An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-1370
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2017-03-06
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Criminal justice information and records

Department of Homeland Security

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Human trafficking

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-22
text: Signed by President.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's Blue Campaign, to issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop training programs for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding:</p> <ul> <li>types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by DHS to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking,</li> <li>systematic and routine information sharing regarding such individuals among DHS components,</li> <li>techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. border,</li> <li>techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public, and</li> <li>utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking.</li> </ul> <p>DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign.</p>

action_date: 2017-05-22
action_desc: Reported to House amended, Part I
text: <p><strong>Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Blue Campaign, under which the Secretary of DHS shall issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop and coordinate training for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding:</p> <ul> <li>programs to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the U.S. borders; </li> <li>systematic and routine information sharing among DHS components and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, patterns and practices of human trafficking, and potential connections to terrorist activities; </li> <li>techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. borders; </li> <li>techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public; </li> <li>utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and </li> <li>leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the state and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities. </li></ul> <p>DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the campaign.</p>

action_date: 2017-05-23
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><strong>Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to be known as the Blue Campaign, under which the Secretary of DHS shall issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop and coordinate training for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding:</p> <ul> <li>programs to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the U.S. borders; </li> <li>systematic and routine information sharing among DHS components and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, patterns and practices of human trafficking, and potential connections to terrorist activities; </li> <li>techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. borders; </li> <li>techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to identify suspected trafficking victims at airport security and to serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public; </li> <li>utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and </li> <li>leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the state and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities. </li></ul> <p>DHS shall: (1) ensure that information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking are capable of systematic and routine information sharing, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the campaign.</p>

action_date: 2017-11-06
action_desc: Passed Senate amended
text: <p><strong>Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a program to be known as the Blue Campaign, the purpose of which shall be to unify and coordinate DHS efforts to address human trafficking.</p> <p>The campaign director shall issue DHS-wide guidance to and develop training programs for appropriate DHS personnel, coordinate departmental efforts, and provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers and government assistance to address their immediate and long-term needs.</p> <p>Such campaign shall provide guidance and training to DHS personnel and other federal, state, tribal, and law enforcement personnel regarding:</p> <ul> <li>programs to help identify instances of human trafficking;</li> <li>the types of information that should be collected and recorded in DHS information technology systems to identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; </li> <li>systematic and routine information sharing within DHS and among federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding such individuals and patterns and practices of human trafficking; </li> <li>techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. border and at airport security checkpoints; </li> <li>methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and personnel from other appropriate agencies to train TSA employees to identify suspected trafficking victims and to serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate state, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public; </li> <li>utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and </li> <li>leveraging partnerships with state and local governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking. </li> </ul>  <p>(Sec. 3) DHS shall ensure the integration of DHS information technology systems used to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking.</p> <p>

action_date: 2017-12-21
action_desc: Senate agreed to House amendment without amendment
text: <p>DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 </p> <p><em>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018</em></p> <p> (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). </p> <p>(This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) </p> <p>Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that:</p> <ul> <li>permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay;</li> <li>provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities;</li> <li>permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children;</li> <li>provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and</li> <li>exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted.</p> <p>DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE </p> <p><em>Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 </em></p> <p>Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) </p> <p>TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS </p> <p>Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS <em>John S. McCain</em> and the USS <em>Fitzgerald</em>. </p> <p>Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. </p> <p>TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS </p> <p>Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska.</p> <p> TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS</p> <p> (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. </p> <p>(Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. </p> <p>(Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. </p> <p>DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS</p> <p>TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS</p> <p><em>CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act</em></p> <p>(Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans.</p> <p>(Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.</p> <p>TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)</p> <p>(Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018.</p> <p> Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution.</p> <p> DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS </p> <p>(Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. </p> <p>DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS </p> <p>(Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. </p> <p>(Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.) </p>

