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rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 
national security threats, $161,000,000: Provided, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$25,208,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 
offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 
investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for 
approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 
shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In-
formation 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 in-
vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 
That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any
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other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor-
mation 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 re-
pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
FUND FOR AMERICA’S KIDS AND GRANDKIDS 
There is established in the Treasury a fund to be 
known as the ‘‘Fund for America’s Kids and Grandkids’’ 
(the ‘‘Fund’’): Provided, That in addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated 
to the Fund $585,000,000 for the sole purpose of govern-
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ment efficiencies: Provided further, That amounts in the 
Fund may not be obligated until after the date that the 
Secretary of the Treasury certifies in the annual Financial 
Report of the United States Government that the Federal 
budget deficit equals $0 or that there is a budget surplus: 
Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from the Fund. 
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 pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived 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.
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase 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; 
$170,834,000, 
of 
which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; 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 Administra-
tion; 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), $28,800,000.
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$12,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which 
not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
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 ex-
ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, 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
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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, $123,527,000; of which not to 
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for cooperative research and development programs 
for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies with or without reim-
bursement: 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 applica-
tions: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, 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.). 
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
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associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$30,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–3, $216,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000). Of the amount 
appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $121,000,000 (increased by 
$17,000,000), notwithstanding section 108(e) of 
Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with re-
gard to Small and/or Emerging Community Develop-
ment Financial Institutions Assistance awards, is 
available until September 30, 2019, for financial as-
sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach
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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 
$2,527,250 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 fi-
nancial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
outreach to community development financial insti-
tutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities: Provided, That the cost of di-
rect and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000; Provided 
further, That with regard to financial assistance 
awards made pursuant to this paragraph, excluding 
those made to community development financial in-
stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities, priority shall be placed on pro-
viding assistance to community development finan-
cial institutions that have provided no less than 15 
percent of their total financial products to recipients
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in persistent poverty counties, as measured by a 
three year average of their activity; 
(2) not less than $13,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), notwith-
standing 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 Na-
tive communities and provided primarily through 
qualified community development lender organiza-
tions with experience and expertise in community de-
velopment banking and lending in Indian country, 
Native American organizations, tribes and tribal or-
ganizations, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $19,000,000 (increased by 
$4,000,000) is available until September 30, 2020, 
for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 
(4) not less than $15,000,000 (increased by 
$3,000,000), notwithstanding subsections (d) and 
(e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for a Healthy Food Financing Ini-
tiative to provide financial assistance, technical as-
sistance, training, and outreach to community devel-
167 
opment financial institutions for the purpose of of-
fering affordable financing and technical assistance 
to expand the availability of healthy food options in 
distressed communities; 
(5) up to $23,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in-
cluding 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 perform-
ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
(6) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 
under 
such 
section 
114A 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2019: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be
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used for awards that support investments that serve 
populations living in persistent poverty counties: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-
graph and paragraph (1) above, 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 available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Census Bureau. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, 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, $2,491,554,000, of which not less than 
$8,890,000 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be for the Tax 
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 
than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-
payer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, shall be available for a Community Volunteer In-
come Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax re-
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turn preparation assistance; of which not less than 
$207,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 
the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Serv-
ice, not less than $5,000,000 (increased by $500,000) 
shall be for identity theft and refund fraud 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 con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020, 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 Serv-
ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro-
grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print-
ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other
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IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
curity; 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; $3,988,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 
construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for research; of which not to exceed 
$20,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 
Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 
cost and schedule performance for its major information 
technology investments, including the purpose and life- 
cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost 
and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and 
strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti-
171 
gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile-
stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 
quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 
2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor-
mation for its major information technology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
sociated 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 Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp-
troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 
schedule performance for major information technology in-
vestments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of 
the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 
variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies 
the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such
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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 appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
partial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
tect 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 facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 
to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service
173 
a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 
response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. 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 vic-
tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 106. 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 Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 
beliefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 
and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
174 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
sult 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/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. 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 em-
ployee or former employee. 
