D of Public Law 115–56), as amended by the Further Extension 
of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (subdivision 3 of division 
B of Public Law 115–123), shall no longer apply. 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum 
products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), and section 5010 of the 21st 
Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255), $8,400,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from bor-
rowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses to carry out 
this Loan Guarantee program, $33,000,000 is appropriated from 
fees collected in prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise appropriated, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That if the amount in the previous proviso is not available from 
such fees, an amount for such purposes is also appropriated from 
the general fund so as to result in a total amount appropriated 
for such purpose of no more than $23,000,000: Provided further, 
That fees collected pursuant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 
2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this heading 
and shall not be available until appropriated: Provided further, 
That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan 
obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation 
to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN 
PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy nec-
essary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), $285,652,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus 
such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 
estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the 
provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 
increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, That 
moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues 
estimated to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 may be retained 
and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized 
by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as collections are received during the
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fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $189,652,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $49,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$10,642,138,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $105,600,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2019, for program direction. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear non-
proliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$2,048,219,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $49,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reac-
tors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 
condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, 
and 
capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,620,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which, 
$85,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy
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Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the Advanced Test Reactor: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $47,651,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, $407,595,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, including official recep-
tion and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$5,988,048,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2019, for program direction. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense 
activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $840,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of such amount, $284,653,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2019, for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved for official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2018, no new direct loan 
obligations may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 
including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant 
to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
as applied to the southeastern power area, $6,379,000, including 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not
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to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $6,379,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $51,000,000 collected by the South-
eastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 
for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, 
including official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern 
Power Administration, $30,288,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 
$18,888,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall 
be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $11,400,000: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $40,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and
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other related activities including conservation and renewable 
resources programs as authorized, $223,276,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $221,251,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 
1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
392a), up to $129,904,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $93,372,000, of which $91,347,000 is 
derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $209,000,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover 
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropria-
tion, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydro-
electric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $4,176,000, 
to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the 
Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of 
the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $3,948,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric 
facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the 
same year that they are incurred: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2018, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration may accept up to $872,000 in funds contributed by United 
States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit 
into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund,
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and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contrib-
uted in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appro-
priated for such purpose: Provided further, That any such funds 
shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for 
the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams 
in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 
Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $367,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $367,600,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, 
and other services and collections in fiscal year 2018 shall be 
retained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as revenues are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made avail-
able by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used 
to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare 
or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements 
(including Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and 
Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or 
activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded 
by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business 
days in advance, none of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Trans-
action Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a con-
tract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or 
(B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
(A) or (B).
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(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of 
the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant alloca-
tion or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 
provided during the previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 
required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, 
the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds 
for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project, 
or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of 
the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the 
award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any 
program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made avail-
able in this title under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs’’, enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear 
grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 
a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s obligation on 
the availability of future year budget authority and the Sec-
retary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the 
amounts made available by this title shall be expended as author-
ized by law for the programs, projects, and activities specified 
in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 
included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Depart-
ment shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or activity 
funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered 
by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 
program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement 
or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under
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paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days 
after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction 
would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an expla-
nation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided 
for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Avail-
able balances may be merged with funds in the applicable estab-
lished accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard 
nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent over-
sight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure 
the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive depart-
mental guidance, for construction projects where the total project 
cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost esti-
mate has been developed for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’ 
may be made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in 
the national security interests of the United States. This waiver 
authority may not be delegated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 
15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, in classi-
fied form if necessary, a report on the justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 306. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Secretary of 
Energy may not establish any new regional petroleum product 
reserve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum product 
reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budget 
submission and approved by the Congress in an appropriations 
Act. 
(b) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(1) the justification for the new reserve; 
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and 
maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources; 
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including 
the conditions upon which the products may be released; 
(4) the location of the reserve; and 
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve. 
SEC. 307. The Secretary of Energy may not transfer more 
than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available under this 
title to the working capital fund established under section 653
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of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7263): 
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer additional amounts to 
the working capital fund after the Secretary provides notification 
in advance of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That any such 
notification shall identify the sources of funds by program, project, 
or activity: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 
adding or removing any activities from the fund. 
SEC. 308. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Energy, in consulta-
tion with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a report that provides a detailed explanation, using specific receipts 
data and legal authorities, of how each of the Western Area Power 
Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the 
Southeastern Power Administration are executing current receipt 
authority provided in this and prior year appropriations Acts to 
create carryover of unobligated balances for purchase power and 
wheeling expenditures. 
