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(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Oregon may allow the operation of a truck 
tractor and 2 property-carrying units not in actual 
lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis on 
June 1, 1991, if— 
‘‘(A) the length of the property-carrying 
units does not exceed 82 feet 8 inches; 
‘‘(B) the combination is used only to trans-
port sugar beets; and 
‘‘(C) the operation occurs on United States 
Route 20, United States Route 26, United 
States Route 30, or Oregon Route 201 in the 
vicinity, or between any, of— 
‘‘(i) Vale, Oregon; 
‘‘(ii) Ontario, Oregon; or 
‘‘(iii) Nyssa, Oregon.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 101. Section 177 of division C of Public Law 
114–223, as amended by Public Law 114–254, is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and the 116th Congress’’ after ‘‘the 
115th Congress’’ in each instance it appears. 
SEC. 102. (a) During fiscal year 2019 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Architect of the Capitol under the 
heading ‘‘House Office Buildings’’ may be transferred to 
the House of Representatives and merged with and made 
available under the heading ‘‘Allowances and Expenses’’, 
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The period of availability of any amounts trans-
ferred to the House of Representatives under this section 
shall be the same period of availability applicable to such 
amounts as appropriated for the Architect of the Capitol. 
SEC. 103. Section 243 of title II of division C of Pub-
lic Law 115–244 is amended by inserting ‘‘248’’ after 
‘‘section’’. 
SEC. 104. (a) Discretionary amounts appropriated by 
any division of this consolidated Act shall be available for 
payments in accordance with section 1341(c) of title 31, 
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United States Code (as added by the Government Em-
ployee Fair Treatment Act of 2019) to employees whose 
salaries and expenses are provided in that division. 
(b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by any division 
of this consolidated Act for the purposes of maintaining 
the essential level of activity to protect life and property 
and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by 
law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in ac-
cord with the provisions of any division of this consoli-
dated Act, and for purposes of such obligations the time 
period covered by this Act shall be considered to include 
the period which began on or about December 22, 2018, 
during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations. 
SEC. 105. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
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(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
by the Federal Government during such period had 
appropriations been available, including the cost of 
compensating such furloughed employees, together 
with interest thereon calculated under section 
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 
the grantee), together with interest thereon cal-
culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri-
tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 
terms under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 
State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 
State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 
to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri-
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ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 
of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
priations with respect to any department or agency of the 
Federal Government receiving funding in any division of 
this consolidated Act which, but for such lapse in appro-
priations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relat-
ing to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with 
respect to the program involved. Payments and reimburse-
ments under this authority shall be made only to the ex-
tent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts. 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2302(20)(B)), as amended by section 7 of the 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 
21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, except that, for the purpose of section 132, 
the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in 
this subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate de-
gree’’ after ‘‘associate degree’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on July 1, 2019, as if included in the Strengthening 
Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 
(Public Law 115–224). 
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TITLE II 
EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 201. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 
4026) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ for ‘‘December 7, 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. (a) The following sections of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue 
in effect through March 1, 2019— 
(1) subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
4(i)(1) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(C)–(E)); 
(2) section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 
(3) section 4(k)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(4)); 
and 
(4) section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8(c)(3)(B)). 
(b)(1) Section 4(i)(1)(I) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a– 
1(i)(1)(I)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(2)), section 33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
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(e) CHILD CARE.—Section 418(a)(3) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 
(f) 
GRANTS
TO
THE
TERRITORIES.—Section 
1108(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 
2020’’. 
MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES 
SEC. 204. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended by re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting 
after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT 
AND OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(A) 
REPORTING
AGREEMENT.—Each 
State and the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement specifying the manner by which the 
information and data described in this para-
graph shall be collected and reported to the 
Secretary beginning in fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(i) OUTCOMES FOR EXITING RECIPI-
ENTS.—Information and data regarding 
families who formerly received assistance 
and included a work-eligible individual 
(disaggregated by type of family, reason 
for exit, and participation in work activi-
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ties during the preceding fiscal year) under 
the State program funded under this part 
or under any State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), with respect to 
the following: 
‘‘(I) The percentage with at least 
1 formerly work-eligible individual em-
ployed during the 2nd quarter after 
exiting from the program. 
‘‘(II) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during the 4th quar-
ter after exiting from the program. 
‘‘(III) The median earnings when 
at least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual is employed during the 2d 
quarter after exiting from the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(IV) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during any of the 
first 4 quarters after exiting from the 
program. 
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‘‘(V) The distribution of income 
and earnings, including relative to 
poverty and deep poverty, for each of 
the first 4 quarters ending after the 
quarter of exit from assistance. 
‘‘(VI) The percentage who, at the 
time of exit from the program, were 
subject to the following: 
‘‘(aa) A penalty under sec-
tion 407(e). 
‘‘(bb) A sanction or penalty 
described in section 404 or 408. 
‘‘(cc) A penalty or sanction 
not described in item (aa) or 
(bb). 
‘‘(ii) ENGAGEMENT
AND
EMPLOY-
MENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(I) WORK-ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—In the case of current work-el-
igible individuals under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under 
any State program funded with quali-
fied State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following 
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information relative to current quarter 
being reported: 
‘‘(aa) Earnings in each of 
the 4 quarters immediately pre-
ceding the quarter. 
‘‘(bb) Standard measures of 
employment, earnings, receipt of 
assistance, and participation in 
work activities (as defined in sec-
tion 407(d)) in each of the first 
4 quarters following the quarter. 
‘‘(II) ALL
RECIPIENTS.— The 
percentage of recipients of assistance 
under the State program funded 
under this part who have not attained 
24 years of age and who obtain a high 
school degree or its recognized equiva-
lent while receiving the assistance. 
‘‘(B) STATISTICAL
ADJUSTMENT
MODEL 
FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 
relevant experts, shall develop recommendations 
by March 1, 2020, on how to establish and dis-
seminate an objective statistical model that will 
allow the Secretary to make adjustments to the 
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data reported pursuant to subclauses (I) 
through (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i) of this 
paragraph, based on economic conditions and 
the characteristics of participants. To the ex-
tent practicable, the recommendations shall be 
compatible with the statistical adjustment 
model 
developed 
under 
section 
116(b)(3)(A)(viii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(3)(A)(viii)) and, with respect to a 
State, the State adjusted levels of performance 
established for the State under that section.’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE 
STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDINATION 
SEC. 205. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(d) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(d)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED 
INTEROPERABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with an interagency work group estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget and 
considering State government perspectives, by rule, 
designate data exchange standards to govern, under 
this part— 
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