action_date: 2017-12-22
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 </p> <p><em>Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018</em></p> <p> (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). </p> <p>(This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) </p> <p>Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that:</p> <ul> <li>permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay;</li> <li>provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities;</li> <li>permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children;</li> <li>provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and</li> <li>exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted.</p> <p>DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE </p> <p><em>Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 </em></p> <p>Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) </p> <p>TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS </p> <p>Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS <em>John S. McCain</em> and the USS <em>Fitzgerald</em>. </p> <p>Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. </p> <p>TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS </p> <p>Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska.</p> <p> TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS</p> <p> (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. </p> <p>(Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. </p> <p>(Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. </p> <p>DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS</p> <p>TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS</p> <p><em>CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act</em></p> <p>(Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans.</p> <p>(Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.</p> <p>TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)</p> <p>(Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018.</p> <p> Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution.</p> <p> DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS </p> <p>(Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. </p> <p>DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS </p> <p>(Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. </p> <p>(Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.) </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1370 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2017 Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 . 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (a) In general As part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary shall— (1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate personnel of the Department; and (2) develop training programs for such personnel. (b) Guidance and training The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate personnel of the Department regarding the following: (1) Types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by the Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking. (2) Systematic and routine information sharing regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking within and among the components of the Department. (3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the border of the United States. (4) Techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to— (A) identify suspected victims of trafficking at airport security; and (B) serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public. (5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns. (6) Any other activities determined necessary by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. (c) Definition In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). . (b) Information technology systems Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, consistent with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section), information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 434) are integrated with each other. (c) Oversight Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign. (d) Authorization There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (e) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. .

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1370 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 . 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (a) In general There is authorized in the Department a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to be known as the Blue Campaign . As part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary shall— (1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate personnel of the Department; (2) develop training programs for such personnel; and (3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel. (b) Guidance and training The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate personnel of the Department regarding the following: (1) Programs for such personnel, as well as Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement entities, to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (2) Systematic and routine information sharing between and among the components of the Department and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking and patterns and practices of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the borders of the United States. (4) Techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to— (A) identify suspected victims of trafficking at airport security; and (B) serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public. (5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns. (6) Leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the State and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (7) Any other activities determined necessary by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. (c) Definition In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). . (b) Information technology systems Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, consistent with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section), information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 434) are capable of systematic and routine information sharing. (c) Oversight Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign. (d) Authorization For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, $819,000 is authorized to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (e) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. .

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1370 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 . 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (a) In general There is authorized in the Department a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to be known as the Blue Campaign . As part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary shall— (1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate personnel of the Department; (2) develop training programs for such personnel; and (3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel. (b) Guidance and training The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate personnel of the Department regarding the following: (1) Programs for such personnel, as well as Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement entities, to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (2) Systematic and routine information sharing between and among the components of the Department and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking and patterns and practices of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the borders of the United States. (4) Techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to— (A) identify suspected victims of trafficking at airport security; and (B) serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public. (5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns. (6) Leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the State and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (7) Any other activities determined necessary by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. (c) Definition In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). . (b) Information technology systems Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, consistent with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section), information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 434) are capable of systematic and routine information sharing. (c) Oversight Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign. (d) Authorization For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, $819,000 is authorized to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (e) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. .

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 92 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1370 [Report No. 115–143, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2017 Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned May 22, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Keating , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Vela , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Donovan , Mrs. Noem , and Mr. Katko May 22, 2017 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic May 22, 2017 The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2017 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 . 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (a) In general There is authorized in the Department a campaign to be known as the Blue Campaign . As part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary shall— (1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate personnel of the Department; (2) develop training programs for such personnel; and (3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel. (b) Guidance and training The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate personnel of the Department regarding the following: (1) Programs for such personnel, as well as Federal, State, and local law enforcement entities, to help identify instances of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (2) Systematic and routine information sharing between and among the components of the Department and the National Network of Fusion Centers regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking and patterns and practices of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the borders of the United States. (4) Techniques specifically for Transportation Security Administration personnel to— (A) identify suspected victims of trafficking at airport security; and (B) serve as a liaison and resource to aviation workers and the traveling public. (5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns. (6) Leveraging partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations at the State and local levels to raise public awareness of human trafficking and potential connections to terrorist activities, including along the borders of the United States. (7) Any other activities determined necessary by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. (c) Definition In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). . (b) Information technology systems Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, consistent with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this section), information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 434) are integrated with each other. (c) Oversight Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign. (d) Authorization There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (e) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. .