SEC. 309. (a) Funds provided by this Act for Project 99–D– 
143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and any funds provided 
by prior Acts for such Project that remain unobligated, may be 
made available only for construction and project support activities 
for such Project. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall not be subject to the require-
ments of subsection (a) if the Secretary waives the requirements 
of section 3121(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) in accordance with subsection 
(b) of such section. 
(c) If the Secretary waives the requirements of section 3121(a) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
the Secretary— 
(1) shall concurrently submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the lifecycle cost estimate 
used to make the certification under section 3121(b) of such 
Act; and 
(2) may not use funds provided for the Project to eliminate 
such Project until the date that is 30 days after the submission 
of the lifecycle cost estimate required under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 310. The unappropriated receipts currently in the Uranium 
Supply and Enrichment Activities account shall be transferred to 
and merged with the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund and shall be available only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a determination by 
the President in this fiscal year that a regional supply shortage 
of refined petroleum product of significant scope and duration exists, 
that a severe increase in the price of refined petroleum product 
will likely result from such shortage, and that a draw down and 
sale of refined petroleum product would assist directly and signifi-
cantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, the Sec-
retary of Energy may draw down and sell refined petroleum product 
from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Proceeds from a sale under 
this section shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account 
established in section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
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Act (42 U.S.C. 6247), and such amounts shall be available for 
obligation, without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that sec-
tion. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, and for 
expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate 
on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Fed-
eral share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100–456, section 
1441, $31,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and 
to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional 
Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, 
and 382N of said Act, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including 
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained 
in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects in an amount 
not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed commu-
nities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission Act 
of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended 
by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 
non-distressed communities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law regarding payment of a non- 
Federal share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts 
under this heading shall be available for the payment of such 
a non-Federal share for programs undertaken to carry out the 
purposes of the Commission.
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NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 
for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of 
title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2018, the duties and authority of the Federal Cochairperson 
shall be assumed by the Northern Border Regional Commission 
Program Director if the position of the Federal Cochairperson and 
Alternate Federal Cochairperson is vacant. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $909,137,000, including official rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 
not more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which, notwith-
standing section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only 
be approved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided further, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $779,768,032 in fiscal year 
2018 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 
in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastruc-
ture for advanced nuclear technologies, and $16,200,000 shall be 
for international activities, except that the amounts provided under 
this proviso shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 
42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $129,300,892: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
be for university research and development in areas relevant to 
the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear 
Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support multiyear 
projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are 
critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and
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engineering: Provided further, That $68,076.04 of unobligated bal-
ances from the funds transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission from the United States Agency for International 
Development pursuant to section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 are rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $12,859,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, 
and other services and collections estimated at $10,555,000 in fiscal 
year 2018 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2019, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2018 so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $2,304,000: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $1,131,000 shall be for Inspector 
General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 
which shall not be available from fee revenues. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 5051, 
$3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply 
with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commis-
sion Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for 
information. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any 
program, project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that 
would cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during 
the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the 
notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such 
requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health, the 
environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later
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than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement 
or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall 
include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph 
(1) that permitted such waiver and shall provide a detailed report 
to the Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the 
amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be expended as directed 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for 
any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or 
restricted by this Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which 
includes the following for each program, project, or activity, 
including any prior year appropriations— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III 
of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant 
to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act 
or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer 
authority referenced in the report of the Committee on Appropria-
tions accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or 
instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may 
be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 
in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, 
transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded 
in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semi-
annual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any
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authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government may provide goods or services to another 
department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 
months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the 
amounts transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification require-
ments for each authority. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 
11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 
Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations). 
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freed-
man’s Bank Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, 
when necessary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and economic 
policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, including 
technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury-wide management 
policies and programs activities, $201,751,000: Provided, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization require-
ments; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the 
Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
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(D) the development and implementation of programs 
within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and 
Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 
agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and 
(F) international operations. 
OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against 
illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, 
weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug 
kingpins, and other national security threats, $141,778,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) 
up to $32,000,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Offices 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be available for 
administrative support to the Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence; and (2) up to $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for sys-
tems operated by the Department of the Treasury, $24,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such 
funds shall supplement and not supplant any other amounts made 
available to the Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: 
Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer of the indi-
vidual offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 
investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for approval: 
Provided further, That the submitted spend plan shall be reviewed 
and approved by the Treasury Chief Information Officer prior to 
the obligation of funds under this heading: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading $1,000,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 
Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the investments 
made under this heading: Provided further, That such funds shall 
supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available 
to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations 
to buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $4,426,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That these 
funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary 
to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, 
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement
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‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up 
to $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall 
be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 
of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportuni-
ties, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 
(33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; $169,634,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and 
of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF 
PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343), $34,000,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel 
to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and for-
eign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 
regulation; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for
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assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $115,003,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$702,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
(INCLUDING RETURN OF FUNDS) 
In addition, of amounts in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, 
$38,800,000 from funds paid to the United States Government 
by BNP Paribas S.A. as part of, or related to, a plea agreement 
dated June 27, 2014, entered into between the Department of 
Justice and BNP Paribas S.A., and subject to a consent order 
entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of New York on May 1, 2015, in United States v. BNPP, No. 
14 Cr. 460 (S.D.N.Y.), are hereby returned to the General Fund 
of the Treasury. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, is for information 
systems modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses 
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for 
cooperative research and development programs for laboratory serv-
ices; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agen-
cies with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs 
of accelerating the processing of formula and label applications: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
shall be for the costs associated with enforcement of the trade 
practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
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UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, 
including both operating expenses and capital investments: Pro-
vided, That the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations 
incurred during fiscal year 2018 under such section 5136 for circu-
lating coinage and protective service capital investments of the 
United States Mint shall not exceed $30,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regu-
latory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public 
Law 103–325), including services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX–3, 
$250,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $160,000,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 
to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
30, 2019, for financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
and outreach under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to $2,680,000 may be used 
for the cost of direct loans, and of which up to $3,000,000, 
notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to provide 
financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and out-
reach to community development financial institutions to 
expand investments that benefit individuals with disabilities: 
Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$25,000,000; 
(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 
until September 30, 2019, for financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit 
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified community 
development lender organizations with experience and expertise 
in community development banking and lending in Indian 
country, Native American organizations, tribes and tribal 
organizations, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until September 
30, 2019, for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 
(4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
(d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2019, for
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a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial assist-
ance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community 
development financial institutions for the purpose of offering 
affordable financing and technical assistance to expand the 
availability of healthy food options in distressed communities; 
(5) up to $27,000,000 is available until September 30, 2018, 
for administrative expenses, including administration of CDFI 
fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, 
of which not less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools 
to better assess and inform CDFI investment performance, 
and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry 
out the direct loan program; and 
(6) during fiscal year 2018, none of the funds available 
under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of 
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 
shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That such 
section 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 2018: 
Provided further, That of the funds awarded under this heading, 
not less than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty 
over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 
decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5-year data series avail-
able from the American Community Survey of the Census 
Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and edu-
cation, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,506,554,000, of which 
not less than $9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 
Elderly Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be avail-
able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less 
than $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assist-
ance matching grants program for tax return preparation assist-
ance, of which not less than $206,000,000 shall be available for 
operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to 
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investiga-
tions, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal
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revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
be determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019, and of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent 
payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; 
headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research 
and statistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
nology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and 
security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 
as may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,634,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for acquisition of equipment and construc-
tion, repair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for 
research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided, That not later than 
30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States detailing the cost and schedule perform-
ance for its major information technology investments, including 
the purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 
for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such investments 
and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate 
such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 
achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided 
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its 
budget justification for fiscal year 2019, a summary of cost and 
schedule performance information for its major information tech-
nology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s busi-
ness systems modernization program, $110,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for the capital asset acquisition 
of information technology systems, including management and 
related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related 
Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ-
ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal 
Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 
the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost 
and schedule performance for major information technology invest-
ments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of the invest-
ments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks
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of such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service 
is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental 
milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 
quarter. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 
employee training program, which shall include the following topics: 
taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural 
relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against 
identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1– 
800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1– 
800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 
to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particu-
larly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the Internal 
Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless 
the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board determines in advance that 
making the video is appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, 
tone, and purpose of the video. 
SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice 
of confirmation of any address change relating to an employer 
making employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent 
to both the employer’s former and new address and an officer 
or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special 
consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has 
been the victim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens 
of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under 
the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regu-
latory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs. 
SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on con-
ferences that do not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, 
documentation requirements, and policies issued by the Chief 
Financial Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared 
Services as a result of the recommendations in the report published 
on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Business/
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Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California’’ (Ref-
erence Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, 
award, or recognition program; or 
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 
respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless such program 
or process takes into account the conduct and Federal tax 
compliance of such employee or former employee. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns 
and return information). 
