An act making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes
PL 115-245 (H.R.6157), enacted 09/28/2018

132 STAT. 2981 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
Public Law 115–245 
115th Congress 
An Act 
Making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense and 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations 
Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Military Personnel 
Title II—Operation and Maintenance 
Title III—Procurement 
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 
Title VII—Related Agencies 
Title VIII—General Provisions 
Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations 
DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
Title I—Department of Labor 
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 
Title III—Department of Education 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019. 
1 USC 1 note. 
Department of 
Defense and 
Labor, Health 
and Human 
Services, and 
Education 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019 and 
Continuing 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
Sept. 28, 2018 
[H.R. 6157] 
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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Army on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $42,690,042,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members 
of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $30,164,481,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except 
members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $13,779,038,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $30,074,691,000. 
Department of 
Defense 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active 
duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United 
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing 
duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $4,836,947,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $2,049,021,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $782,390,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on 
active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$1,860,406,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
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while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $8,600,945,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on 
duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 
708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $3,699,080,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
$40,145,482,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $48,034,826,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,055,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Sec-
retary of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
by law, $6,540,049,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, 
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$40,379,184,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,699,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $35,613,354,000: Provided, That not more than 
$7,503,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 
Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States 
Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $42,300,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agree-
ment Program, of which not less than $4,500,000 shall be available 
for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of 
a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military depart-
ment, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 
into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, 
That $19,160,000, to remain available until expended, is available 
only for expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may 
be transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation 
and maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and 
evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit 
cost of items that may be purchased with operation and mainte-
nance funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $663,969,000, of which $165,992,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, shall be available to provide support 
and assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individ-
uals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 
response, or other Department of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $2,781,402,000. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,018,006,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities 
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, 
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $271,570,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transpor-
tation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, sup-
plies, and equipment; and communications, $3,191,734,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 
travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifi-
cally authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying 
and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; 
and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of 
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $7,118,831,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and 
related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 
and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including 
those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on 
the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard per-
sonnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
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regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau, $6,420,697,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,662,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 may be used for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $235,809,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $365,883,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 
Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $365,808,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
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for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $19,002,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of 
Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of Defense, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $248,673,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly 
used by the Department of Defense, transfer the funds made avail-
able by this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
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OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, 
and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting 
of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, 
and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $117,663,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance, including assistance provided by contract or 
by grants, under programs and activities of the Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized under 
the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, 
$350,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Fund, $450,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That no other amounts may be 
otherwise credited or transferred to the Fund, or deposited into 
the Fund, in fiscal year 2019 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 
10, United States Code. 
TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,299,566,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
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expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,145,256,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ord-
nance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 
and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,486,402,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $2,276,330,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat 
vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; communications and electronic equipment; other support 
equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $7,844,691,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
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construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$20,092,199,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2021. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related 
support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$3,711,576,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2021. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $952,682,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or 
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and 
armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway; 
procurement of critical, long lead time components and designs 
for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expan-
sion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: 
Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), $3,173,400,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), $1,573,181,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $4,340,676,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,796,401,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $425,873,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $270,965,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $5,249,837,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $641,928,000; 
Littoral Combat Ship, $1,571,244,000; 
LPD–17, $350,000,000; 
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Expeditionary Sea Base, $647,000,000; 
LHA Replacement (AP), $350,000,000; 
Expeditionary Fast Transport, $225,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $977,104,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $75,046,000; 
Towing Salvage and Rescue Ship, $80,517,000; 
LCU 1700, $41,520,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $507,875,000; 
Service Craft, $72,062,000; 
LCAC SLEP, $23,321,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destina-
tion transportation, $550,038,000; and 
Completion 
of 
Prior 
Year 
Shipbuilding 
Programs, 
$207,099,000. 
In all: $24,150,087,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That additional obligations may 
be incurred after September 30, 2023, for engineering services, 
tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be 
performed in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construc-
tion or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards 
in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for 
the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act for production of the common missile compartment 
of nuclear-powered vessels may be available for multiyear procure-
ment of critical components to support continuous production of 
such compartments only in accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code (as 
added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328)): Provided further, That 
the funds made available by this Act for the Carrier Replacement 
Program (CVN–80) may be available to modify or enter into a 
new contract for the procurement of a Ford-class aircraft carrier 
designated CVN–81 pursuant to section 121 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support 
equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance 
(except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized 
for conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, 
appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$9,097,138,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2021. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare 
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parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
$2,719,870,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2021. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing pur-
poses including rents and transportation of things, $17,112,337,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $2,585,004,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2021. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $2,343,642,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2021. 
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,485,856,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground elec-
tronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and 
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger 
motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $20,884,225,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2021. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for 
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, 
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of 
land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway, $6,822,180,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2021. 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical and 
support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement items for 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces, $1,300,000,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually 
submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization 
priority assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 
component: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
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by this paragraph may be used to procure manned fixed wing 
aircraft, or procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sec-
tions 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $53,578,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$11,083,824,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$18,510,564,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique 
operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$41,229,475,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic 
and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; 
advanced research projects as may be designated and determined 
by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$23,691,836,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That, of the funds made available in this para-
graph, $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program 
shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to include program management and oversight, to conduct research, 
development, test and evaluation to include proof of concept dem-
onstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and transition to 
full-scale production: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
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Defense may transfer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid 
Innovation Program to appropriations for research, development, 
test and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to 
any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer 
than 30 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details 
of any such transfer. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evalua-
tion, in the direction and supervision of operational test and evalua-
tion, including initial operational test and evaluation which is con-
ducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint oper-
ational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $381,009,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2020. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,641,115,000. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by 
law, $34,007,519,000; of which $30,953,422,000 shall be for oper-
ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020, and of 
which up to $15,118,801,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into under the TRICARE program; of which $873,160,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2021, shall be for 
procurement; and of which $2,180,937,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2020, shall be for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational 
activities undertaken in connection with United States military 
training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con-
ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading for research, development, test 
and evaluation, not less than $1,171,100,000 shall be made available 
to the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand to carry out the congressionally directed medical research 
programs. 
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CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials 
that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $993,816,000, of 
which $105,997,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $52,735,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile 
Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $21,600,000 for 
activities on military installations and $31,135,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, to assist State and local govern-
ments; $1,091,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, of which $1,091,000 shall be for the 
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist 
State and local governments; and $886,728,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation, of which $880,283,000 shall only be for the Assem-
bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve compo-
nents serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United 
States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and 
for research, development, test and evaluation, $881,525,000, of 
which 
$517,171,000 
shall 
be 
for 
counter-narcotics 
support; 
$121,900,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; 
$217,178,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; 
and $25,276,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug 
schools program: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of 
the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $329,273,000, of which $325,236,000 shall 
be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 
is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
and payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes; of which $60,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, shall 
be for procurement; and of which $3,977,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2020, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level 
for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account, $522,424,000. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not author-
ized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law 
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, 
any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply 
to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary 
increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national 
employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall 
not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized 
by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose 
pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, 
whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees 
serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set 
by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: 
Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not 
apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
in the Republic of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations 
in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations 
for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer 
camp training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
10 USC 1584 
note. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer 
not to exceed $4,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Depart-
ment of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military functions (except military construction) 
between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may 
not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen 
military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this 
Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall 
be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees 
on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than 
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by 
the Congress: Provided further, That a request for multiple 
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section 
shall be made prior to June 30, 2019: Provided further, That trans-
fers among military personnel appropriations shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds 
that may be transferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments 
to budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and 
activities) contained in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level 
Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the 
obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activi-
ties for which the amounts appropriated exceed the amounts 
requested are hereby required by law to be carried out in the 
manner provided by such tables to the same extent as if the tables 
were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations 
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 
8005 shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in sub-
section (a) occur between appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congres-
sional defense committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2019: 
Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
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(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 
such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to trans-
fers from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide’’; 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites’’; and 
(6) 
‘‘Drug 
Interdiction 
and 
Counter-drug 
Activities, 
Defense’’. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense established 
pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may 
be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time 
for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, 
That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital funds and 
the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and 
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with 
the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that 
such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Provided further, 
That except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to 
working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value 
of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
to initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 
year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability 
in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order 
quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, 
unless the congressional defense committees have been notified 
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Pro-
vided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the 
economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at 
10 USC 2306b 
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least to the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any 
systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be 
terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of 
multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis 
to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress 
a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through 
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement 
of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured 
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested 
in that budget request for production beyond advance procure-
ment activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full 
funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 
associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered 
under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for 
multiyear procurement contracts for any or all of the following 
projects: 
(1) Standard Missile–3 IB; 
(2) Standard Missile–6; 
(3) F/A–18E/F Super Hornet and EA–18G Aircraft variants; 
(4) E–2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Aircraft; 
(5) C–130J, KC–130J, HC–130J, MC–130J, AC–130J Air-
craft; and 
(6) SSN Virginia Class Submarines and Government-fur-
nished equipment. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of 
title 10, United States Code. Such funds may also be obligated 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized 
operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of 
chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations 
shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation and 
maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and 
similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Terri-
tories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micro-
nesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized 
by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for 
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graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical 
facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize 
the provision of medical services at such facilities and transpor-
tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian 
patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the civilian per-
sonnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on 
the basis of any end-strength, and the management of such per-
sonnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint 
or limitation (known as an end-strength) on the number of such 
personnel who may be employed on the last day of such fiscal 
year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2020 Department of Defense budget 
request shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if 
subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard 
to fiscal year 2020. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 
U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Department of Army 
Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not be man-
aged on the basis of the Table of Distribution and Allowances, 
and the management of the workforce strength shall be done in 
a manner consistent with the budget available with respect to 
such Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to mili-
tary (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of 
the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits 
paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department 
of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full- 
time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to those members who 
have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 
further, That this section applies only to active components of 
the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the 
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote
´ge
´ Program may be trans-
ferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for 
the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Prote
´ge
´ Program develop-
mental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act. 
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SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments 
and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 
inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain 
are manufactured in the United States from components which 
are substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall 
include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and 
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided 
further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of 
the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 
to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggre-
gate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or 
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That 
when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary 
of the service responsible for the procurement may waive this 
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be 
made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity 
of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and 
wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 
beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located 
in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are 
procured within that State, or in the case of the District of 
Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the 
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: 
Provided further, That such local procurement requirements for 
malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages 
only for military installations in States which are not contiguous 
with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, 
price and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, 
M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, 
or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms 
ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for 
further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal 
year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity 
or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National 
Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation 
is required in the best interest of the Government. 
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SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, $25,000,000 
shall be available for incentive payments authorized by section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, 
That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes 
a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered 
a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensa-
tion under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated 
by an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
with respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of 
supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract 
at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufac-
tured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 
political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, 
That, upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of 
Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 
incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
less than $46,100,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which— 
(1) $33,600,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, 
and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 
for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities 
in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 
SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
are available to establish a new Department of Defense (depart-
ment) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), 
either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit mem-
bership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs 
and other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, 
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any 
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to 
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any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory 
capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member 
of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC 
in a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel 
expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership 
duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds available to the department from any source during the 
current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through 
a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings 
not located on a military installation, for payment of cost sharing 
for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or development. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
available to the department during fiscal year 2019, not more 
than 6,030 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded 
for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, of the specific amount referred 
to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years 
may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Pro-
vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years 
funded in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military 
Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
the department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request, submit a report 
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort 
to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year 
and the associated budget estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced 
by $179,000,000: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply 
to appropriations for the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and 
the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). 