SEC. 110. 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. 111. Except to the extent provided in section 
6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 
a proposed final return or statement for use by such per-
175 
son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to deny 
tax exemption under section 501(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 with respect to a church, an integrated 
auxiliary of a church, or a convention or association of 
churches for participating in, or intervening in, any polit-
ical campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any can-
didate for public office unless— 
(1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue de-
termines that the exemption should be denied; 
(2) not later than 30 days after such deter-
mination, the Commissioner notifies the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of such 
determination; and 
(3) such denial is effective not earlier than 90 
days after the date of the notification under para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
$77,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2020, 
shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Tax-
payer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’
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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 Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a spending plan for such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the
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Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-
forcement 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. 
SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer 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
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account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum 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 other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions 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 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
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the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 
SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
trial 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 Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department 
of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 
project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations
180 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
chise 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 descrip-
tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
chise Fund. 
SEC. 125. During fiscal year 2019— 
(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 Serv-
ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-
enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-
ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
used to determine whether an organization is oper-
ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 
for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-
lations 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 de-
terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for purposes of determining status
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under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
tions 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 Representatives 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 equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the
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Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 127. Amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ shall be 
available to reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ account for expenses incurred in such 
account for reception and representation expenses to sup-
port activities of the Financial Action Task Force. 
SEC. 128. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, author-
ize, or otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or 
import of property confiscated by the Cuban Government. 
(b) In this section, the terms ‘‘confiscated’’, ‘‘Cuban 
Government’’, ‘‘property’’, and ‘‘traffic’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and 
(13), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to authorize a general license or ap-
prove a specific license under section 501.801 or 515.527 
of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to 
a mark, trade name, or commercial name that is the same 
as or substantially similar to a mark, trade name, or com-
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mercial name that was used in connection with a business 
or assets that were confiscated unless the original owner 
of the mark, trade name, or commercial name, or the 
bona-fide successor-in-interest has expressly consented. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘confiscated’’ has a 
meaning given such term in section 4(4) of the Cuban Lib-
erty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 
(22 U.S.C. 6023(4)). 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula-
tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De-
partment of the Treasury ‘‘Guidance for United States 
Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries 
on Coal-Fired Power Generation’’ dated October 29, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 
guideline would prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting, 
the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power genera-
tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports 
of goods and services from the United States or prevent 
the loss of jobs from the United States. 
SEC. 131. (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
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House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(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 equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 
Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 
to testify on the contents of the reports required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 132. During fiscal year 2019, the Office of Fi-
nancial Research shall provide for a public notice period
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of not less than 90 days before issuing any proposed re-
port, rule, or regulation. 
SEC. 133. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 111–203 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘immediately’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘as provided for in 
appropriation Acts’’ after ‘‘to the Office’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
(2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading 
and inserting ‘‘ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.—’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2019. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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 au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent; 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, $13,081,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: 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
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exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated 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 relat-
ing 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 in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount
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that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-
idence 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: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter 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
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U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment 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, $13,000,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, 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 for continued moderniza-
tion of information resources within the Executive Office 
of the President.
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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, $103,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment 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 wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: 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 annual work plan developed by the
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Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 
Appropriations: 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 po-
sition shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the Intellec-
tual 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 Manage-
ment 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: Provided 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 re-
ported: 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 re-
source reports have not been transmitted to the appro-
priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 
15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 
Budget review period based on the notification from the
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Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 
and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion 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, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $17,400,000: Provided, That the Of-
fice 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 facili-
tating 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 (increased by $5,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for drug
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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 associ-
ated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2017 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, 2018, shall be 
funded at not less than the fiscal year 2018 base level, 
unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of 
fiscal year 2019 funding among HIDTAs not later than
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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 Representatives 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), $118,327,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be available as 
follows: $100,000,000 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 court training and technical assist-
ance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,577,000 for 
the United States membership dues to the World Anti- 
Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available 
as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469; and
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$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 
114–198: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart-
ments 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, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $15,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-
tor 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
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specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended 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 offi-
cial 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, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying out such activities. 
