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with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date 
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 747. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget author-
ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-
tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 
Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-
tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 
2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 
total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 
of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 
for all categories for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 748. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, 
and the overall average percentage of the adjustments tak-
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ing effect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 
5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 
(with comparability payments to be determined and allo-
cated among pay localities by the President). All adjust-
ments under this subsection shall be effective as of the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after January 1, 2019. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than the 
percentages in subsection (a) as employees in the same 
location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant 
to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 
and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 
5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be con-
sidered to be located in the pay locality designated as 
″Rest of U.S.″ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 
for purposes of this subsection. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
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department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2019. 
SEC. 749. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 
the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 
year 2019 shall be 1.9 percent above the rate payable to 
the Vice President on December 31, 2018, as limited 
under section 738 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
(b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate for an employee serving 
in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for 
which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive 
Schedule rate, shall be increased by 1.9 percent (relative 
to the preexisting rate actually payable) at the time the 
official rate is adjusted in January 2019. Such an em-
ployee may receive no other pay increase during calendar 
year 2019, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 
subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
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(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior 
Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or 
above the official rate for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule; or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited 
emergency appointee in the Senior Executive 
Service serving under a political appointment 
and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the of-
ficial rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of 
title 5, United States Code, an employee described 
in paragraph (1) who is serving at the time official 
rates of the Executive Schedule are adjusted may re-
ceive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate of 
no more than 1.9 percent during calendar year 
2019, subject to the normally applicable pay rules 
and pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013, 
after those pay limitations are increased by 1.9 per-
cent (after applicable rounding). Such an employee 
may receive no other pay increase during calendar 
year 2019, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality- 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
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States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 
rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 
under a political appointment, and who is serving at the 
time official rates of the Executive Schedule are adjusted, 
may receive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate 
of no more than 1.9 percent during calendar year 2019, 
subject to the normally applicable pay rules and pay limi-
tations in effect on December 31, 2013, after those pay 
limitations are increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable 
rounding). Such an employee may receive no other pay 
increase during calendar year 2019, except as provided in 
subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 
in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 
pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 
of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
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