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under 
the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted 
and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these 
procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply 
Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 
alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to 
acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in 
being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the 
House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the 
10 USC 2731 
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Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and 
repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production 
of components and other Defense-related articles, through competi-
tion between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities 
and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive 
of the military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power 
of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
this section. 
SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a 
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in para-
graph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating 
against certain types of products produced in the United States 
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act 
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the 
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary 
of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for 
certain products in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress 
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
foreign entities in fiscal year 2019. Such report shall separately 
indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American 
Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
or any international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained 
in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment 
Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments 
specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air 
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States 
of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, 
Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units 
located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air 
Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost 
to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in 
accordance with the request for such units that are submitted 
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to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on 
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition 
that the housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any 
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under 
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the 
Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any recognized 
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 
of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 
5131). 
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which 
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment 
item unit cost of not more than $250,000. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps program in accordance with Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 
2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension center, or place 
on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program 
in accordance with the information paper of the Department 
of the Army titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officer’s Training 
Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated January 
27, 2014. 
SEC. 8033. Up to $10,518,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be made 
available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the 
purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Secu-
rity Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and 
payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer-
cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other 
funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance 
or combined exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may 
not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country that 
is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under 
any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8034. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations 
to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in 
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and 
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the 
local community: Provided, That such regulations shall direct that 
the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military 
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for 
military retail system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8035. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an invest-
ment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for 
10 USC 2484 
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sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subse-
quent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been charge-
able to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund during 
fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item 
would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
made to the Department of Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2020 Department of Defense budget 
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis 
that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded 
in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budg-
eted for in a proposed fiscal year 2020 procurement appropriation 
and not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds. 
SEC. 8036. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appro-
priated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency 
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior 
or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to 
the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and develop-
ment acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro-
grams authorized by the President under section 503 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made available only 
for the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training 
and technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, 
the gathering of information, documenting of environmental dam-
age, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and 
cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting 
from Department of Defense activities. 
SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless 
the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American 
Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has 
been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ‘‘Made 
in America’’ inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall 
determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United 
States Code, whether the person should be debarred from con-
tracting with the Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Con-
gress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending 
the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products, provided that American-made equipment and products 
50 USC 3521 
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are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8039. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces 
or civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
employee’s place of duty remains at the location of that head-
quarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military depart-
ment may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by- 
case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel 
requirements or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 
mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, 
and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar 
threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and 
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mor-
tuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized 
Federal entities. 
SEC. 8040. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 
or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 
of Defense civilian employees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 
competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective 
organization plan developed by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s per-
sonnel-related costs for performance of that activity or func-
tion by Federal employees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insur-
ance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 
in the performance of that activity or function under the 
contract; or 
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(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
health benefits plan that requires the employer to con-
tribute less towards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 
for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 
(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any adminis-
trative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 
full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 
that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of 
title 41, United States Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 
that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 
as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 
of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 
credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 
measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 
policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 
in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activi-
ties. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8041. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG–51 Destroyer’’, 
2011/2020, $94,000,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: CVN RCOH (AP)’’, 
2011/2020, $4,000,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG–51 Destroyer’’, 
2012/2020, $66,000,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: LPD–17’’, 2012/2020, 
$13,000,000; 
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‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: Joint High Speed 
Vessel’’, 2012/2020, $8,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2017/2019, $16,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, $38,894,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, $32,344,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’, 
2017/2019, 
$169,677,000; 
‘‘Space Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, $44,300,000; 
‘‘Defense 
Health 
Program: 
Procurement’’, 
2017/2019, 
$2,413,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 2018/2020, $80,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
Army’’, 2018/2020, $210,506,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2018/2020, $64,390,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2018/2020, $26,361,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2018/2020, $115,657,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2018/2020, $36,600,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’, 
2018/2020, 
$195,255,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2018/2020, $5,200,000; 
‘‘Space Procurement, Air Force’’, 2018/2020, $218,100,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2018/2020, 
$17,100,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2018/2020, $123,500,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, 
2018/2019, $191,120,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, 
2018/2019, $490,588,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, 2018/2019, $25,000,000; and 
‘‘Defense 
Health 
Program: 
Procurement’’, 
2018/2020, 
$215,000,000. 
SEC. 8042. None of the funds available in this Act may be 
used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians 
(dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, 
Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying 
any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or 
reduction on military technicians (dual status), unless such reduc-
tions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless specifically 
appropriated for that purpose. 
SEC. 8044. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands 
and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, 
allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred 
against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when 
members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence 
or counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities 
and programs included within the National Intelligence Program 
and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That nothing in 
this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and 
National Guard personnel and training procedures. 
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SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter- 
drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 
appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug 
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency 
of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropria-
tions law. 
SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than 
those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by- 
case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 103 
of title 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8047. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund, Army’’, $99,000,000 shall be available to maintain competitive 
rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8048. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 is hereby appro-
priated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts 
specified as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8049. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes 
that is not available from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8050. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent 
they contribute to the extramural budget. 
SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay 
a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee 
when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; 
and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
with a business combination. 
50 USC 3506 
note. 
10 USC 274 note. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8052. During the current fiscal year, no more than 
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred 
to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to 
be merged with, and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support 
of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense 
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an 
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the 
period of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed 
under the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States 
Code, and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended bal-
ance, an obligation or an adjustment of an obligation may be 
charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 
as the expired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
the end of the period of availability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
any current appropriation account of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is 
not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department 
of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public 
Law 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, 
That in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative 
unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge 
to a current account under the authority of this section shall 
be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided 
further, That the total amount charged to a current appropria-
tion under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 
1 percent of the total appropriation for that account. 
SEC. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of 
equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by 
any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount 
of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project 
and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of 
equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall 
be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8055. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide’’, $35,000,000 
shall be for continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual 
Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds 
are made available for transfer to the Department of the Army, 
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: 
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Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with 
and available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which the funds are transferred: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this 
Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military 
forces for operational training, operational use or inventory require-
ments: Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items 
used in development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and 
leading to acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall, with submission of the department’s 
fiscal year 2020 budget request, submit a report detailing the use 
of funds requested in research, development, test and evaluation 
accounts for end-items used in development, prototyping and test 
activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: 
Provided further, That this restriction does not apply to programs 
funded within the National Intelligence Program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that it is in the national security interest to do so. 
SEC. 8057. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by- 
case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation 
on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided 
in law if the Secretary determines that the application of the 
limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative 
programs entered into between the Department of Defense and 
the foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under section 
2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced 
in the United States for that country. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason 
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and 
clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 
50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
and products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 
through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, 
and 9404. 
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations 
Acts may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing 
repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the 
Department of Defense, including areas in such military family 
housing units that may be used for the purpose of conducting 
official Department of Defense business. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8059. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development 
Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 
1105). 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ for any new start advanced 
concept technology demonstration project or joint capability dem-
onstration project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, 
including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and 
transition strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 
been provided in writing to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction 
on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8061. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to provide 
a classified quarterly report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard 
serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of 
the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense 
System. 
SEC. 8063. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held 
by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge 
and a United States military nomenclature designation of ‘‘armor 
penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary 
(API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to 
an entity performing demilitarization services for the Department 
of Defense under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate 
to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing 
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the demili-
tarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant 
to a contract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 
of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Permanent 
Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the Department 
of State. 
SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive 
payment of all or part of the consideration that otherwise would 
be required under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, 
in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in 
excess of 1 year to any organization specified in section 508(d) 
of title 32, United States Code, or any other youth, social, or 
fraternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case-by-case 
basis. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8065. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $62,483,700 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to 
enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real prop-
erty, construction, personal services, and operations related to 
projects carrying out the purposes of this section: Provided further, 
That contracts entered into under the authority of this section 
may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local law 
to the maximum extent consistent with the national security, as 
determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8066. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to take any action to modify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National 
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation 
of a new appropriation or new appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request 
is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, and O–1 documents 
supporting the Department of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the 
merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program 
budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided such 
change is otherwise in accordance with paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving auditable 
financial statements and improving fiscal reporting, study and 
develop detailed proposals for alternative financial management 
processes. Such study shall include a comprehensive counterintel-
ligence risk assessment to ensure that none of the alternative 
processes will adversely affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under 
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agen-
cies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies attesting 
that the proposed alternatives will help achieve auditability, 
improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely affect counter-
intelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary 
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed alter-
natives and certifications to the congressional defense and intel-
ligence committees. 
SEC. 8067. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense, to remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the 
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determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, these funds shall be available only for a grant 
to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 
military family members when confronted with the illness or hos-
pitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 
SEC. 8068. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control rela-
tionships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administra-
tive control of United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific 
fleet: Provided, That the command and control relationships which 
existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees: Provided further, That the proposed modification 
may be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an objec-
tion is received from either the House or Senate Appropriations 
Committees: Provided further, That any proposed modification shall 
not preclude the ability of the commander of United States Pacific 
Command to meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8069. Any notice that is required to be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives under section 806(c)(4) of the Bob Stump 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note) after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
submitted pursuant to that requirement concurrently to the Sub-
committees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8070. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be 
for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount, 
$70,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to 
the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to 
the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; 
$187,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense 
(SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense research and 
development under the SRBMD program, of which $50,000,000 
shall be for co-production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent 
with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to 
the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for SRBMD, as amended; 
$80,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli 
Missile Defense Architecture, of which $80,000,000 shall be for 
co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent 
with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to 
the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, 
as amended; and $163,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System 
Improvement Program including development of a long range, 
ground and airborne, detection suite: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to 
any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
10 USC 2302 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $207,099,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2019, to fund prior year 
shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds to the following 
appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That 
the amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 
for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred 
to: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2011/2019: LHA Replacement $25,100,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2013/2019: DDG–51 Destroyer $53,966,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2014/2019: Littoral Combat Ship $19,498,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2015/2019: Littoral Combat Ship $83,686,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2015/2019: LCAC $9,400,000; and 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2016/2019: TAO Fleet Oiler $15,449,000. 
SEC. 8072. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are 
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes 
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 
SEC. 8073. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity 
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken imme-
diately in the interest of national security and only after written 
prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8074. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2020 
submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall include separate budget justification docu-
ments for costs of United States Armed Forces’ participation in 
contingency operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the 
Operation and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 
and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: 
Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the 
funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military 
service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for 
each appropriations account: Provided further, That these docu-
ments shall include estimated costs for each element of expense 
or object class, a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each 
contingency operation, and programmatic data including, but not 
limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve component, 
and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 
of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents shall 
include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Depart-
ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contin-
gency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal 
years. 
10 USC 221 note. 
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SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment 
of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 8076. Of the funds available to the Secretary of Defense 
in 
the 
‘‘Foreign 
Currency 
Fluctuations, 
Defense’’ 
account, 
$250,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 8077. The Secretary of Defense may use up to $800,000,000 
of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act to the Department of Defense for the rapid acquisition and 
deployment of supplies and associated support services pursuant 
to section 806 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 2302 
note): Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees promptly of all uses of this 
authority. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation 
of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force 
Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Recon-
naissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, 
That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 
Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense 
requirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless 
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during 
the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, 
That information pertaining to United States persons shall only 
be handled in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as implemented 
through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8080. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to transfer research and development, acquisition, 
or other program authority relating to current tactical unmanned 
aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational 
control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 
in order to support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating 
to the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles. 
SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
except for funds appropriated for research and technology, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 8082. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ shall be 
considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations 
in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8083. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish 
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the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authori-
ties for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by 
Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of 
National Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intel-
ligence committees that such reprogramming or transfer is nec-
essary as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8084 None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army Contracting 
Command—New Jersey or make disproportionate personnel reduc-
tions at any Army Contracting Command—New Jersey sites without 
30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8085. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act, for support to friendly foreign countries in connection 
with the conduct of operations in which the United States is not 
participating, pursuant to section 331(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, shall be made in accordance with sections 8005 or 9002 
of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8086. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to, credited 
to, or deposited in the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 
Development Fund in or for fiscal year 2019 to a military depart-
ment or Defense Agency pursuant to section 1705(e)(1) of title 
10, United States Code, shall be covered by and subject to sections 
8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8087. None of the funds made available by this Act for 
excess defense articles, assistance under section 333 of title 10, 
United States Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries 
designated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 
U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any military training 
or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise 
permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008. 
SEC. 8088. (a) None of the funds provided for the National 
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 
$10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence 
Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
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unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification 
period may be reduced for urgent national security requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer 
of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase 
or decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom-
panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence committees 
are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 
this notification period may be reduced for urgent national security 
requirements. 
SEC. 8089. The Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
to Congress each year, at or about the time that the President’s 
budget is submitted to Congress that year under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, a future-years intelligence program 
(including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures 
and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 
future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 
respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four 
succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8090. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8091. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of 
this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ 
may be transferred by the military department concerned to its 
central fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant 
to section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8092. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be available for the purpose of making remittances to the Depart-
ment of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in 
accordance with section 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8093. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
50 USC 3103 
note. 
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SEC. 8094. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor 
agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees 
or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of 
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree 
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false impris-
onment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, inten-
tional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or 
negligent hiring, supervision, or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the 
contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to 
agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce 
any provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or inde-
pendent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an 
entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract 
subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect 
to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or 
independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of 
the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of 
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor 
for the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the 
Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the 
waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests 
of the United States, and that the term of the contract or sub-
contract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The 
determination shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall 
state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons 
each such alternative would not avoid harm to national security 
interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any deter-
mination under this subsection not less than 15 business days 
before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination 
may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8095. From within the funds appropriated for operation 
and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, 
up to $113,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
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Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions 
of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of 
section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are operations of 
the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 
consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des-
ignated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by 
section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That addi-
tional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for oper-
ation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense 
or a component thereof in contravention of the provisions of section 
130h of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8097. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and light armored 
vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection 
purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding 
price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger 
carrying vehicles. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8098. Upon a determination by the Director of National 
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national 
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Office of 
Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 
of the funds made available in this Act for the National Intelligence 
Program: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be 
used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intel-
ligence requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a request 
for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided 
in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2019. 
SEC. 8099. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 8100. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 
for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the effective control of the Department of Defense. 
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(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained 
at United States Naval Station Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba, to the 
custody or control of the individual’s country of origin, any other 
foreign country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance 
with section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8102. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or 
provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any sub-
sidiary of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and the Director of National Intelligence, determines that 
it is in the vital national security interest of the United States 
to do so, and certifies in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that, to the best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal mili-
tary equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal mili-
tary equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have with-
drawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on mili-
tary bases subject to agreements in force between the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation and the Government of 
Ukraine; and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government 
of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with 
respect to a waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (b), and not later than 90 days after the date on 
which such a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the 
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Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report containing the results of the review conducted with 
respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the United 
States unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 
2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8105. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Service Secretaries, shall submit two reports to the congressional 
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2019, and not later 
than September 1, 2019, detailing the submission of records during 
the previous 6 months to databases accessible to the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), including the 
Interstate Identification Index (III), the National Crime Information 
Center (NCIC), and the NICS Index, as required by Public Law 
110–180: Provided, That such reports shall provide the number 
and category of records submitted by month to each such database, 
by Service or Component: Provided further, That such reports shall 
identify the number and category of records submitted by month 
to those databases for which the Identification for Firearm Sales 
(IFFS) flag or other database flags were used to pre-validate the 
records and indicate that such persons are prohibited from receiving 
or possessing a firearm: Provided further, That such reports shall 
describe the steps taken during the previous 6 months, by Service 
or Component, to ensure complete and accurate submission and 
appropriate flagging of records of individuals prohibited from gun 
possession or receipt pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 922(g) or (n) including 
applicable records involving proceedings under the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice. 
SEC. 8106. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Department of Defense, amounts should be made available, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to 
local military commanders appointed by the Secretary, or by an 
officer or employee designated by the Secretary, to provide at their 
discretion ex gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection 
(d) of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that is 
incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign 
country. 
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided 
only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is determined 
by the local military commander to be friendly to the United 
States; 
(2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under 
chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Foreign Claims Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was 
not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) Any payments provided under a program under subsection 
(a) shall not be considered an admission or acknowledgement of 
any legal obligation to compensate for any damage, personal injury, 
or death. 
(d) If the Secretary of Defense determines a program under 
subsection (a) to be appropriate in a particular setting, the amounts 
of payments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have 
suffered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces 
under the program should be determined pursuant to regulations 
10 USC 2731 
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prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which 
should include such factors as cultural appropriateness and pre-
vailing economic conditions. 
(e) Local military commanders shall receive legal advice before 
making ex gratia payments under this subsection. The legal advisor, 
under regulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 
whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section and 
applicable Department of Defense regulations. 
(f) A written record of any ex gratia payment offered or denied 
shall be kept by the local commander and on a timely basis sub-
mitted to the appropriate office in the Department of Defense 
as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) The Secretary of Defense shall report to the congressional 
defense committees on an annual basis the efficacy of the ex gratia 
payment program including the number of types of cases considered, 
amounts offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 
and any recommended modifications to the program. 
SEC. 8107. None of the funds available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for nec-
essary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activi-
ties, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number 
of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and 
launchers below the levels set forth in the report submitted to 
Congress in accordance with section 1042 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
SEC. 8108. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards 
on a public Website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8109. The Secretary of each military department, in 
reducing each research, development, test and evaluation and 
procurement account of the military department as required under 
paragraph (1) of section 828(d) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2430 
note), as amended by section 825(a)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, shall allocate the percentage 
reduction determined under paragraph (2) of such section 828(d) 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such 
account: Provided, That the authority under section 804(d)(2) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) to transfer amounts available 
in the Rapid Prototyping Fund shall be subject to section 8005 
or 9002 of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to fund the performance of a flight demonstration team 
at a location outside of the United States: Provided, That this 
prohibition applies only if a performance of a flight demonstration 
team at a location within the United States was canceled during 
the current fiscal year due to insufficient funding. 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose 
of targeting a United States person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term 
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code) 
of any electronic communication of a United States person 
from a provider of electronic communication services to the 
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public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee 
of any agency funded by this Act who approves or implements 
the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary 
resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act 
to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this 
Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts 
providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8114. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $310,805,000, to remain available 
until expended, may be used for any purposes related to the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet established under section 11 of 
the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, 
That such amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the United 
States Department of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support 
for, or expand support to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals unless the congressional defense committees are noti-
fied in accordance with the direction contained in the classified 
annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initiating 
such support: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used under section 1208 for any activity that 
is not in support of an ongoing military operation being conducted 
by United States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the 
prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines that such 
waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not 
later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the congres-
sional defense committees of such waiver. 
SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations 
in Iraq where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, 
or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the 
congressional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8117. None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award a new contract 
that provides for the acquisition of the following components unless 
those components are manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary 
equipment (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
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equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propellers); ship-
board cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 
SEC. 8118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
to mitigate higher than anticipated fuel costs, the total amount 
appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby increased by 
$750,000,000. 
SEC. 8119. No amounts credited or otherwise made available 
in this or any other Act to the Department of Defense Acquisition 
Workforce Development Fund may be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 
804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific fund estab-
lished under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (as amended by section 
897 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017). 
SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by military 
or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for gaming, 
or for entertainment that includes topless or nude entertainers 
or participants, as prohibited by Department of Defense FMR, 
Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department of Defense Instruction 
1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
funds made available to the Department of Defense in title II 
of this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, $15,000,000 shall be available for a project in a country 
designated by the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That in further-
ance of the project, the Department of Defense is authorized to 
acquire services, including services performed pursuant to a grant 
agreement, from another Federal agency, on an advance of funds 
or reimbursable basis: Provided further, That an order for services 
placed under this section is deemed to be an obligation in the 
same manner that a similar order placed under a contract with 
a private contractor is an obligation. 
SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available to deliver F–35 aircraft to the Republic of Turkey, 
except in accordance with section 1282 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8124. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense may use up to $65,442,000 under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, and up to $55,400,000 
under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’ to develop, replace, and sustain Federal Government 
security and suitability background investigation information tech-
nology systems of the Office of Personnel Management or other 
Federal agency responsible for conducting such investigations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer additional amounts into 
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these headings or into ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ using estab-
lished reprogramming procedures prescribed in the Department 
of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14, Volume 3, 
Chapter 6, dated September 2015: Provided further, That such 
funds shall supplement, not supplant any other amounts made 
available to other Federal agencies for such purposes. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
States Naval Station, Guanta
´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8126. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary for the 
national defense, including intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act to the Global Engagement Center established by section 1287 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) shall be 
made in accordance with section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as 
applicable. 
SEC. 8128. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $270,000,000, for an additional amount 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such funds shall only be avail-
able to the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office of Eco-
nomic Adjustment of the Department of Defense, or for transfer 
to the Secretary of Education, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, to make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, or supple-
ment other Federal funds to construct, renovate, repair, or expand 
elementary and secondary public schools on military installations 
in order to address capacity or facility condition deficiencies at 
such schools: Provided further, That in making such funds available, 
the Office of Economic Adjustment or the Secretary of Education 
shall give priority consideration to those military installations with 
schools having the most serious capacity or facility condition defi-
ciencies as determined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided fur-
ther, That as a condition of receiving funds under this section 
a local educational agency or State shall provide a matching share 
as described in the notice titled ‘‘Department of Defense Program 
for Construction, Renovation, Repair or Expansion of Public Schools 
Located on Military Installations’’ published by the Department 
of Defense in the Federal Register on September 9, 2011 (76 Fed. 
Reg. 55883 et seq.): Provided further, That these provisions apply 
to funds provided under this section, and to funds previously pro-
vided by Congress to construct, renovate, repair, or expand 
elementary and secondary public schools on military installations 
in order to address capacity or facility condition deficiencies at 
such schools to the extent such funds remain unobligated on the 
date of enactment of this section. 
SEC. 8129. In carrying out the program described in the memo-
randum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services 
for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 
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or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 
guidance issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary 
of Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except that— 
(1) 
the 
limitation 
on 
periods 
regarding 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) and in 
part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ shall 
include embryo cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov 
Battalion. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to purchase heavy water from Iran. 
SEC. 8132. The amount appropriated in title II of this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ is hereby reduced by 
$50,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances in Department of 
Defense Working Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8133. The amount appropriated in title II of this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ is hereby reduced by 
$50,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances in Department of 
Defense Working Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8134. None of the funds provided for, or otherwise made 
available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated or expended 
by the Secretary of Defense to provide motorized vehicles, aviation 
platforms, munitions other than small arms and munitions appro-
priate for customary ceremonial honors, operational military units, 
or operational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would undermine 
the readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment. 