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 Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National
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Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, 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 writ-
ing), 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 ap-
propriation 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: Pro-
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2019, 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 Budg-
et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 
revenues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include—
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(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact 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 by Federal agency, for each 
year in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal 
year 2019; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2019. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
randum is issued during fiscal year 2019 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 Presi-
dential memoranda 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, 2019’’.
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TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme 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, $84,703,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary 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 im-
posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$15,999,000, to remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$32,016,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
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 author-
ized by law, $19,450,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary 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 offi-
cers 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
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for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
ized by law, $5,167,961,000 (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 necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial 
courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
tices 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 Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $8,475,000, to be appro-
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 
3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert, and other services for such representations as au-
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thorized 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 representa-
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 
actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 
U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 
forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 
general administrative expenses, $1,142,427,000 to re-
main available until expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $49,750,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
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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, installa-
tion, 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 activi-
ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve-
ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$604,460,000, 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 Gen-
eral.
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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, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $92,413,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,819,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 
$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 
Code, $18,548,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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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 appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, 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
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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 ‘‘exec-
utive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 
and notwithstanding 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 De-
partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 
services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 
rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the second sentence (relating to the 
District of Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking 
‘‘27 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘28 years and 
6 months’’.
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(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions 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 
‘‘25 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 
6 months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-
ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 
Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘ex-
cept in the case of’’ the following: ‘‘the northern dis-
trict of Alabama,’’; 
(2) in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘the 
central district of California’’ the following: ‘‘,’’; 
(3) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘16 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘17 years’’; 
(4) by adding at the end of the first sentence 
the following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of dis-
trict judge in the northern district of Alabama oc-
curring 16 years or more after the confirmation date 
of the judge named to fill the temporary district 
judgeship created in that district by this subsection, 
shall not be filled.’’;
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(5) in the third sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘15 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘16 years and 6 months’’; 
and 
(6) in the fourth sentence (relating to the west-
ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘14 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
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, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
half 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 edu-
cation, 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
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of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 
eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 
and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
ances 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 Sup-
port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-
pose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
ten 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
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safety at events related to the presence of the National 
Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
ice 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 Colum-
bia Courts, $288,280,000 to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,670,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, $122,770,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 
$77,016,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; and $73,824,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
provements shall be expended consistent with the District 
of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi-
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tion assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the 
amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District 
of Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations 
and processing District of Columbia bar admissions may 
be retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, for salaries and expenses associ-
ated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 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 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 
not more than $9,000,000 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 simi-
lar 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.
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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 represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings 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, tech-
nical 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 pay-
ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to services provided under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
rable 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 ‘‘Federal Payment to 
the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to be available for the 
same period and purposes as funds made available under
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that heading for capital improvements to District of Co-
lumbia courthouse facilities: Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading shall be administered by the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
cies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER 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 au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $256,724,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and 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: 
Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
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ing, $183,166,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 
to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
lated to such persons, of which $5,919,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated 
with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 
offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 
That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$73,558,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 
Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation 
under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field 
offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 
complete their terms of supervision.
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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, $45,858,000, of which $4,471,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated 
with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 
offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating 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 Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
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abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
nation Commission, $270,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under 
the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 
C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 
that funds are available for opportunity scholarships 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 stu-
dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
vided for opportunity scholarships up to $3,200,000 shall 
be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 
3007(d) and 3009 of such 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 ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program.