SEC. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 6020, 
or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no funds in 
this or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of the 
Treasury to provide to any person a proposed final return or state-
ment for use by such person to satisfy a filing or reporting require-
ment under such Code. 
SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, $320,000,000, to be 
available until September 30, 2019, shall be transferred by the 
Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Oper-
ations Support’’ accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an 
additional amount to be used solely for carrying out Public Law 
115–97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 
the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 
for such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this title made available under the headings ‘‘Departmental 
Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Spe-
cial Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, 
‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may 
be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer under 
this section may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 
Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of 
debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed 
to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received 
in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial 
Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department 
of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 
United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to 
consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 
of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the 
Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed 
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from 
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund 
for necessary official reception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following 
the submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: 
Provided, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital 
investment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department-wide 
Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Fran-
chise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: 
Provided further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 
expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each capital 
investment project that has not been fully completed.
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SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the amount of total funds charged to 
each office by the Franchise Fund including the amount charged 
for each service provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, 
a detailed description of the services, a detailed explanation of 
how each charge for each service is calculated, and a description 
of the role customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. During fiscal year 2018— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including 
the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any 
regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to 
a particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used 
to determine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the 
proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 
(November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 
1, 2010, which are used to make such determinations shall 
apply after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes 
of determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code 
of organizations created on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial 
Research shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the fiscal 
year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in sub-
section (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Finan-
cial Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents 
of the reports required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 402(c) of 
the Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009, in utilizing 
funds made available by paragraph (1) of section 402(c) of such 
Act, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program shall prioritize the performance of audits or investigations 
of any program that is funded in whole or in part by funds appro-
priated under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, 
to the extent that such priority is consistent with other aspects 
of the mission of the Special Inspector General.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized 
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted 
for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be available for 
allocation within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, 
$55,000,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 
House, $12,917,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring 
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
require the national committee of the political party of the President 
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events 
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount 
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount 
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
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and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt 
on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Pro-
vided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and 
any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such 
expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable 
official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists 
of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such 
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a 
system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Pro-
vided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed 
to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable 
requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), 
$750,000, to remain available until expended, for required mainte-
nance, resolution of safety and health issues, and continued 
preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 
the Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $100,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $12,800,000 shall remain available until expended
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for continued modernization of information resources within the 
Executive Office of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and to prepare and 
submit the budget of the United States Government, in accordance 
with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, $101,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be 
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the 
Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, 
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and 
Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act, no less 
than three full-time equivalent senior staff position shall be dedi-
cated solely to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Coordinator: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the 
Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 
if water resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 
of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in 
compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements 
relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy 
reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers 
has reported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing 
and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: 
Provided further, That if water resource reports have not been 
transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and 
Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
469); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research,
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or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, 
administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and 
private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding 
or facilitating the work of the Office. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy’s 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program, 
$280,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for 
drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
(‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred 
to State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 
agencies and departments in amounts determined by the Director 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
$2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activi-
ties: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 
Public Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal 
year 2016 may be used for any other approved activities of that 
HIDTA, subject to reprogramming requirements: Provided further, 
That each HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2017, shall be 
funded at not less than the fiscal year 2017 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate justification for changes 
to those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and published 
Office of National Drug Control Policy performance measures of 
effectiveness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal 
year 2018 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned 
uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation 
with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–469), $117,093,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available as follows: $99,000,000 for the Drug-Free 
Communities Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available 
as directed by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by 
Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug
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court training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping 
activities; $2,343,000 for the United States membership dues to 
the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made avail-
able as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469; and 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for activi-
ties authorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, 
That amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 
such activities. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, secu-
rity, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the 
current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $798,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, effi-
cient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the 
Federal Government, $19,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more other agencies 
to carry out projects to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, 
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That 
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the 
headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Residence at the White 
House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Eco-
nomic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Security Council and Homeland Security 
Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the 
President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 
officer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 
of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be 
merged with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 
the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more 
than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ 
or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without the approval 
of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the costs of implementing 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Public Law 111–203). Such report shall include— 
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations 
of funds through fiscal year 2019, by Federal agency and by 
fiscal year, including— 
(A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs such as 
rent, information technology, contracts, and personnel; 
(B) the methodology and data sources used to calculate 
such estimated obligations; and 
(C) the specific section of such Act that requires the 
obligation of funds; and 
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2019 from 
assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency 
making the collections, by fiscal year, including— 
(A) the methodology and data sources used to calculate 
such estimated collections; and 
(B) the specific section of such Act that authorizes 
the collection of funds. 
SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2018, any Executive order 
or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President 
shall be accompanied by a written statement from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, 
including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such order or memo-
randum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
order or memorandum on the Federal Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed
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by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal year period 
beginning in fiscal year 2018; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government 
as the result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal- 
year period beginning in fiscal year 2018. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued 
during fiscal year 2018 due to a national emergency, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement 
required by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date 
that such order or memorandum is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memo-
randa shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to 
have a regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the President 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, 
as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to 
be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $82,028,000, of 
which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and 
associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $16,153,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary 
expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $31,291,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$18,889,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL 
SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees 
of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, 
necessary expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office 
staff, as authorized by law, $5,099,061,000 (including the purchase 
of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 
shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects 
and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration 
and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of circuit and district 
judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United 
States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from 
office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660), not to exceed 
$8,230,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensa-
tion Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the com-
pensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 
to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons fur-
nishing investigative, expert, and other services for such representa-
tions as authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with 
the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal 
cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection 
of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain 
judicial 
civil 
forfeiture 
proceedings; 
the 
compensation 
and 
reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and general 
administrative expenses, $1,078,713,000 to remain available until 
expended.
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FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), 
$50,944,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily 
equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332. 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident 
to the provision of protective guard services for United States 
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, 
and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security 
systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other 
facilities housing Federal court operations, including building 
ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed 
security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access 
to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), $586,999,000, of which not 
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to 
be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals 
Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $90,423,000, of which not to 
exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,265,000; of which $1,800,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019, to provide 
education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which 
not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
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UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $18,699,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Defender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and 
Commissioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 
604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference 
of the United States: Provided, That such available funds shall 
not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘executive’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the United States Marshals 
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may 
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, 
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department 
of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services 
at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 
Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended 
in the matter following paragraph 12— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
Kansas), by striking ‘‘26 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘27 years and 6 months’’; and
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(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of Hawaii), 
by striking ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘24 years 
and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second 
sentence (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 
‘‘24 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years and 6 months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 
133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘16 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central District 
of California), by striking ‘‘14 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘15 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘13 years’’ and inserting ‘‘14 
years’’. 
SEC. 307. (a) Section 1871(b) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$40’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made in subsection (a) 
shall take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
2018’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to 
be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident 
tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, 
may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents 
to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or 
to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, 
the income and need of eligible students and such other factors 
as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 
Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, 
and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the account shall be under the control of the District of 
Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made 
and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS 
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation 
with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in 
the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
$265,400,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is 
for official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, $121,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
for the District of Columbia Court System, $71,500,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $58,900,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the District of 
Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries 
and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 
30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than 
$6,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the 
items and entities funded under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 
of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 
of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District of 
Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA COURTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 
11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided 
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments
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for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of 
title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements 
to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical 
assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for 
counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 
16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 
21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided under 
the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and 
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not more than $20,000,000 
in unobligated funds provided in this account may be transferred 
to and merged with funds made available under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to be available 
for the same period and purposes as funds made available under 
that heading for capital improvements to District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That funds provided under this heading 
shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis-
tration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for expenses of other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $244,298,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official 
reception and representation expenses related to Community Super-
vision and Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 
implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which $180,840,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and 
Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the super-
vision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of 
services for or related to such persons; and of which $63,458,000 
shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
agencies: Provided further, That amounts under this heading may 
be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 
complete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $41,829,000: Provided,
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING 
COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
Council, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal 
justice resources in the District of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 
$295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 
in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Oppor-
tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, 
That, to the extent that funds are available for opportunity scholar-
ships and following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available 
to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public Law 
112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who were not offered 
a scholarship during any previous school year: Provided further, 
That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 
shall be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 
3007(d) and 3009 of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major 
General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard 
Retention and College Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 
testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, 
human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syn-
drome in the District of Columbia, $5,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for 
the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District 
of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs and activities set forth 
under the heading ‘‘PART A—SUMMARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the 
rate set forth under such heading, as included in D.C. Bill 22– 
242, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided 
in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section
H. R. 1625—213 
1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 
47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of 
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2018 under 
this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in D.C. Bill 
22–242, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or 
the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: 
Provided further, That such increases shall be approved by enact-
ment of local District law and shall comply with all reserve require-
ments contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations 
and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2018, 
except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
obligations issued for capital projects. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND 
SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Over-
flow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to 
exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 
non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and 
not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation
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expenses, $126,000,000, of which $1,100,000 shall remain available 
until expended to carry out the program, including administrative 
costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool 
and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2018, none of the amounts made 
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the 
Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published 
by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Reg-
ister on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
Department of Defense, completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 
vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard 
for purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-High-
way Vehicle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers 
in the off-road environment, including the repeatability 
and reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 
requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be pre-
vented if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal 
to provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about 
a ROV’s rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 
States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $10,100,000, of which $1,500,000 
shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002. 