SEC. 8135. The Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend 
funds made available under this Act for procurement or for research, 
development, test and evaluation for the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter 
to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, including up to two F–35 aircraft 
of each variant, to a test configuration: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the 
Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the congressional 
defense committees not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating 
and expending funds under this section: Provided further, That 
any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section shall be made in accordance with sections 8005 or 9002 
of this Act, as appropriate, if applicable. 
SEC. 8136. Amounts appropriated for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’ 
in this Act and hereafter may be obligated to make death gratuity 
payments, as authorized in subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 
10, United States Code, if no appropriation for ‘‘Military Personnel’’ 
is available for obligation for such payments: Provided, That such 
obligations may subsequently be recorded against appropriations 
available for ‘‘Military Personnel’’. 
SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
by the Department of Defense to migrate data and applications 
to the proposed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or the 
Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud computing services until 
a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date on which the 
10 USC 1475 
note. 
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Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees— 
(1) a proposed plan to establish a budget accounting system 
that provides transparency across the Department, including 
all military Services and Defense Agencies, for funds requested 
and expended for all cloud computing services procured by 
the Department and funds requested and expended to migrate 
to a cloud computing environment; and 
(2) a detailed description of the Department’s strategy to 
implement enterprise-wide cloud computing, including the goals 
and acquisition strategies for all proposed enterprise-wide cloud 
computing service procurements; the strategy to sustain com-
petition and innovation throughout the period of performance 
of each contract, including defining opportunities for multiple 
cloud service providers and insertion of new technologies; and 
an assessment of potential threats and security vulnerabilities 
of the proposed cloud computing strategy, and plans to mitigate 
such risks. 
SEC. 8138. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that 
has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 
or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner 
pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Federal 
agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable Federal 
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
described in such subsection and has made a determination that 
such suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 8139. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to the Islamic Republic of Iran unless specifically appropriated 
for that purpose. 
SEC. 8140. From amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by title II of this division under the heading ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE’’, the Secretary of Defense may 
reimburse the Government of the Republic of Palau in an amount 
not to exceed $9,700,000 for land acquisition costs for defense 
sites. 
SEC. 8141. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of— 
(1) Executive Order No. 13175 (65 Fed. Reg. 67249; relating 
to consultation and coordination with Indian Tribal govern-
ments); or 
(2) section 1501.2(d)(2) of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 8142. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
National Guard’’, not more than $20,000,000 shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Air Force for payments to a local water 
authority located in the vicinity of an Air National Guard base, 
or to a state in which the local water authority is located, for 
the treatment of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic 
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acid in drinking water from the wells owned and operated by 
the local water authority undertaken to attain the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency Lifetime Health Advisory level 
for such acids: Provided, That the applicable Lifetime Health 
Advisory shall be the one in effect on October 1, 2017: Provided 
further, That the local water authority must have requested such 
a payment from the National Guard Bureau in fiscal year 2018: 
Provided further, That the elevated levels of such acids in the 
water was the result of activities conducted by or paid for by 
the Department of the Air Force: Provided further, That such funds 
may be expended without regard to existing contractual provisions 
in agreements between the Department of the Air Force or the 
National Guard Bureau, as the case may be, and the state in 
which the base is located relating to environmental response actions 
or indemnification: Provided further, That, in order to be eligible 
for payment under this section, such treatment must have taken 
place after January 1, 2017, but prior to the date of enactment 
of this act, and the local water authority or state, as the case 
may be, must waive all claims for treatment expenses incurred 
before such date of enactment: Provided further, That any payment 
under this section may not exceed the actual cost of such treatment 
resulting from the activities conducted by or paid for by the Depart-
ment of the Air Force: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
enter into such agreements with the local water authority or state 
as may be necessary to implement this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may pay, utilizing the Defense State Memo-
randum of Agreement, costs that would otherwise be eligible for 
payment under that agreement were those costs paid using funds 
appropriated to the Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, 
established under section 2703(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code. 
TITLE IX 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, 
$2,929,154,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, 
$385,461,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine 
Corps’’, $109,232,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, 
$964,508,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, 
$37,007,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’, 
$11,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine 
Corps’’, $2,380,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’, 
$21,076,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, 
Army’’, $195,283,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air 
Force’’, $5,460,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, $18,548,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’, $5,172,155,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps’’, $1,292,995,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force’’, $9,828,674,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide’’, $8,105,991,000: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, shall be for payments to reimburse key 
cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other support, 
including access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria: Provided further, That such reimbursement payments 
may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may deter-
mine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to adequately account for the support provided, and such 
determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers 
of the United States, and 15 days following notification to the 
appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, That these 
funds may be used for the purpose of providing specialized training 
and procuring supplies and specialized equipment and providing 
such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reimbursable 
basis to coalition forces supporting United States military and sta-
bility operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
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of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following notification to the appro-
priate congressional committees: Provided further, That these funds 
may be used to support the Government of Jordan in such amounts 
as the Secretary of Defense may determine, to enhance the ability 
of the armed forces of Jordan to increase or sustain security along 
its borders, upon 15 days prior written notification to the congres-
sional defense committees outlining the amounts intended to be 
provided and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$793,442,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall 
be available to provide support and assistance to foreign security 
forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of Defense 
security cooperation programs: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
defense committees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army Reserve’’, $41,887,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy Reserve’’, $25,637,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,345,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force Reserve’’, $60,500,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army National Guard’’, $110,729,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
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Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air National Guard’’, $15,870,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 
For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, $4,920,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose 
of allowing the Commander, Combined Security Transition Com-
mand—Afghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, to provide assist-
ance, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security 
forces of Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, sup-
plies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renova-
tion, construction, and funding: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may obligate and expend funds made available to the 
Department of Defense in this title for additional costs associated 
with existing projects previously funded with amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: 
Provided further, That such costs shall be limited to contract 
changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate adjust-
ments, and other necessary contract actions to complete existing 
projects, and associated supervision and administration costs and 
costs for design during construction: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may not use more than $50,000,000 under the authority 
provided in this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in annual 
reports to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the authority to provide assistance under this heading is 
in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign 
nations: Provided further, That contributions of funds for the pur-
poses provided herein from any person, foreign government, or 
international organization may be credited to this Fund, to remain 
available until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obliga-
tion of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of 
the funds received and the specific use of such contributions: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 
15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of 
any such obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees of any proposed 
new projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups 
in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the United States 
may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this 
heading in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security 
forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United 
States: Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet 
transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred 
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to the security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces 
to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department 
of Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense 
committees: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment 
and retention of women in the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces, and the recruitment and training of female security per-
sonnel: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and 
Equip Fund’’, $1,352,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to 
provide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, 
supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova-
tion; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces, 
groups, or individuals participating, or preparing to participate 
in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 
their affiliated or associated groups: Provided further, That these 
funds may be used in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense 
may determine to enhance the border security of nations adjacent 
to conflict areas including Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia 
resulting from actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available to provide assistance only for activities in a 
country designated by the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, as having a security mission to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and following written notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees of such designation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
prior to providing assistance to elements of any forces or individuals, 
such elements or individuals are appropriately vetted, including 
at a minimum, assessing such elements for associations with ter-
rorist groups or groups associated with the Government of Iran; 
and receiving commitments from such elements to promote respect 
for human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating 
from this appropriation account, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain con-
tributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 
including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to carry out 
assistance authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 
contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein from any 
foreign government or other entity may be credited to this Fund, 
to remain available until expended, and used for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi-
sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support services 
or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such provision 
of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision 
of such assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives: Provided further, That the United States may 
accept equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, 
or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
that was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces 
or groups to the United States, and such equipment may be treated 
as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 
equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, or 
under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 
to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or groups 
and upon written notification to the congressional defense commit-
tees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the 
use of funds provided under this heading, including, but not limited 
to, the number of individuals trained, the nature and scope of 
support and sustainment provided to each group or individual, 
the area of operations for each group, and the contributions of 
other countries, groups, or individuals: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 
$346,963,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 
$1,729,904,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and 
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $1,102,108,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is 
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designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army’’, $299,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 
$1,364,045,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 
$232,119,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 
$14,134,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $229,783,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 
$181,173,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 
$58,023,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$955,248,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$493,526,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Air Force’’, $1,371,516,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$3,677,276,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 
$572,135,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Army’’, $300,604,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Navy’’, $167,812,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $321,934,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $403,044,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Capital Funds’’, 
$15,190,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 
$352,068,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense’’, $153,100,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral’’, $24,692,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2019. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 
may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
transfer up to $2,000,000,000 between the appropriations or funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each 
transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 
further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and costs for 
design during construction associated with a construction project 
funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance 
or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act 
and executed in direct support of overseas contingency operations 
in Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract 
is awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, super-
vision and administration costs and costs for design during construc-
tion include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, the Sec-
retary of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense in the United States Cen-
tral Command area of responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles 
up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light 
armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force 
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwith-
standing price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of 
passenger carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amounts appro-
priated by this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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to fund the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP), 
for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Afghanistan 
to respond to urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility: 
Provided, That each project (including any ancillary or related 
elements in connection with such project) executed under this 
authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That not 
later than 45 days after the end of each 6 months of the fiscal 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and 
the allocation and use of funds during that 6-month period that 
were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the purposes 
described herein: Provided further, That, not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Army shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees quarterly commitment, 
obligation, and expenditure data for the CERP in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That, not less than 15 days before making funds 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or 
under any other provision of law for the purposes described herein 
for a project with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 
or more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a written notice containing each of the following: 
(1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed project, 
including how the project is intended to advance the military 
campaign plan for the country in which it is to be carried 
out. 
(2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 
and completion date for the proposed project, including any 
other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be 
contributed to the completion of the project. 
(3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project, 
including the agreement with either the host nation, a non- 
Department of Defense agency of the United States Government 
or a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of the 
activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities to 
be provided through the proposed project. 
SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, 
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to allied 
forces participating in a combined operation with the armed forces 
of the United States and coalition forces supporting military and 
stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees 
regarding support provided under this section. 
SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended 
by the United States Government for a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
of Iraq. 
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(3) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restruc-
turing Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations prescribed 
thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code 
of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–148). 
SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Afghanistan 
Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obligated prior to the 
approval of a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan 
Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That the AROC must approve the requirement and 
acquisition plan for any service requirements in excess of 
$50,000,000 annually and any non-standard equipment require-
ments in excess of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, 
That the Department of Defense must certify to the congressional 
defense committees that the AROC has convened and approved 
a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in the 
preceding proviso and accompanying report language for the ASFF. 
SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the Department 
of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000: 
Provided, That, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary to meet the operational requirements 
of a Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 
operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 9011. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be used to provide assistance 
to the Government of Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan 
and to enhance security along its borders. 
SEC. 9012. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ may be used 
to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems. 
SEC. 9013. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative’’, 
$250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such funds shall be available 
to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment; lethal 
assistance; logistics support, supplies and services; sustainment; 
and intelligence support to the military and national security forces 
of Ukraine, and for replacement of any weapons or articles provided 
to the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 
States: Provided further, That of the amounts made available in 
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this section, $50,000,000 shall be available only for lethal assistance 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1250(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114– 
92; 129 Stat. 1068): Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds provided 
under this heading, notify the congressional defense committees 
in writing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, 
That the United States may accept equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was trans-
ferred to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such 
forces to the United States: Provided further, That equipment pro-
cured using funds provided under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or National Security 
Forces of Ukraine or returned by such forces to the United States, 
may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written 
notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available by this section are designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 9014. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for replacement of funds for items provided to the Government 
of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States to the extent 
specifically provided for in section 9013 of this Act. 
SEC. 9015. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
section 9013 may be used to procure or transfer man-portable 
air defense systems. 