May 22, 2017 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment May 22, 2017 The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H.R. 1370 In the Senate of the United States, November 6, 2017. Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1370) entitled An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 . 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (a) Definition In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). (b) Establishment There is established within the Department a program, which shall be known as the Blue Campaign . The Blue Campaign shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. (c) Purpose The purpose of the Blue Campaign shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to address human trafficking. (d) Responsibilities The Secretary, working through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection (e)— (1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate Department personnel; (2) develop training programs for such personnel; (3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel; and (4) provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers, in addition to the government assistance required under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105 ), to address their immediate and long-term needs. (e) Guidance and training The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate Department personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate regarding— (1) programs to help identify instances of human trafficking; (2) the types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by the Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; (3) systematic and routine information sharing within the Department and among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding— (A) individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; and (B) patterns and practices of human trafficking; (4) techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the United States border and at airport security checkpoints; (5) methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration and personnel from other appropriate agencies— (A) to train employees of the Transportation Security Administration to identify suspected victims of trafficking; and (B) to serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate State, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public; (6) utilizing resources, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns— (A) to educate partners and stakeholders; and (B) to increase public awareness of human trafficking; (7) leveraging partnerships with State and local governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking; and (8) any other activities the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–296 ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. . 3. Information technology systems Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, the integration of information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking. 4. Report Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that— (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign; and (2) provides a recommendation regarding the appropriate office within the Department of Homeland Security for the Blue Campaign. 5. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2.