ELECTION REFORM PROGRAM 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), $380,000,000 is provided
H. R. 1625—215 
to the Election Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to 
make payments to States for activities to improve the administra-
tion of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election 
technology and make election security improvements, as authorized 
by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That each 
reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ or the 
‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer 
to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, That 
each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to 
refer to ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 
103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided further, That 
not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Election Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 
states under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 
two years after receiving a payment under this heading, a state 
shall make available funds for such activities in an amount equal 
to 5 percent of the total amount of the payment made to the 
State under this heading. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $322,035,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $322,035,000 of offsetting collections 
shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I 
of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections received 
in excess of $322,035,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall not be available 
for obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting collec-
tions from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified 
for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available 
on October 1, 2017, shall not be available for obligation: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 
the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained 
and made available for obligation shall not exceed $111,150,000 
for fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That, of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $11,020,000 shall be 
for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service 
support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommenda-
tions of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
H. R. 1625—216 
regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal 
service support payments. 
SEC. 511. Section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1452) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVE SOURCE FOR PAYMENT OF RELOCATION COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING.—There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated, and appropriated, to the TV Broadcaster Relocation 
Fund established by subsection (d), out of any monies in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2018, $600,000,000, to remain avail-
able, notwithstanding subsection (d)(4), until not later than 
July 3, 2023, pursuant to this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2019, $400,000,000, to remain avail-
able, notwithstanding subsection (d)(4), until not later than 
July 3, 2023, pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Commission makes the certifi-
cation described in subparagraph (B), amounts made avail-
able to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph 
(1) shall be available to the Commission to make— 
‘‘(i) 
reimbursements 
pursuant 
to 
subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii), including not more than 
$350,000,000 for this purpose from funds made avail-
able by paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(ii) payments required by subsection (k), including 
not more than $150,000,000 for this purpose from funds 
made available by paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(iii) payments required by subsection (l), including 
not more than $50,000,000 for this purpose from funds 
made available by paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(iv) payments solely for the purposes of consumer 
education relating to the reorganization of broadcast 
television spectrum under subsection (b), including 
$50,000,000 for this purpose from funds made available 
by paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in this 
subparagraph is a certification from the Commission to 
the Secretary of the Treasury that the funds available 
prior to the date of enactment of this subsection in the 
TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund are likely to be insufficient 
to reimburse reasonably incurred costs described in sub-
section (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY
FOR
PAYMENTS
AFTER
APRIL
13, 
2020.— 
‘‘(i) FOR
PAYMENTS
TO
BROADCAST
TELEVISION 
LICENSEES
AND
MVPDS.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b)(4)(D), the Commission may make payments pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii) from 
amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Reloca-
tion Fund by paragraph (1) after April 13, 2020, if, 
before making any such payments after such date, 
the Commission submits to Congress a certification 
that such payments are necessary to reimburse reason-
ably incurred costs described in such subsection. 
‘‘(ii) FOR
PAYMENTS
TO
TELEVISION
TRANSLATOR 
STATIONS
AND
LOW
POWER
TELEVISION
STATIONS.—
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Amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Reloca-
tion Fund by paragraph (1) shall not be available to 
the Commission to make payments required by sub-
section (k) after April 13, 2020, unless, before making 
any such payments after such date, the Commission 
submits to Congress a certification that such payments 
are necessary to reimburse costs reasonably incurred 
by a television translator station or low power tele-
vision station (as such terms are defined in subsection 
(k)) on or after January 1, 2017, in order for such 
station to relocate its television service from one 
channel to another channel or otherwise modify its 
facility as a result of the reorganization of broadcast 
television spectrum under subsection (b). 