SEC. 9016. Equipment procured using funds provided in prior 
Acts under the heading ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’ for 
the program authorized by section 1209 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), and not yet transferred 
to authorized recipients may be transferred to foreign security 
forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals, authorized to receive 
assistance using amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Counter- 
ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ in this Act: Provided, That such 
equipment may be transferred 15 days following written notification 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 9017. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under section 1233 of 
Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to the Government of Paki-
stan may be made available unless the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, 
Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other 
domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 
attacks into neighboring countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against United States 
or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and 
intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-judicially into 
political and judicial processes in Pakistan; 
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(3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture 
of IEDs; 
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material 
and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence 
and due process of law; 
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance pro-
grams in Pakistan; and 
(7) 
providing 
humanitarian 
organizations 
access 
to 
detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, may waive the restriction in subsection (a) on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national security interest to do so: 
Provided, That if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secre-
taries shall report to the congressional defense committees on both 
the justification for the waiver and on the requirements of this 
section that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: 
Provided further, That such report may be submitted in classified 
form if necessary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9018. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer only to the operation 
and maintenance, military personnel, and procurement accounts, 
to improve the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
capabilities of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising the transfer 
authority provided in this section, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the 
proposed uses of these funds: Provided further, That the funds 
provided in this section may not be transferred to any program, 
project, or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available by this section are 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That the authority to provide funding under this 
section shall terminate on September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 9019. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed or military forces into hostilities in Syria, 
into situations in Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities 
is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention 
of the congressional consultation and reporting requirements of 
sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
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SEC. 9020. None of the funds in this Act may be made available 
for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces or the Afghanistan Air Force until the 
Department of Defense provides a report to the congressional 
defense committees of the Afghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift 
requirements. The report should identify Afghanistan’s ability to 
utilize and maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 
and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide additional 
support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current medium airlift 
capacity. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9021. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That such amounts are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
2017/2019, $2,216,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Coalition Sup-
port Fund’’, 2018/2019, $800,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: DSCA Secu-
rity Cooperation’’, 2018/2019, $150,000,000; 
‘‘Counter-ISIS 
Train 
and 
Equip 
Fund’’, 
2018/2019, 
$300,000,000; and 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2018/2020, $88,400,000. 
SEC. 9022. Funds available for the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund may be used to provide limited training, equipment, and 
other assistance that would otherwise be prohibited by 10 U.S.C. 
362 to a unit of the security forces of Afghanistan only if the 
Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees, within 
30 days of a decision to provide such assistance, that (1) a denial 
of such assistance would present significant risk to U.S. or coalition 
forces or significantly undermine United States national security 
objectives in Afghanistan; and (2) the Secretary has sought a 
commitment by the Government of Afghanistan to take all necessary 
corrective steps: Provided, That such certification shall be accom-
panied by a report describing: (1) the information relating to the 
gross violation of human rights; (2) the circumstances that neces-
sitated the provision of such assistance; (3) the Afghan security 
force unit involved; (4) the assistance provided and the assistance 
withheld; and (5) the corrective steps to be taken by the Government 
of Afghanistan: Provided further, That every 120 days after the 
initial report an additional report shall be submitted detailing the 
status of any corrective steps taken by the Government of Afghani-
stan: Provided further, That if the Government of Afghanistan 
has not initiated necessary corrective steps within one year of 
the certification, the authority under this section to provide assist-
ance to such unit shall no longer apply: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall submit a report to such committees detailing 
the final disposition of the case by the Government of Afghanistan. 
SEC. 9023. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 
rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the 
Congress. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), the Second Chance 
Act of 2007, and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,502,700,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,789,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $845,556,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $133,556,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2019 through June 30, 2020; 
(B) $903,416,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 
2020; and 
(C) $1,040,860,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $180,860,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 
2020, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall 
not be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) 
of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $712,868,000 as follows: 
(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 
the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 
for statewide or local use in order to address cases where 
there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 
dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 
such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
Departments of 
Labor, Health 
and Human 
Services, and 
Education, and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
Department of 
Labor 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
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the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and dem-
onstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent worker: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry out addi-
tional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $30,000,000 shall be for training and 
employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (not-
withstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) 
and 170 of the WIOA for workers in the Appalachian 
region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1) and workers 
in the Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) of 
the Delta Development Act (Public Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 
2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)); 
(B) $54,500,000 for Native American programs under 
section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020; 
(C) $88,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
$82,447,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$5,922,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $527,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2019 through June 
30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $89,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020; 
(E) $93,079,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212 
of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school 
dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects 
serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2019 through 
June 30, 2020; and 
(G) $160,000,000 to expand opportunities relating to 
apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
Apprenticeship Act, to be available to the Secretary to 
carry out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training cen-
ters as authorized by the WIOA, $1,718,655,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 
2020; 
(2) $83,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisi-
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022, and which may 
include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs 
of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding provision shall not be available for obligation after June 
30, 2020: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2018 
through September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $400,000,000, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, and may 
be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) 
of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2019 of trade adjustment ben-
efit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 
of that Act; and for training, employment and case management 
services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 
2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, 
allowances, training, employment and case management services, 
and related State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 
and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$790,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2019: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation 
provided under this heading may remain available for obligation 
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beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,251,583,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,515,816,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $150,000,000 to carry out reemploy-
ment services and eligibility assessments under section 306 
of such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined 
in such section, including those who are profiled as most likely 
to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services 
and assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 
is specified for grants under section 306 of the Social Security 
Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended, and $33,000,000 is additional new budget 
authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) of 
such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration 
of 
unemployment 
insurance 
for 
Federal 
employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 
5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust-
ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the 
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available 
for obligation by the States through December 31, 2019, except 
that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal 
obligation through December 31, 2019, and for State obligation 
through September 30, 2021, or, if the automation is being 
carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation 
through September 30, 2024, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and funds for competitive grants awarded 
to States for improved operations and to conduct in-person 
reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews and provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall 
be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2019, 
and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2021, 
and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center 
of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the State 
through September 30, 2020, and funds used for unemployment 
insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 2019 
shall be available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2019; 
(2) $12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
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(3) $641,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance 
and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$48,028,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2019 
through June 30, 2020: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2019 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,030,000, an additional $28,600,000 
from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 
100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the 
Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State 
to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 
III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 
Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
Exchange System: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 
center system, or which are used to support the national activities 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, 
or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 
or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided further, 
That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non- 
State entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security 
Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 
integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 
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under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to 
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
participating in the consortium or to the entity operating the 
Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 
of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the 
request: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 
the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and 
reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers 
Survey requested by State and local governments, public and pri-
vate institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations 
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 
29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra-
structure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection 
and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to 
this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2020, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 
and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 
901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be necessary, 
which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2020. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $181,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be 
made available through September 30, 2020, for the procurement 
of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 
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authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2019, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2019 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $445,363,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 
plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 
2019, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2020, for obligation for administra-
tive expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: 
Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 
in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary 
pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program 
related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That an additional amount shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2020 to the extent the Corporation’s costs exceed 
$250,000 for the provision of credit or identity monitoring to affected 
individuals upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, 
not to exceed an additional $100 per affected individual. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for inspection services rendered, $229,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $41,187,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $103,476,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, $115,424,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 
44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act. 
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132 STAT. 3055 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 
any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of 
benefits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 
Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sec-
tion 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations 
incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and 
benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act, $230,000,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, 
That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 
by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer 
at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimburse-
ments unobligated on September 30, 2018, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and 
expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any 
other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 
to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, 
such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administra-
tion for employees of such fair share entities through September 
30, 2019: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration 
of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, $74,777,000 shall 
be made available to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
$24,540,000; 
(2) 
For 
automated 
workload 
processing 
operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and med-
ical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
review, $25,535,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 
81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information 
(including Social Security account number) as such regulations 
may prescribe. 
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132 STAT. 3056 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275, $10,319,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2020, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,098,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act 
provide as part of such claim such identifying information (including 
Social Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for 
payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), 
and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment 
of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section 
9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 
be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2019 for expenses of 
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $38,246,000 for 
transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; not to exceed $31,994,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$330,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into 
miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $557,787,000, including not to exceed $102,350,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(the ‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the 
costs of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 
18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain 
up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition 
and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may 
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
26 USC 9501 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in 
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition programs that 
ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers 
in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to 
prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regula-
tion, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person 
who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain 
a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect 
to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within 
a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial 
classification code for which such data are published, less than 
the national average rate as such rates are most recently published 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement 
period and for any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
investigation authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising 
rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to 
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does 
not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $10,537,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants, of which the Secretary shall 
reserve not less than $4,500,000 for Susan Harwood Training 
Capacity Building Developmental grants, as described in Funding 
Opportunity Number SHTG–FY–16–02 (referenced in the notice 
of availability of funds published in the Federal Register on May 
3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 30568)) for program activities starting not 
later than September 30, 2019 and lasting for a period of 12 
months: Provided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be 
for Voluntary Protection Programs. 
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132 STAT. 3058 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $373,816,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first- 
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 
to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less 
than $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
amounts available for State assistance grants may be used for 
the purchase and maintenance of new equipment required by the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal 
Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors’’ pub-
lished by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on 
May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et seq.), for operators that dem-
onstrate financial need as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed 
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 
Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, 
otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for 
mine safety and health education and training activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to collect and retain up 
to $2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification 
of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may 
utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and 
other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri-
vate: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Adminis-
tration is authorized to promote health and safety education and 
training in the mining community through cooperative programs 
with States, industry, and safety associations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes 
Safety Association as a principal safety association and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with 
or without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine 
Safety and Health Administration officials as officers in local chap-
ters or in the national organization: Provided further, That any 
funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with 
the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine 
rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $550,000,000, 
together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund. 
30 USC 962. 
30 USC 966 note. 
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132 STAT. 3059 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and 
award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to 
the 
training 
and 
employment 
of 
people 
with 
disabilities, 
$38,203,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $337,756,000, 
together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $59,825,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2019: Provided further, That funds avail-
able to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 
to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 
Provided further, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for 
programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and 
not less than $6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agreements 
or trade preference programs: Provided further, That $8,040,000 
shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer 
grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants 
made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate 
account in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds available to the 
Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote 
the interests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not less 
than $994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women 
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $250,041,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of 
title 38, United States Code, of which: 
(1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 
38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans’ outreach 
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program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local 
veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) 
of such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the 
States through December 31, 2019, and not to exceed 3 percent 
for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and representa-
tives in the provision of services to transitioning members 
of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition 
Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of 
intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who are 
wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and to the 
spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or 
injured members; 
(2) $23,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance 
Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144: Provided, 
That not more than $3,500,000 shall be used by the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of the Veterans Affairs, to carry out a pilot project designed 
to prepare transitioning service members to qualify for, and 
to assist in placing them in, apprenticeship programs, as an 
additional training opportunity under subsection (f) of 10 U.S.C. 