Secretary

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 1st Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., December 21, 2017 HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1370) entitled An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. , with the following In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of the Senate, insert the following: A Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 1001. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ) is further amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting January 19, 2018 ; and (2) by adding after section 142 the following: 143. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 111 for Department of Homeland Security—Coast Guard—Retired Pay may be obligated to carry out Retired Pay Reform, as authorized by part 1 of subtitle D of title VI of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 , as amended), and the matter under such heading in division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ; 131 Stat. 409) shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by inserting payment of continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, after payment for career status bonuses, . 144. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $11,761,000 and amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $1,104,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate newly constructed facilities. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations for carrying out section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) and section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279 ) at the level provided in fiscal year 2017. 146. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for the purposes described in the third paragraph under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund at a rate for operations of $112,000,000; and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic. 147. Notwithstanding section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the timetable in section 254(a) of such Act, the final sequestration report for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date specified in section 106(3), and for the Office of Management and Budget, 15 days after the date specified in section 106(3). . 1002. (a) Notwithstanding the dates specified in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 122 Stat. 2474), the amendments made by such section shall not take effect until the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ), as amended. (b) If during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ), as amended, any Act amending the dates specified in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 122 Stat. 2474) is enacted, this section shall be repealed. This division may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 . B Missile Defense The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: I Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Department of Defense Operation and Maintenance Operation and Maintenance, Navy For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Navy for necessary costs to repair damage to the U.S.S. John S. McCain and the U.S.S. Fitzgerald, $673,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $18,750,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $23,735,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Procurement Missile Procurement, Army For an additional amount for Missile Procurement, Army for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $884,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Missile Procurement, Air Force For an additional amount for Missile Procurement, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $12,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Other Procurement, Air Force For an additional amount for Other Procurement, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $288,055,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Procurement, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Procurement, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $1,239,140,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $20,700,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $60,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $255,744,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $1,010,220,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. II Missile Construction Enhancements department of defense military construction, defense-wide For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Defense-Wide”, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out construction of a missile field in Alaska: Provided , That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further , That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. III General Provisions 2001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this division are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018. 2002. (a) Funds made available in title I of this division shall be allocated to programs, projects, and activities in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by the Department of Defense to accompany the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017: Provided , That changes to the allocation of such funds shall be subject to the reprogramming requirements set forth in the annual appropriations Act. (b) Funds made available in this division may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 of division D of Public Law 115–56 . 2003. Each amount designated in this division by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. This division may be cited as the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 . C Health provisions I Public Health Extenders 3101. Extension for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs (a) Community health centers funding Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) $550,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018; and . (b) National Health Service Corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) $65,000,000 for period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018. . (c) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Subsection (g) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h ) is amended— (1) by striking To carry out and inserting the following: (1) In general To carry out ; (2) by striking and $15,000,000 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 and inserting and $30,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) Administrative expenses Of the amount made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not use more than 5 percent of such amount for the expenses of administering this section. . (d) Application Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115–31 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–256 ). (e) Conforming amendments Section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(E) ), as amended by section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and inserting subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1) ) ; and (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting and section 3101(d) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act after section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 . 3102. Extension for special diabetes programs (a) Special diabetes program for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) $37,500,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended. . (b) Special diabetes program for Indians Subparagraph (D) of section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended by inserting and $37,500,000 for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 before the period at the end. 3103. Prevention and Public Health Fund Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and inserting fiscal year 2018 ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9); (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) for fiscal year 2019, $800,000,000; ; (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking $1,000,000,000 and inserting $800,000,000 ; and (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking $1,500,000,000 and inserting $1,250,000,000 . II Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 3201. Funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (a) Appropriation; total allotment Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (19), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (20), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (21) for fiscal year 2018, for purposes of making 1 semi-annual allotment— (A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on March 31, 2018. . (b) Allotments (1) In general Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting and paragraph (10) after clauses (iii) and (iv) ; (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking or (4) and inserting (4), or (10) ; and (ii) by striking or 2017 and inserting , 2017, or 2018 ; (C) in paragraph (9)— (i) in the heading, by striking fiscal years 2015 and 2017 and inserting certain fiscal years ; (ii) by striking or (4) and inserting , (4), or (10) ; and (iii) by striking or fiscal year 2017 and inserting , 2017, or 2018 ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) For fiscal year 2018 (A) First half (i) In general Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (21) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to 1/2 of the amount described in clause (ii) for the State. (ii) Full year amount based on growth factor updated amount The amount described in this clause for a State is equal to the sum of— (I) the sum of the 2 semi-annual allotments made to the State under paragraph (4) for fiscal year 2017; and (II) the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2017, multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2018. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 2104(m)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(2) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 2010 through 2016 and inserting beginning with fiscal year 2010 ; and (B) by striking the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) each place it appears and inserting the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) . (3) Application of regular expenditure rules Amounts allotted to a State under section 2104(m)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(10)(A) ) (as added by paragraph (1)) shall be subject to the same requirements of title XXI of such Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services as apply to other allotments made to States for a fiscal year under section 2104 of such Act. (c) Extension of CHIP allocation redistribution special rule for certain shortfall States (1) In general Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B) ), as amended by section 201 of Public Law 115–90 , is amended— (A) in the clause heading, by striking first quarter and inserting first half ; (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (VI); and (C) by striking subclauses (I) and (II) and inserting the following: (I) In general For each month beginning during the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, subject to the succeeding subclauses of this clause, the Secretary shall redistribute any amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018, to each State that is an emergency shortfall State for the month (as defined in subclause (II)) such amount as the Secretary determines will eliminate the estimated shortfall described in subclause (II) for such State for the month (as may be adjusted under subparagraph (C)) before the Secretary may redistribute such amounts to any shortfall State that is not an emergency shortfall State. In the case of any amounts redistributed under this subclause to a State that is not an emergency shortfall State, such amounts shall be determined in accordance with clause (i). (II) Emergency shortfall State defined For purposes of this clause, the term emergency shortfall State means, with respect to a month beginning during the period beginning October 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, a shortfall State for which the Secretary estimates, in accordance with subparagraph (A) (unless otherwise specified in this subclause) and on a monthly basis using the most recent data available to the Secretary as of such month, that the projected expenditures under the State child health plan and under section 2105(g) (calculated as if the reference under section 2105(g)(4)(A) to 2017 were a reference to 2018 and insofar as the allotments are available to the State under this subsection or subsection (e) or (m)) for such month will exceed the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) for such month, including after application of any amount redistributed under paragraph (1) for a previous month for fiscal year 2018 in accordance with this clause, to such State. A shortfall State may be an emergency shortfall State under the previous sentence without regard to whether any amounts were redistributed to such State under paragraph (1) for a previous month in fiscal year 2018. (III) Funds redistributed in the order in which States realize funding shortfalls The Secretary shall redistribute the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) to emergency shortfall States described in subclause (II) in the order in which such States realize monthly funding shortfalls under this title for fiscal year 2018. The Secretary shall only make redistributions under this clause to the extent that such amounts are available for such redistributions. (IV) Proration rule If the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a month during the period described in subclause (I) are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the month for emergency shortfall States described in subclause (II), the amount computed under subclause (I) for each emergency shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally. (V) Unobligated redistributed funds The Secretary shall withhold any funds redistributed under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018 before January 1, 2018, but which have not been obligated for amounts expended by a State as of that date, and shall redistribute such funds in accordance with the preceding subclauses of this clause. . (2) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by paragraph (1) shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to de-obligate any funds redistributed under clause (ii) of section 2104(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B) ) that have been obligated for amounts expended by an emergency shortfall State described in such clause as of January 1, 2018. This division may be cited as the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act . D Other Matters 4001. VA Choice There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be deposited in the Veterans Choice Fund under section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note). E Budgetary Effects 5001. Budgetary effects (a) In general The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 5002. Budgetary effects of reconciliation Act (a) Definition of reconciliation Act In this section, the term reconciliation Act means an Act enacted into law before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act that was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions in H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. (b) PAYGO Scorecard The budgetary effects of the reconciliation Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(d) ).