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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 in-
dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
lumbia, $5,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-
grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘PART 
A—SUMMARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the rate set forth 
under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2019 
Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Congress by 
the District of Columbia, 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 
1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 
the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations 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 2019 under this head-
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ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 
Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Con-
gress by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the 
date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total reve-
nues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That the amount appropriated may be in-
creased 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 enactment of local District law and shall 
comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided 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 ap-
propriations and funds made available to the District dur-
ing fiscal year 2019, except that the Chief Financial Offi-
cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference 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 re-
ception and representation expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $127,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2019, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational
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Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 
19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, 
completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
overs 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 prevented if the proposed require-
ments 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 resist-
ance 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
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(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 Com-
merce 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 Amer-
ica 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. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
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representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $335,118,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $335,118,000 of offsetting col-
lections 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 2019 so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re-
ceived in excess of $335,118,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall 
not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re-
maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 
excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 
year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2018, 
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 ex-
ceed $130,284,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $11,064,000 shall be for the salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Inspector General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—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 Feb-
ruary 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
port payments. 
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, $42,982,000, 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 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
$71,250,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
able for reception and representation expenses.
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 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 consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
cial 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 Federal Service Impasses Panel 
may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence 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 re-
ceived 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 carrying out these 
conferences.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $311,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 $136,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino 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, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $17,000,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
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in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$158,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available 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). 
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 collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair
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and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate 
amount 
of 
$8,634,574,000 
(reduced 
by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000), of which— 
(1) $275,900,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) as follows: 
(A) $275,900,000 shall be for the Calexico, 
California, Calexico West Land Port of Entry; 
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
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the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 
required, unless advance approval is obtained from 
the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 
amount; 
(2) $679,934,000 shall remain available until 
expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
ciated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $286,344,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $81,500,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which— 
(i) $30,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; 
(ii) $11,500,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; and 
(iii) $40,000,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
That no consolidation project exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 
That consolidation projects are approved 
by each of the committees specified in sec-
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tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided 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: Pro-
vided further, That the obligation of funds 
under this paragraph for consolidation ac-
tivities 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 sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 
be limited to the amount identified 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro-
vided further, That additional projects for which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
ed under this category only if advance approval is
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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 accord-
ance with current law and in compliance with the re-
programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
tees 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 Alterations’’, 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 Alter-
ations may be used to pay claims against the Gov-
ernment arising from any projects under the heading 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund author-
ized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,430,345,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) 
(reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) 
for rental of space to remain available until ex-
pended; and
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(4) $2,248,395,000 for building operations to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$1,126,014,000 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,122,381,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made 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 ap-
propriation shall be increased by more than 5 per-
cent 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, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, 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 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided 
further, That funds available in the Federal Build-
ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs
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when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees 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 func-
tions pursuant 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 2019, ex-
cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services;
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Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $60,000,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man-
agement, and communications; and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which $26,890,000 is 
for Real and Personal Property Management and Dis-
posal; $22,550,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, 
of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 
Board of Contract Appeals, $9,301,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$67,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 
be available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
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covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$4,796,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 
Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup-
port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov-
ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec-
tronically, through the development and implementation of 
innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to 
be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 
Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro-
priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de-
posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for
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necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 
activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 
its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggre-
gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2019 
in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That any appro-
priations provided to the Electronic Government Fund 
that remain unobligated may be transferred to the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer 
authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For 
the 
Technology 
Modernization 
Fund, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
technology-related modernization activities. 
ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND 
For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets 
Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), 
$31,000,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and 
Space Management Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 
Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
4370m-8(d), $6,070,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2019 request for United States Courthouse 
construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
237 
ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 
to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
238 
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici-
ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E- 
Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 
each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
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SEC. 527. The Administrator of General Services 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives not later than 
30 days following implementation of the initiative estab-
lished under (c)(2) of Section 846 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 41 U.S.C. 1901 note) containing a market analysis 
and an implementation strategy related to the require-
ments under subparagraph (h) of Section 846. The report 
shall address strategies and processes for proper govern-
ment safeguards to data management and privacy for in-
corporation into the implementation of Section 846 to en-
sure a competitive environment. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
lic Law 93–642, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform
240 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and in addition not to exceed 
$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
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including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$372,400,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $4,823,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September
242 
30, 2020, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 
2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $17,019,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances
243 
for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
of duty, $132,172,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$14,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020, for information technology infrastructure mod-
ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi-
gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes upon submit-
ting to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and House of Representatives the plan of expenditure as 
required by the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017’’: 
Provided further, That the amount made available by the 
previous proviso may not be obligated until the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives within 90 days of enactment a 
plan for expenditure of such amount, prepared in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, the Administrator of the United States Dig-
244 
ital Service, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT 
systems remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A– 
11, part 7; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under 
the requirements established by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Exhibit 300; 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Government; 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and 
Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology re-
quirements related to securing the agency’s informa-
tion system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; and 
(6) is reviewed and commented upon within 60 
days of plan development by the Inspector General 
of the Office of Personnel Management, and such 
comments are submitted to the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management before the date of 
such submission:
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Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $639,018 may be made available for 
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-
tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and re-
tention of such workforce and information technology in 
support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-
agement solutions to improve acquisition management; 
and in addition $133,483,000 for administrative expenses, 
to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insur-
ance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use ap-
plicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2019, accept dona-
246 
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 
Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $26,252,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(a) of such Act.