1144, including the costs of federal administration and evalua-
tion of such pilot, and that the funds shall remain available 
for the pilot through September 30, 2020; 
(3) $43,248,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 
of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 
may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O 
of Public Law 115–31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment 
and Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropria-
tions provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount 
not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such re-
allocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$50,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans 
and veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from 
certain institutions under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 
38, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding subsections 
(c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants 
through September 30, 2019, to provide services under such section: 
Provided further, That services provided under sections 2021 or 
under 2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless vet-
erans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were 
homeless at some point within the 60 days prior to program entry 
or veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 60 
days, and that services provided under section 2023 may include, 
in addition to services to the individuals described in subsection 
(e) of such section, services to veterans recently released from 
incarceration who are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding paragraph (3) under this heading, funds 
appropriated in this paragraph may be used for data systems and 
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contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the HIRE 
Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary 
to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as author-
ized by such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall be in addition to any other funds 
available for such purposes, including funds available under para-
graph (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of 
division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $23,269,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2020. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $83,487,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 
individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect 
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 
a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or 
activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 
of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor 
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in industries and host countries already identified by the United 
States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants 
under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be 
used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training 
individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not currently 
enrolled in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas 
to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall be 
used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary 
and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect 
costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation 
shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit 
for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses 
from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors 
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation 
levels for comparable State or local government employees, and 
the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration pro-
grams. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, 
for technical assistance services to grantees to ‘‘Program Adminis-
tration’’ when it is determined that those services will be more 
efficiently performed by Federal employees: Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 
not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made 
available to the Employment and Training Administration by this 
Act to ‘‘Program Administration’’ in order to carry out program 
integrity activities relating to any of the programs or activities 
that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding proviso, 
the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds 
made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the ‘‘Office of Job 
Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out pro-
gram integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: Provided 
further, That funds transferred under the authority provided by 
this subsection shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2020. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identi-
fied in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any 
of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. 
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Any funds reserved under this section shall be transferred to 
‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by the Office of the Chief 
Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ‘‘Training 
and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Community Service 
Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding 
made available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and 
‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries 
and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Training’’. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a 
period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any 
employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from 
or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, 
directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or 
marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or 
contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 
compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any min-
imum weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever 
is greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged 
in any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who 
suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from 
or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual 
information to prepare damage estimates; 
‘‘(iii) 
evaluating 
and 
making 
recommendations 
regarding coverage or compensability of claims or deter-
mining liability or value aspects of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the exemp-
tion provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any disaster or catas-
trophe declared or designated by any State or Federal agency 
or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or evaluate 
claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster’ means 
an individual who timely secured or secures a license required 
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by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities 
described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that 
maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or protec-
tion for its employees, if required by applicable law, and with-
holds applicable Federal, State, and local income and payroll 
taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such 
employees; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, by reason 
of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the outstanding 
shares of any class of voting securities of one or more compa-
nies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under 
common control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 109. Of the funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training and Employ-
ment Services’’ in division H of Public Law 115–141, $53,000,000 
is rescinded, to be derived from the amount made available in 
paragraph (2)(A) under such heading for the period October 1, 
2018, through September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 110. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT
TO
THE CROSSING 
OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition 
for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood 
industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants 
described in the petition into the United States at any time 
during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH DAY.—An 
employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States after the date that is 90 
days after the start date for which the employer is seeking 
the services of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 
market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 sepa-
rate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate 
Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at 
the employer’s place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified 
United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION
FROM
RULES
WITH
RESPECT
TO
STAG-
GERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer 
in the seafood industry who brings H–2B nonimmigrants into 
the United States during the 120-day period specified in para-
graph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of 
section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
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(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted to the United States 
pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 111. The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 
of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—(1) the actual wage 
level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experi-
ence and qualifications for such position in the same location; 
or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification 
of the position in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information available 
at the time of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing 
wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the Secretary shall 
accept private wage surveys even in instances where Occupational 
Employment Statistics survey data are available unless the Sec-
retary determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 
CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found 
in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, for the 
purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers under the 
H–2B program, the definition of temporary need shall be that 
provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess personal 
property to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training 
apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 114. The proviso at the end of paragraph (1) under the 
heading 
‘‘Department 
of 
Labor—Employment 
and 
Training 
Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations’’ in title I of division G of Public Law 113– 
235 is amended by striking ‘‘six’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
SEC. 115. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Department 
of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) 
shall be applied as if the following text is part of such Act: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is authorized to 
employ law enforcement officers or special agents to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during 
the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that 
is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official 
duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protection provided 
to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family of 
the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event 
relating to the official duties of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary 
(including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and 
to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if 
there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, 
in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor 
or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor 
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at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat 
of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may authorize a 
law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection 
(a), for the purpose of performing the duties authorized under 
subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense against 
the United States committed in the presence of such officer 
or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, including identi-
fying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance 
work to review security matters relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into potential 
threats to the security of the Secretary, in coordination with 
the Inspector General of the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforcement officer 
or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any 
authority provided under this section in accordance with any— 
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, 
by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an 
agreement or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, 
all or a portion of the real property on which the Treasure Island 
Job Corps Center is situated. Any sale or other disposition will 
not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation 
relating to the disposition of Federal real property, including but 
not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United 
States Code and subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the 
United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale shall be 
transferred to the Secretary, which shall be available until expended 
to carry out the Job Corps Program. 
SEC. 117. (a) The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Working Cap-
ital Fund’’ in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1958, 
Public Law 85–67, 71 Stat. 210, as amended, is further amended 
by striking all of the text that appears after ‘‘for expenses necessary 
for the maintenance and operation of’’ and inserting ‘‘a comprehen-
sive program of centralized services which the Secretary of Labor 
may prescribe and deem appropriate and advantageous to provide 
on a reimbursable basis: Provided, That such Working Capital 
Fund may receive advances and reimbursements from funds avail-
able to bureaus, offices, and agencies for which such centralized 
services are performed at rates which will return in full all expenses 
of operation, including reserves for accrued annual leave, workers’ 
compensation, depreciation of capitalized equipment and amortiza-
tion of human resources software and systems (either acquired 
or donated): Provided further, That, through September 30, 2019, 
the Secretary of Labor may transfer an amount not to exceed 
$3,000,000 from unobligated balances in the Department’s salaries 
and expenses accounts to the Working Capital Fund, to be merged 
with the Working Capital Fund and used for the acquisition of 
capital equipment and the improvement of financial management, 
26 USC 563. 
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information technology, infrastructure technology investment activi-
ties related to support systems and modernization, and other sup-
port systems, and to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer to the Working 
Capital Fund, to remain available for obligation for five fiscal years 
after the fiscal year of such transfer, annually an amount not 
to exceed $9,000,000 from unobligated balances in the Department’s 
salaries and expenses accounts made available in this Act and 
hereafter, and annually an amount not to exceed $9,000,000 from 
unobligated balances in the Department’s discretionary grants 
accounts made available in this Act and hereafter, for the acquisi-
tion of capital equipment and the improvement of financial manage-
ment, information technology, infrastructure technology investment 
activities related to support systems and modernization, and other 
support systems: Provided further, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available unless 
the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor has sub-
mitted a plan, approved by the Office of Management and Budget, 
describing the amounts to be transferred by account, the planned 
use of funds, including descriptions of projects, project status, 
including any scheduled delays and cost overruns, financial expendi-
tures, planned activities, and expected benefits, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by July 31 of the calendar year prior to the fiscal year in which 
the transfer will occur: Provided further, That the Working Capital 
Fund may receive reimbursements from entities or persons for 
use of Departmental facilities, including associated utilities and 
security services, and such reimbursements shall be credited to 
and merged with the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 
That pursuant to section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 
the Secretary shall ensure that the Department’s Chief Information 
Officer shall, at a minimum, be a principal advisor to the Secretary 
and a member on any board or governance structure of the Depart-
ment responsible for advising and setting Department-wide informa-
tion technology budgets: Provided further, That none of the funds 
available for information technology modernization under this sec-
tion or under the heading ‘IT Modernization’ shall be used for 
information technology modernization projects unless an experi-
enced project manager, employed by the Department of Labor, 
is assigned oversight responsibility, including but not limited to, 
ensuring such projects are completed within established timeframes 
and budgets.’’. 
(b) The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) The heading ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ and the paragraph 
thereunder in Public Law 91–204, title I, 84 Stat. 26 (1970); 
and 
(2) The heading ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ and the paragraph 
thereunder in the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1994, Public Law 103–112, title I, 107 Stat. 1088 (1993). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 118. (a) That of the unobligated funds available under 
section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(s)(2)), $8,250,000 are permanently rescinded. 
29 USC 563a. 
29 USC 564. 
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(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Employment and Training 
Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations’’, $8,250,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for processing applications for foreign labor certifi-
cations, including activities related to wage determinations and 
associated tasks, submitted by employers to employ nonimmigrants 
as described in section 6(d)(2) of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A 
Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Covenant To Establish a Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in a Political Union with 
the United States of America’, and for other purposes’’, as amended 
by section 3 of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–218). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to 
primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act 
of 1988, $1,626,522,000 (in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously 
appropriated to the Community Health Center Fund for fiscal year 
2019): Provided, That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than $120,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out subsections (g) 
through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses 
incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative 
claims made under such law: Provided further, That of funds pro-
vided for the Health Centers program, as defined by section 330 
of the PHS Act, by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2019, 
not less than $200,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2019 
for improving quality of care or expanded service grants under 
section 330 of the PHS Act to support and enhance behavioral 
health, mental health, or substance use disorder services. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the 
Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement 
Act of 1986, $1,096,695,000: Provided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 
762(k) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding amounts in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That for any program operating under section 751 of the 
PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sections 
751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 
of a grant under such section: Provided further, That no funds 
42 USC 294a 
note. 