Karen L. Haas Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen H. R. 1370 AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

A Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 1001. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ) is further amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting January 19, 2018 ; and (2) by adding after section 142 the following: 143. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by section 111 for Department of Homeland Security—Coast Guard—Retired Pay may be obligated to carry out Retired Pay Reform, as authorized by part 1 of subtitle D of title VI of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 , as amended), and the matter under such heading in division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ; 131 Stat. 409) shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by inserting payment of continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, after payment for career status bonuses, . 144. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services at a rate for operations of $11,761,000 and amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities at a rate for operations of $1,104,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate newly constructed facilities. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations for carrying out section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) and section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279 ) at the level provided in fiscal year 2017. 146. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for the purposes described in the third paragraph under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund at a rate for operations of $112,000,000; and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic. 147. Notwithstanding section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the timetable in section 254(a) of such Act, the final sequestration report for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date specified in section 106(3), and for the Office of Management and Budget, 15 days after the date specified in section 106(3). . 1002. (a) Notwithstanding the dates specified in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 122 Stat. 2474), the amendments made by such section shall not take effect until the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ), as amended. (b) If during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ), as amended, any Act amending the dates specified in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ; 122 Stat. 2474) is enacted, this section shall be repealed. This division may be cited as the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 . B Missile Defense The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: I Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Department of Defense Operation and Maintenance Operation and Maintenance, Navy For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Navy for necessary costs to repair damage to the U.S.S. John S. McCain and the U.S.S. Fitzgerald, $673,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $18,750,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $23,735,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Procurement Missile Procurement, Army For an additional amount for Missile Procurement, Army for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $884,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Missile Procurement, Air Force For an additional amount for Missile Procurement, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $12,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Other Procurement, Air Force For an additional amount for Other Procurement, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $288,055,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Procurement, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Procurement, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $1,239,140,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $20,700,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $60,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $255,744,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $1,010,220,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. II Missile Construction Enhancements department of defense military construction, defense-wide For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Defense-Wide”, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out construction of a missile field in Alaska: Provided , That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further , That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. III General Provisions 2001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this division are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018. 2002. (a) Funds made available in title I of this division shall be allocated to programs, projects, and activities in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by the Department of Defense to accompany the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017: Provided , That changes to the allocation of such funds shall be subject to the reprogramming requirements set forth in the annual appropriations Act. (b) Funds made available in this division may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 of division D of Public Law 115–56 . 2003. Each amount designated in this division by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. This division may be cited as the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 . C Health provisions I Public Health Extenders 3101. Extension for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs (a) Community health centers funding Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) $550,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018; and . (b) National Health Service Corps Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) $65,000,000 for period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018. . (c) Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs Subsection (g) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h ) is amended— (1) by striking To carry out and inserting the following: (1) In general To carry out ; (2) by striking and $15,000,000 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 and inserting and $30,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) Administrative expenses Of the amount made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not use more than 5 percent of such amount for the expenses of administering this section. . (d) Application Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115–31 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–256 ). (e) Conforming amendments Section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(E) ), as amended by section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and inserting subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1) ) ; and (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting and section 3101(d) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act after section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 . 