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $1,658,302,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $15,206,000 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 
the International Organization of Securities Commissions;
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and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to 
exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses 
such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re-
lated lodging or subsistence. 
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 
the Commission’s New York regional office facilities, not 
to exceed $37,189,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate 
under section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, all amounts 
appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be the 
regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 
2019: Provided further, That fees and charges authorized 
by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$1,658,302,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
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count and not to exceed $37,189,000 of such offsetting 
collections shall be available until expended for costs under 
this heading associated with relocation under a replace-
ment lease for the Commission’s New York regional office 
facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2019 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2019 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the ap-
propriation for costs associated with relocation under a re-
placement lease for the Commission’s New York regional 
office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the Com-
mission, such amount that was derived from the general 
fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such 
amounts that were derived from fees or assessments col-
lected for such purpose shall be paid to each national secu-
rities exchange and national securities association, respec-
tively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by 
such national securities exchange or national securities as-
sociation under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2019.
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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$26,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $268,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000
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shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 
lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 
and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 
received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 
out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Small Business Administration 
may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 
fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 
be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal 
and State Technology Partnership Program under section 
34 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$251,900,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30,
253 
2020: Provided, That $132,600,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 
year 2020 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
ness Act: Provided further, That $31,600,000 shall be for 
marketing, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the 
microloan 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business con-
cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $21,900,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2019 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2019 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of 
amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 
of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans au-
thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2019 commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2019, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec-
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tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 
principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed 
loan 
programs, 
$155,150,000 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sal-
aries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $31,308,000, to be available until expended, 
of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General 
of the Small Business Administration for audits and re-
views of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for the Office of Inspector General; of which $22,308,000 
is for direct administrative expenses of loan making and 
servicing to carry out the direct loan program, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for in-
direct administrative expenses for the direct loan program, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under the ‘‘Business Loans 
Program Account’’ heading for the Certified Development 
Company Program, $50,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
under this section 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. 
SEC. 532. Section 12085 of Public Law 110–246 is 
repealed.
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $58,118,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 
employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 
That the Postal Service shall maintain and comply with 
service standards for First Class Mail and periodicals ef-
fective on July 1, 2012.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$51,515,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 
judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act.
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SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
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that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(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 the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7)
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creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 
the report 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 appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for
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each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such
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Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
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expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
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ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
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the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563.
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SEC. 621. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
to award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an 
option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final 
quality review processes for background investigation 
fieldwork services or background investigation support 
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, 
are being conducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 622. (a) The head of each executive branch 
agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 
related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 
budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 
as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 
33 of title 44, United States Code.
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SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 
in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 
the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 
that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 
shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 626. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-
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eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-
terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 
law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-
pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-
ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-
spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-
vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-
eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or
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other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
ity. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 
to trade associations. 
SEC. 629. Title 44, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)(2) of section 2107, by 
striking ‘‘the head of such agency has certified in 
writing to the Archivist’’ and inserting ‘‘the Archi-
vist determines, after consulting with the head of 
such agency,’’. 