Department of 
Health and 
Human Services 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
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shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That fees collected for the disclosure of information under 
section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security 
Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
programs authorized by such sections and shall remain available 
until expended for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided 
further, That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 
846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may 
be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made under 
such section and subpart: Provided further, That $105,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the purposes of providing pri-
mary health services, assigning National Health Service Corps 
(‘‘NHSC’’) members to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 
treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 
limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
of the PHS Act, and making payments under the NHSC Loan 
Repayment Program under section 338B of such Act: Provided 
further, That, in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in the previous proviso, $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC 
Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 
to individuals participating in such program who provide primary 
health services in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 
638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those 
terms are defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assign-
ment priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 
Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, 
section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the 
term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance use dis-
order treatment services, including those provided by masters level, 
licensed substance use disorder treatment counselors. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for grants to public institu-
tions of higher education to expand or support graduate education 
for physicians provided by such institutions: Provided, That, in 
awarding such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public 
institutions of higher education located in States with a projected 
primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are limited 
to such public institutions of higher education in States in the 
top quintile of States with a projected primary care provider short-
age in 2025, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an 
institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided 
further, That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to 
exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant awarded with 
respect to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a 
matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that 
is not less than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds 
provided in the grant to such institution with respect to such 
year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act 
with respect to maternal and child health, title V of the Social 
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Security Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act 
of 2004, $926,789,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 
502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 
$109,593,000 shall be available for carrying out special projects 
of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) 
of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to 
the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,318,781,000, of which 
$1,970,881,000 shall remain available to the Secretary through 
September 30, 2021, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS 
Act, and of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of section 
2616 or 311(c) of such Act. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect 
to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research 
Act of 2005, $115,193,000, of which $122,000 shall be available 
until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long 
Hansen’s Disease Center. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect 
to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health 
and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 
Security Act, $317,794,000, of which $53,609,000 from general reve-
nues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, 
shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 
flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility 
grants, $19,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption 
of health information technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 
funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for 
the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, including 
pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic health records 
to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS 
Act, $10,000,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021, to support the Rural Residency Development 
Program: Provided further, That $120,000,000 shall be for the Rural 
Communities Opioids Response Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act 
to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: 
Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such title 
shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling 
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shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended 
for any activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
erature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposi-
tion to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $155,250,000: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 
‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may be necessary 
for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant 
to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative 
expenses, not to exceed $9,200,000 shall be available from the 
Trust Fund to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assist-
ance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, 
$477,855,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, AND 
TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted 
diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,132,278,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 
of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, 
with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, 
$568,372,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health 
promotion, $932,821,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this account may be available for making grants under section 
1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to continue and 
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expand community specific extension and outreach programs to 
combat obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: Pro-
vided further, That the proportional funding requirements under 
section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, DISABILITIES AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities 
and health, $155,560,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $496,397,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $192,350,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $648,559,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and 
New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupa-
tional safety and health, $336,300,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall 
be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative 
expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 
106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $488,621,000, of which: (1) $128,421,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2020 for international 
HIV/AIDS; and (2) $50,000,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021 for Global Disease Detection and Emergency 
Response: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to public health preparedness and response, and for 
expenses necessary to support activities related to countering poten-
tial biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian 
populations, $1,465,200,000, of which $610,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile: Pro-
vided, That the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator 
of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail 
staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days to support an activa-
tion of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the 
Director or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and a 
full report within 30 days after use of this authority which includes 
the number of staff and funding level broken down by the origi-
nating center and number of days detailed: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support 
a contract for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in 
direct support of activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency 
is prepared to address public health preparedness emergencies. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, demo-
lition, and renovation of facilities, $30,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds previously 
set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experi-
mental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement 
mine safety research facility: Provided further, That in addition, 
the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to 
former employees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual 
Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 
amounts made available under this heading to support the replace-
ment of the mine safety research facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 
of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 
for activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act 
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $163,570,000, 
of which up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the reserve 
of the Working Capital Fund authorized under this heading in 
division F of Public Law 112–74: Provided, That paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in all 
other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That employees of 
CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned 
officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 
under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas 
assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for 
reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any per-
sonnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during 
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the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 
may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in 
this Act for official reception and representation expenses when 
specifically approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, 
That in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 
user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation charged 
with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with respect to the 
previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation 
Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall be available 
through September 30, 2020. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to cancer, $5,743,892,000, of which up to $30,000,000 
may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National 
Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and 
Development Center in Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood 
and blood products, $3,488,335,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $461,781,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
$2,029,823,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,216,913,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $5,523,324,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to general medical sciences, $2,872,780,000, of which 
$1,146,821,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 
of the PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $361,573,000 is 
provided for the Institutional Development Awards program. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH 
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with 
respect 
to 
child 
health 
and 
human 
development, 
$1,506,458,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $796,536,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to environmental health sciences, $774,707,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to aging, $3,083,410,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$605,065,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION 
DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 
$474,404,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to nursing research, $162,992,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $525,591,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to drug abuse, $1,419,844,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to mental health, $1,812,796,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to human genome research, $575,579,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 
$389,464,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with 
respect 
to 
complementary 
and 
integrative 
health, 
$146,473,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$314,679,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty Inter-
national Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of 
the PHS Act), $78,109,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to health information communications, $441,997,000: 
Provided, That of the amounts available for improvement of 
information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2020: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2019, the National 
Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts 
for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con-
structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to translational sciences, $806,373,000: Provided, That 
up to $80,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 
of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Pro-
vided further, That at least $559,736,000 is provided to the Clinical 
and Translational Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, 
NIH, $1,909,075,000: Provided, That funding shall be available 
for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited 
to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal 
year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided 
further, That $165,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influ-
ences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 
$606,566,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established 
under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
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of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director 
of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 
within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to 
$8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That $50,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I 
of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating to biomedical and behav-
ioral research facilities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant programs and operations 
of the NIH, including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of 
its grant application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
of the NIH: Provided further, That the funds provided in the pre-
vious proviso may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with 15 days prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate before submitting to the Committees an audit plan for 
fiscal years 2019 and 2020 no later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 
is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric 
Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of title 26, 
United States Code, for the purpose of carrying out section 
402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as 
authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation 
of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $200,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2023. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 
in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 
to amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations pro-
vided to the NIH in this Act, $711,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts are appropriated 
pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 
may be transferred by the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health to other accounts of the National Institutes of Health solely 
for the purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination by the Director that funds transferred pursuant 
to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness Act, $1,524,974,000: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $63,887,000 shall 
be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be awarded not later than December 1, 2018, 
for activities described in the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out 
section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of 
the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the 
PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, 
data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total 
available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not 
exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of 
part B of title XIX: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of 
the amounts made available to carry out the Children’s Mental 
Health Services program may be used to carry out demonstration 
grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 
than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing a first 
episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of 
the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act 
for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That States shall expend 
at least 10 percent of the amount each receives for carrying out 
section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence-based programs 
that address the needs of individuals with early serious mental 
illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age of the 
individual at onset: Provided further, That $150,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2021 for grants to communities and 
community organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community 
Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 
113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for 
section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of 
such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $15,000,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the 
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 
42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and prevention, $3,737,556,000: Pro-
vided, That $1,500,000,000 shall be for State Opioid Response 
Grants for carrying out activities pertaining to opioids undertaken 
by the State agency responsible for administering the substance 
abuse prevention and treatment block grant under subpart II of 
part B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.): 
Provided further, That of such amount $50,000,000 shall be made 
available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, 
That 15 percent of the remaining amount shall be for the States 
with the highest mortality rate related to opioid use disorders: 
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Provided further, That of the amounts provided for State Opioid 
Response Grants not more than 2 percent shall be available for 
Federal administrative expenses, training, technical assistance, and 
evaluation: Provided further, That of the amount not reserved by 
the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations 
to States, territories, and the District of Columbia according to 
a formula using national survey results that the Secretary deter-
mines are the most objective and reliable measure of drug use 
and drug-related deaths: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit the formula methodology to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less 
than 15 days prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announce-
ment: Provided further, That prevention and treatment activities 
funded through such grants may include education, treatment 
(including the provision of medication), behavioral health services 
for individuals in treatment programs, referral to treatment serv-
ices, recovery support, and medical screening associated with such 
treatment: Provided further, That each State, as well as the District 
of Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following 
amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: 
(1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national 
data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that 
the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 
II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance 
abuse treatment programs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response 
Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse prevention, $205,469,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that supple-
ment activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’ in 
carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection 
and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Sub-
stance 
Abuse 
and 
Mental 
Health 
Services 
Administration, 
$128,830,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out national surveys 
on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program 
data, and to conduct public awareness and technical assistance 
activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 
for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and data anal-
ysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a 
public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to 
this appropriation and shall remain available until expended for 
such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain 
available through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used to supplement 
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program support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse 
Prevention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A 
of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 
of 2003, $338,000,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That 
in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act 
fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 
data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and 
XIX of the Social Security Act, $276,236,212,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
For making, after May 31, 2019, payments to States under 
title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal 
year 2019 for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 
on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, $137,931,797,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter 
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 
such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved 
in that or any subsequent quarter. 
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social 
Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security 
Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and 
for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) 
of the Social Security Act, $378,343,800,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 
and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security 
Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII 
of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds 
collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such 
sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale 
of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title 
XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 
out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2019 from Medicare 
Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 
Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing con-
tracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act. 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integ-
rity and program management, $765,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2020, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) 
of the Social Security Act, of which $599,389,000 shall be for the 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity activi-
ties, of which $87,230,000 shall be for the Department of Health 
and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud 
and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, 
and of which $78,381,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 
to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 
1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report required by section 
1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2019 shall 
include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, 
waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs 
for the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, and $454,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than $17,621,000 
for the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 
fraud and abuse from the funds provided to this account. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND 
FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV– 
D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act 
of July 5, 1960, $2,922,247,000, to remain available until expended; 
and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, 
$1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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132 STAT. 3082 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 
months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred 
for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 
2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, 
$3,690,304,000: Provided, That all but $716,000,000 of this amount 
shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such pay-
ments for fiscal year 2019 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts 
appropriated under section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 of 
such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for technical assist-
ance, training, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 
with internal controls, policies and procedures and may, in addition 
to the authorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds 
through contracts with private entities that do not qualify as non-
profit organizations. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture 
Victims Relief Act of 1998, $1,905,201,000, of which $1,864,446,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That amounts 
available under this heading to carry out the TVPA shall also 
be available for research and evaluation with respect to activities 
under such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 
205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation 
shall apply to transfers to appropriations under this heading by 
substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $5,276,000,000 shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care 
assistance for low-income families: Provided, That technical assist-
ance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, 
or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 
or interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds made 
available to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for that purpose in such 
section 418 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the 
reservation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 
658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, That in addition 
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132 STAT. 3083 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
to the amounts required to be reserved by the Secretary under 
section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $156,780,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry 
out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 
10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student 
Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sec-
tions 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act 
of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 
429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security 
Act, and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); 
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out titles I, 
IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, 
the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990, the Assets for Independence Act, title IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, $12,239,225,000, of which $75,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2020, shall be for grants 
to States for adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments, 
as defined by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may 
be made for adoptions and legal guardianships completed before 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That $10,063,095,000 shall be for 
making payments under the Head Start Act, of which, notwith-
standing section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $150,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living 
adjustment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations 
act, funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall 
not be construed as an authority or condition under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 
Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs 
(7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start Act under 
the Designation Renewal System, established under the 
authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such 
Act, and such funds shall not be included in the calculation 
of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is 
used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; and 
(3) $805,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise available 
under such section 640 for such purposes, shall be available 
through March 31, 2020, for Early Head Start programs as 
described in section 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head 
Start services to Early Head Start services as described in 
section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary grants for 
high quality infant and toddler care through Early Head Start- 
Child Care Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible under 
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132 STAT. 3084 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical assist-
ance for such activities, and for up to $16,000,000 in Federal 
costs of administration and evaluation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation 
of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of reducing 
the reservation of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), 
and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: Provided further, That $250,000,000 
shall be available until December 31, 2019 for carrying out sections 
9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, 
That up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall 
be available for technical assistance and evaluation related to grants 
awarded under such section 9212: Provided further, That 
$753,883,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: 
Provided further, That $29,233,000 shall be for sections 680 and 
678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $19,883,000 
shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $9,000,000 shall 
be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent 
Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant 
funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such 
Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain 
with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expendi-
ture by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding 
the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit 
such assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant 
funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become 
the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more 
than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity 
consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity invest-
ments and other debt instruments, and program income may be 
used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these proce-
dures shall apply to such grant funds made available after 
November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 
construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development corpora-
tions: Provided further, That $164,500,000 shall be for carrying 
out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act, of which $5,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) 
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
$1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management system 
for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national 
case management contract and Federal costs of administering the 
system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 
including grants to States to support data collection for a study 
of the system’s effectiveness. 
42 USC 9921 
note. 