‘‘(iii) FOR PAYMENTS TO FM BROADCAST STATIONS.— 
Amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Reloca-
tion Fund by paragraph (1) shall not be available to 
the Commission to make payments required by sub-
section (l) after April 13, 2020, unless, before making 
any such payments after such date, the Commission 
submits to Congress a certification that such payments 
are necessary to reimburse costs reasonably incurred 
by an FM broadcast station (as defined in subsection 
(l)) for facilities necessary for such station to reasonably 
minimize disruption of service as a result of the reorga-
nization of broadcast television spectrum under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(3) UNUSED FUNDS RESCINDED AND DEPOSITED INTO THE 
GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY.— 
‘‘(A) RESCISSION
AND
DEPOSIT.—If any unobligated 
amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation 
Fund by paragraph (1) remain in the Fund after the date 
described in subparagraph (B), such amounts shall be 
rescinded and deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedicated for the 
sole purpose of deficit reduction. 
‘‘(B) DATE
DESCRIBED.—The date described in this 
subparagraph is the earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the date of a certification by the Commission 
under subparagraph (C) that all reimbursements 
pursuant to subsections (b)(4)(A)(i) and (b)(4)(A)(ii) 
have been made and that all reimbursements pursuant 
to subsections (k) and (l) have been made; or 
‘‘(ii) July 3, 2023. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—If all reimbursements pursuant 
to subsections (b)(4)(A)(i) and (b)(4)(A)(ii) and all reimburse-
ments pursuant to subsections (k) and (l) have been made 
before July 3, 2023, the Commission shall submit to the 
Secretary of the Treasury a certification that all such 
reimbursements have been made. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The amount of auction pro-
ceeds that the salaries and expenses account of the Commission 
is required to retain under section 309(j)(8)(B) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)), including from 
the proceeds of the forward auction under this section, shall 
be sufficient to cover the administrative costs incurred by the 
Commission in making any reimbursements out of the TV
H. R. 1625—218 
Broadcaster Relocation Fund from amounts made available to 
that Fund by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(k) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION COSTS OF TELEVISION TRANS-
LATOR STATIONS AND LOW POWER TELEVISION STATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—From amounts made available 
under subsection (j)(2), the Commission shall reimburse costs 
reasonably incurred by a television translator station or low 
power television station on or after January 1, 2017, in order 
for such station to relocate its television service from one 
channel to another channel or otherwise modify its facility 
as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spec-
trum under subsection (b). Only stations that are eligible to 
file and do file an application in the Commission’s Special 
Displacement Window are eligible to seek reimbursement under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION.—The 
Commission 
may 
not 
make 
reimbursements under paragraph (1) for lost revenues. 
‘‘(3) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS PROHIBITED.—In the case of 
a low power television station that has been accorded primary 
status as a Class A television licensee under section 73.6001(a) 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations— 
‘‘(A) if the licensee of such station has received 
reimbursement with respect to such station under sub-
section (b)(4)(A)(i) (including from amounts made available 
under subsection (j)(2)(A)(i)), or from any other source, 
such station may not receive reimbursement under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) if such station has received reimbursement under 
paragraph (1), the licensee of such station may not receive 
reimbursement with respect to such station under sub-
section (b)(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
LIMITATION.—The Commission may not 
make reimbursement under paragraph (1) for costs incurred 
to resolve mutually exclusive applications, including costs 
incurred in any auction of available channels. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION.—The term ‘low 
power television station’ means a low power TV station 
(as defined in section 74.701 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations) that was licensed and transmitting for at 
least 9 of the 12 months prior to April 13, 2017. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, the operation of analog 
and digital companion facilities may be combined. 
‘‘(B) TELEVISION TRANSLATOR STATION.—The term ‘tele-
vision translator station’ means a television broadcast 
translator station (as defined in section 74.701 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations) that was licensed and 
transmitting for at least 9 of the 12 months prior to April 
13, 2017. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the oper-
ation of analog and digital companion facilities may be 
combined. 
‘‘(l) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION COSTS OF FM BROADCAST STA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
under subsection (j)(2), the Commission shall reimburse 
costs reasonably incurred by an FM broadcast station for
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facilities necessary for such station to reasonably minimize 
disruption of service as a result of the reorganization of 
broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Commission may not make 
reimbursements under subparagraph (A) for lost revenues. 