3102. Extension for special diabetes programs (a) Special diabetes program for type I diabetes Section 330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) $37,500,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended. . (b) Special diabetes program for Indians Subparagraph (D) of section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2) ) is amended by inserting and $37,500,000 for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 before the period at the end. 3103. Prevention and Public Health Fund Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and inserting fiscal year 2018 ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9); (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) for fiscal year 2019, $800,000,000; ; (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking $1,000,000,000 and inserting $800,000,000 ; and (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking $1,500,000,000 and inserting $1,250,000,000 . II Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 3201. Funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (a) Appropriation; total allotment Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (19), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (20), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (21) for fiscal year 2018, for purposes of making 1 semi-annual allotment— (A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on March 31, 2018. . (b) Allotments (1) In general Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting and paragraph (10) after clauses (iii) and (iv) ; (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking or (4) and inserting (4), or (10) ; and (ii) by striking or 2017 and inserting , 2017, or 2018 ; (C) in paragraph (9)— (i) in the heading, by striking fiscal years 2015 and 2017 and inserting certain fiscal years ; (ii) by striking or (4) and inserting , (4), or (10) ; and (iii) by striking or fiscal year 2017 and inserting , 2017, or 2018 ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) For fiscal year 2018 (A) First half (i) In general Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (21) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to 1/2 of the amount described in clause (ii) for the State. (ii) Full year amount based on growth factor updated amount The amount described in this clause for a State is equal to the sum of— (I) the sum of the 2 semi-annual allotments made to the State under paragraph (4) for fiscal year 2017; and (II) the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2017, multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2018. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 2104(m)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(2) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 2010 through 2016 and inserting beginning with fiscal year 2010 ; and (B) by striking the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) each place it appears and inserting the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) . (3) Application of regular expenditure rules Amounts allotted to a State under section 2104(m)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(10)(A) ) (as added by paragraph (1)) shall be subject to the same requirements of title XXI of such Act and applicable regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services as apply to other allotments made to States for a fiscal year under section 2104 of such Act. (c) Extension of CHIP allocation redistribution special rule for certain shortfall States (1) In general Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B) ), as amended by section 201 of Public Law 115–90 , is amended— (A) in the clause heading, by striking first quarter and inserting first half ; (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (VI); and (C) by striking subclauses (I) and (II) and inserting the following: (I) In general For each month beginning during the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, subject to the succeeding subclauses of this clause, the Secretary shall redistribute any amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018, to each State that is an emergency shortfall State for the month (as defined in subclause (II)) such amount as the Secretary determines will eliminate the estimated shortfall described in subclause (II) for such State for the month (as may be adjusted under subparagraph (C)) before the Secretary may redistribute such amounts to any shortfall State that is not an emergency shortfall State. In the case of any amounts redistributed under this subclause to a State that is not an emergency shortfall State, such amounts shall be determined in accordance with clause (i). (II) Emergency shortfall State defined For purposes of this clause, the term emergency shortfall State means, with respect to a month beginning during the period beginning October 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, a shortfall State for which the Secretary estimates, in accordance with subparagraph (A) (unless otherwise specified in this subclause) and on a monthly basis using the most recent data available to the Secretary as of such month, that the projected expenditures under the State child health plan and under section 2105(g) (calculated as if the reference under section 2105(g)(4)(A) to 2017 were a reference to 2018 and insofar as the allotments are available to the State under this subsection or subsection (e) or (m)) for such month will exceed the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) for such month, including after application of any amount redistributed under paragraph (1) for a previous month for fiscal year 2018 in accordance with this clause, to such State. A shortfall State may be an emergency shortfall State under the previous sentence without regard to whether any amounts were redistributed to such State under paragraph (1) for a previous month in fiscal year 2018. (III) Funds redistributed in the order in which States realize funding shortfalls The Secretary shall redistribute the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) to emergency shortfall States described in subclause (II) in the order in which such States realize monthly funding shortfalls under this title for fiscal year 2018. The Secretary shall only make redistributions under this clause to the extent that such amounts are available for such redistributions. (IV) Proration rule If the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a month during the period described in subclause (I) are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the month for emergency shortfall States described in subclause (II), the amount computed under subclause (I) for each emergency shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally. (V) Unobligated redistributed funds The Secretary shall withhold any funds redistributed under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018 before January 1, 2018, but which have not been obligated for amounts expended by a State as of that date, and shall redistribute such funds in accordance with the preceding subclauses of this clause. . (2) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by paragraph (1) shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to de-obligate any funds redistributed under clause (ii) of section 2104(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B) ) that have been obligated for amounts expended by an emergency shortfall State described in such clause as of January 1, 2018. This division may be cited as the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act . D Other Matters 4001. VA Choice There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be deposited in the Veterans Choice Fund under section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note). E Budgetary Effects 5001. Budgetary effects (a) In general The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 5002. Budgetary effects of reconciliation Act (a) Definition of reconciliation Act In this section, the term reconciliation Act means an Act enacted into law before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act that was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions in H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. (b) PAYGO Scorecard The budgetary effects of the reconciliation Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(d) ).

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.