(2) In subsection (d) of section 2904, by strik-
ing the first instance of ‘‘digital or electronic’’. 
(3) In subsection (e) of section 3303a, by strik-
ing ‘‘the written consent of’’ and inserting ‘‘advance 
notice to’’. 
(4) In section 3308, by striking ‘‘empower’’ and 
inserting ‘‘direct’’. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the requirements in section 
316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
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1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(4)(D)) that the solicitation of 
contributions from member corporations stockholders and 
executive or administrative personnel, and the families of 
such stockholders or personnel, by trade associations must 
be separately and specifically approved by the member cor-
poration involved prior to such solicitation, and that such 
member corporation does not approve any such solicitation 
by more than one such trade association in any calendar 
year. 
SEC. 631. (1) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to pay for an abortion or the admin-
istrative expenses in connection with a multi-State quali-
fied health plan offered under a contract under section 
1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(42 U.S.C. 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage 
for abortions. 
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 
of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to propose, issue, implement, administer, or enforce 
any requirement that a solicitation of a proxy, consent, 
or authorization to vote a security of an issuer in an elec-
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tion of members of the board of directors of the issuer 
be made using a single ballot or card that lists both indi-
viduals nominated by (or on behalf of) the issuer and indi-
viduals nominated by (or on behalf of) other proponents 
and permits the person granting the proxy, consent, or 
authorization to select from individuals in both groups. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
274 
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 
for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 
police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 
cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 
that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 
hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
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SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 
the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 
of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 
outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 
of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 
then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 
of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not
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more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 
above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, That any payment made to any officer or em-
ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 
further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 
to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 
of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 
Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 
employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 
120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 
to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
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performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
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title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States.
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SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 
2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by
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any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 
213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 
instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 
the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 
(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any
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direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1).
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SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
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tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by Congress.
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SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or
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reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 
reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
duplication, and for other activities related to Federal
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Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 
and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno-
vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 
fiscal year 2019 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
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port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
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lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law.
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(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
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(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities
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by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 730. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 732. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
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if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 733. During fiscal year 2019, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code.
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SEC. 734. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
to disclose any of the following information as a condition 
of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the
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Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.). 
SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2019, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2019, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and
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(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2019 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee.
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(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2018, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2018, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2017. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect.
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(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), 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— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2018.
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SEC. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and
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(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review,
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or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 2019 
0 et seq.). 
SEC. 740. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
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with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 
such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 741. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to: (1) classi-
fied information; (2) communications to Congress; (3) the 
reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 
law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste
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of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe-
cific danger to public health or safety; or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 
obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 
is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 
than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 
or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 
will not disclose any classified information received in the 
course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen-
tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
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(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 742. 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 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. 743. 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
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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. 744. (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 
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. 745. 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
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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. 746. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce 
Executive Order No. 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood 
Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further 
Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input, including 
any related rules, interim final rules, or guidance. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce a 
rule issued pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934. 
SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue, complete, 
process, or approve a public-private competition under the 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76. 
SEC. 749. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs;
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of
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the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting
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on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 
for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 
pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 
local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 
be inappropriate for such distribution, or used for the op-
eration of a supervised drug consumption facility that per-
mits the consumption of any substance listed in Schedule 
I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812) onsite. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act
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(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-
reational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the
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District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts,
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once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2019 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available—
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(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2020. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2020 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period.
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(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority may be used to enact any act, resolution, 
rule, regulation, guidance, or other law to permit any per-
son to carry out any activity, or to reduce the penalties 
imposed with respect to any activity, to which subsection 
(a) of section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restric-
tion Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking into 
consideration subsection (b) of such section). 
(b) Effective February 18, 2017, the Death With 
Dignity Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21–182) is hereby re-
pealed. 
SEC. 818. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the Reproductive Health 
Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 
20–261) or to implement any rule or regulation promul-
gated to carry out such Act. 
SEC. 819. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 
2013 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget 
Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–321) 
is hereby repealed, and any provision of law amended or