‘‘(C) DUPLICATIVE
PAYMENTS
PROHIBITED.—If an FM 
broadcast station has received a payment for interim facili-
ties from the licensee of a television broadcast station that 
was reimbursed for such payment under subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i) (including from amounts made available under 
subsection (j)(2)(A)(i)), or from any other source, such FM 
broadcast station may not receive any reimbursements 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) FM BROADCAST STATION DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘FM broadcast station’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 73.310 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
and includes an FM translator, which has the meaning given 
the term ‘FM translator’ in section 74.1201 of such title. 
‘‘(m) RULEMAKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall complete 
a rulemaking to implement subsections (k) and (l). 
‘‘(2) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The rulemaking completed 
under paragraph (1) shall include the development of lists 
of reasonable eligible costs to be reimbursed by the Commission 
pursuant to subsections (k) and (l), and procedures for the 
submission and review of cost estimates and other materials 
related to those costs consistent with the regulations developed 
by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(n) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) Nothing in subsections (j) through (m) shall alter the 
final transition phase completion date established by the 
Commission for full power and Class A television stations.’’. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$39,136,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, 
only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses.
H. R. 1625—220 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 
for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, 
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs of car-
rying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $306,317,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $126,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed $16,000,000 
in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to implement 
and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
(15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and 
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$164,317,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement 
subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).
H. R. 1625—221 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections depos-
ited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of 
real property management and related activities not otherwise pro-
vided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of feder-
ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District 
of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation, 
and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning 
or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by 
purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisi-
tion of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and 
design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment 
of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings 
acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the 
aggregate amount of $9,073,938,000, of which— 
(1) $692,069,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
expenses, and associated design and construction services) as 
follows: 
(A) $132,979,000 shall be for the Alexandria Bay, New 
York, Land Port of Entry; 
(B) $121,848,000 shall be for the San Diego, California, 
Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry; 
(C) $137,242,000 shall be for the Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania, United States Courthouse, as requested by the Fed-
eral Judiciary; 
(D) $110,000,000 shall be for the Huntsville, Alabama, 
United States Courthouse, as requested by the Federal 
Judiciary; 
(E) $190,000,000 shall be for the Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida, United States Courthouse, as requested by the 
Federal Judiciary: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 
construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the 
extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a trans-
mitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 
amount; 
(2) $666,335,000 shall remain available until expended for 
repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
construction services, of which—
H. R. 1625—222 
(A) $289,245,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations; 
(B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; 
and 
(C) $65,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs, of 
which— 
(i) $25,000,000 is for Fire and Life Safety; 
(ii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital Security; 
and 
(iii) $20,000,000 is for Consolidation Activities: 
Provided, That consolidation projects result in reduced 
annual rent paid by the tenant agency: Provided fur-
ther, That no consolidation project exceed $10,000,000 
in costs: Provided further, That consolidation projects 
are approved by each of the committees specified in 
section 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That preference is given to consolidation 
projects that achieve a utilization rate of 130 usable 
square feet or less per person for office space: Provided 
further, That the obligation of funds under this para-
graph for consolidation activities may not be made 
until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and expla-
nation for each project to be undertaken, including 
estimated savings, has been submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identi-
fied for each project, except each project in this or any previous 
Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That 
additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully 
approved may be funded under this category only if advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund 
costs associated with implementing security improvements to 
buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security 
in accordance with current law and in compliance with the 
reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of 
the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference 
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects 
in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations 
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 
Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to 
pay claims against the Government arising from any projects 
under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,493,768,000 for rental of space to remain available 
until expended; and 
(4) $2,221,766,000 for building operations to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,146,089,000 is for building 
services, and $1,075,677,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
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available under this paragraph for building operations may 
be transferred between and merged with such appropriations 
upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 5 percent by any 
such transfers: Provided further, That section 521 of this title 
shall not apply with respect to funds made available under 
this heading for building operations: Provided further, That 
the total amount of funds made available from this Fund to 
the General Services Administration shall not be available for 
expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition 
project for which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), 
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be 
expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds 
available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended 
for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services 
to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to 
provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursu-
ant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections 
and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 
2018, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in 
excess of the aggregate new obligational authority authorized 
for Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund 
in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 
for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated 
with the management of real and personal property assets and 
certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support 
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, 
information technology management, and related technology activi-
ties; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $53,499,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and dona-
tion of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency- 
wide policy direction, management, and communications; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $45,645,000, of which 
$24,357,000 is for Real and Personal Property Management and 
Disposal; $21,288,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of 
which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.