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132 STAT. 3085 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 
of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, 
except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $99,765,000: 
Provided, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, 
$59,765,000 shall be allocated consistent with subsections (b) 
through (d) of such section: Provided further, That of the funds 
available to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-
ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 shall be for 
grants to each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title 
IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navi-
gator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of such Act, and 
$20,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated in section 
436 for such purposes, shall be for competitive grants to regional 
partnerships as described in section 437(f): Provided further, That 
section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous proviso 
by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding 
section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be used for identi-
fying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 
specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reserva-
tion in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall 
not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided further, 
That the minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs 
in the case of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, in 
the case of tribes, shall be $25,000: Provided further, That section 
437(b)(4) of such Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, $6,035,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, 
$2,800,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Secu-
rity Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE Family Caregivers 
Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles 
III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the 
PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, 
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 
parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and 
VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and 
program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, 
$2,120,200,000, together with $49,115,000 to be transferred from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That 
amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for grants 
to States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention 
and health promotion programs and activities which have been 
demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and 
effective: Provided further, That of amounts made available under 
this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, 
up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for developing 
and implementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 
nutrition: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry 
out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided further, 
That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support alter-
native financing programs that provide for the purchase of assistive 
technology devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest 
buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or 
an insurance program: Provided further, That applicants shall pro-
vide an assurance that, and information describing the manner 
in which, the alternative financing program will expand and empha-
size consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 
agencies and community-based disability organizations that are 
directed by and operated for individuals with disabilities shall be 
eligible to compete: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used by an eligible system 
(as defined in section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individ-
uals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to 
pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf 
of an individual or group of individuals with a developmental dis-
ability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabil-
ities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 
15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a mental impairment (or a 
combination of mental and physical impairments), that has as the 
requested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate care 
facilities for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 
unless reasonable public notice of the action has been provided 
to such individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the 
legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority by 
the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on behalf 
of such individuals) who are affected by such action, within 90 
days of instituting such legal action, which informs such individuals 
(or such legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise 
such rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 
Provided further, That the limitations in the immediately preceding 
proviso shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither 
competent to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso 
apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State 
or subject to public guardianship. 
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132 STAT. 3087 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 
vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 
229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health 
Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the 
Social Security Act, $480,629,000, together with $64,828,000 from 
the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry 
out national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall be for 
minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$101,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts and grants 
to public and private entities to fund medically accurate and age 
appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Fed-
eral costs associated with administering and evaluating such con-
tracts and grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 
funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evaluation, 
outreach, and additional program support activities, and of the 
remaining amount 75 percent shall be for replicating programs 
that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to 
reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teen-
age pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent 
shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, 
replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strate-
gies for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided under this heading from amounts available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available 
to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teen-
age pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $35,000,000 shall 
be for making competitive grants which exclusively implement edu-
cation in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 
from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding 
for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 
medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publica-
tions by educational, scientific, governmental, or health organiza-
tions; implement an evidence-based approach integrating research 
findings with practical implementation that aligns with the needs 
and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 
benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for pov-
erty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 
such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing 
teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent 
of the funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance 
shall be available for technical assistance and administrative costs 
of such programs: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ-
uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, med-
ical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adop-
tions: Provided further, That such services shall be provided con-
sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4). 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings 
and Appeals, $182,381,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020, to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordi-
nator for Health Information Technology, including grants, con-
tracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and 
advancement of interoperable health information technology, 
$60,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums 
shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary 
and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which 
non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Sur-
vivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired 
personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts 
as may be required during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to coun-
tering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and 
cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public 
health emergencies, $1,026,458,000, of which $561,700,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020, for expenses nec-
essary to support advanced research and development pursuant 
to section 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses 
of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading for the purpose 
of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition to 
any other funds available for such purpose: Provided further, That 
products purchased with funds provided under this heading may, 
at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 
National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
to support emergency operations shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures 
(as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $735,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare 
for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $260,000,000; of which 
$225,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities 
including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, nec-
essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, 
funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines 
and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or 
renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines 
or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or 
other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
II. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for 
funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and 
assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the 
preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such 
portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 
percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized 
under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, 
or by grants or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness 
of programs funded in this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 
to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) 
of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur 
up to 60 days after the execution of a contract awarded in fiscal 
year 2019 under section 338B of such Act. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act 
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that 
it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to 
seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to 
minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging 
in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no pro-
vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt 
from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child 
abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out 
the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participa-
tion in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including 
a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs 
the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage 
of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate 
of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s 
enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such serv-
ices and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this sec-
tion shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain 
information about all Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through assign-
ment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service 
to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 
through and with funds provided by the Agency for International 
Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emer-
gency Fund or the World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 
and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad 
during fiscal year 2019: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to 
that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief 
of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section 
is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 
administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may 
be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 
States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 
cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 
secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 
The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 
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available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies 
in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, 
or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct 
programs of assistance for international health activities, 
including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 
activities abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allow-
ances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 
9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 
4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 
locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 
up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-
sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if 
such personnel’s official duty station were in the District of 
Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter 
I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in 
the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent 
among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified 
by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, 
the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency 
virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the 
‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of 
AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary 
to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) may use funds authorized 
under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 
(other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry 
out research identified pursuant to or research and activities 
described in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions under sub-
section (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures 
(including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the 
Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of 
scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such 
transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review 
procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the 
PHS Act. 
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SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes 
of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of 
facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the 
activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent 
of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards 
(‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for 
research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with 
entities who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 
739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made 
available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA 
awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Develop-
ment Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a contract, for more 
than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of 
research services or of security countermeasures, as that term is 
defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 
6b(c)(1)(B)), if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for the first 
fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with a necessary 
termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 
will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy 
in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA’s pro-
grams. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as described by sub-
section (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement 
stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 
2020 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites informa-
tion concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal 
employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, admin-
istering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the 
ACA, and the amendments made by that Act, in the proposed 
fiscal year and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all 
funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and 
the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, 
at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under 
which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating 
the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Fed-
eral operating division or office that administers such program, 
and the amount of funding received in discretionary or manda-
tory appropriations. 
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(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 
authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude 
from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior 
to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 
requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal 
year 2020 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, information that details the uses 
of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year 
since the enactment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such 
funds for fiscal year 2020. Such information shall include, for each 
such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified 
under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Transparency’’ in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other 
accounts funded by this Act to the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services—Program Management’’ account, may be used for pay-
ments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating 
to risk corridors). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 
of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the activities specified under the heading ‘‘Prevention and 
Public Health Fund’’ in the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary 
may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 
2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference 
to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on November 
1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2021, any provision of law that 
refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of 
law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preven-
tive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Sec-
retary involved as if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommendations were 
a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and preven-
tion last issued before 2009; and 
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(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied 
to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions 
relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations 
from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National 
Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner 
as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 
2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or 
otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human 
Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop 
or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to inten-
tionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval 
of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional 
effect of such approvals in such quarter. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds specifically 
appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, pain manage-
ment, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers 
of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the transfer 
authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
(1) 
Detailed 
monthly 
enrollment 
figures 
from 
the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the 
open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 
including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the 
Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public 
release of enrollment information or the award of such grants. 
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management’’, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up 
to $305,000,000 to such account from the Federal Hospital Insur-
ance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund to support program management activity related to 
the Medicare Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 
purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any amendment 
made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other amounts 
within such account. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 228. Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘Non-
recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division 
G of Public Law 110–161, $400,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 229. Not later than the 15th day of each month, the 
Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
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Senate a report on staffing described in the joint explanatory state-
ment accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 230. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and 
related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or 
her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the United 
States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location 
that are the subject of a determination of a public health emergency 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such travel 
is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical 
condition that cannot be adequately addressed in that location 
at that time. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ 
means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 231. There is established in the Treasury a reserve fund 
to be known as the ‘‘Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve 
Fund’’ (the ‘‘Reserve Fund’’): Provided, That of the funds provided 
under the heading ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the Reserve Fund: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Reserve Fund shall be for carrying 
out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act to prevent, prepare 
for, or respond to an infectious disease emergency, including, in 
connection with such activities, to purchase or lease and provide 
for the insurance of passenger motor vehicles for official use in 
foreign countries: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve 
Fund may only be provided for an infectious disease emergency 
if the infectious disease emergency (1) is declared by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the PHS 
Act to be a public health emergency; or (2) as determined by 
the Secretary, has significant potential to imminently occur and 
potential, on occurrence, to affect national security or the health 
and security of United States citizens, domestically or internation-
ally: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve Fund may 
be transferred by the Director of the CDC to other accounts of 
the CDC, to accounts of the NIH, or to the Public Health and 
Social Services Emergency Fund, to be merged with such accounts 
or Fund for the purposes provided in this section: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate shall be notified in advance of any transfer 
or obligation made under the authority provided in this section, 
including notification on the anticipated uses of such funds by 
program, project, or activity: Provided further, That not later than 
15 days after notification of the planned use of the Reserve Fund, 
the Director shall provide a detailed spend plan of anticipated 
uses of funds, including estimated personnel and administrative 
costs, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That such plans 
shall be updated and submitted every 90 days thereafter until 
funds have been fully expended which should include the unobli-
gated balances in the Reserve Fund and all the actual obligations 
incurred to date: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve 
42 USC 247d–4a. 
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Fund shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available to the 
Department of Health and Human Services for the purposes pro-
vided in this section: Provided further, That the transfer authorities 
in this section are in addition to any transfer authority otherwise 
available to the Department of Health and Human Services: Pro-
vided further, That products purchased using amounts in the 
Reserve Fund may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stock-
pile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
this section shall be in effect as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act through each fiscal year hereafter. 
SEC. 232. The Department of Health and Human Services 
may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Govern-
ment for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined 
in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of 
the Administration for Children and Families, including medical 
goods and services, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 
items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 233. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress by 
November 15, 2018, a plan to promptly facilitate the reunification 
of children separated from their parents and placed in the custody 
of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (‘‘ORR’’), including the reunifi-
cation of children with parents who are no longer in the United 
States: Provided, That such plan shall include possible children 
of potential class members in the class-action lawsuit Ms. L v. 
ICE, as identified in the Joint Status Report filed on September 
6, 2018: Provided further, That such plan shall describe the activi-
ties the Administration has undertaken to locate parents who are 
no longer in the United States and to reunify those parents with 
their children, including (1) the process for tracking children and 
parents, (2) the process for coordinating interagency responsibilities 
for communication, location, and reunification of such parents, and 
(3) the number of parents that the Administration has been unable 
to contact: Provided further, That such plan shall provide detailed 
information on how many parents have been determined to be 
ineligible for reunification and the reasons for those determinations: 
Provided further, That such plan shall identify the number of chil-
dren in ORR custody whose parents were deported that (1) have 
been reunified with their parents, (2) have been released into the 
custody of a family member other than a parent, (3) have been 
released into the custody of a sponsor who is not a family member, 
and (4) are still in ORR custody: Provided further, That such plan 
shall provide detailed information regarding the procedures the 
Administration follows when child sexual abuse is alleged at facili-
ties operated by ORR contractors: Provided further, That such plan 
shall include an estimate of expenditures in fiscal year 2018 and 
an estimate of anticipated expenditures in fiscal year 2019 related 
to housing children who were separated from their parents at 
the border as well as activities to reunify such children with their 
parents: Provided further, That if such plan is not submitted by 
the deadline identified above, the Department of Health and Human 
Services may not, until such a plan has been submitted to the 
Congress, obligate funds from the Fund established by section 223 
of title II of division G of Public Law 110–161, except to obligate 
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funds for projects identified in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to prevent a Member of the United States Congress from 
entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in 
the United States, used for purposes of maintaining custody of 
or otherwise housing unaccompanied alien children (as defined in 
section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $16,543,790,000, 
of which $5,625,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2019, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2020, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2019, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for aca-
demic year 2019–2020: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 
basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
on October 1, 2018, to obtain annually updated local educational 
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: 
Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration 
grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$4,019,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $4,019,050,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That $217,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out subpart 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $44,623,000 
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,446,112,000, 
of which $1,301,242,000 shall be for basic support payments under 
section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children 
with disabilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation through September 30, 2020, shall be for 
construction under section 7007(b), $74,313,000 shall be for Federal 
property payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under 
section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount 
of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 
7003(a) for school year 2018–2019, children enrolled in a school 
of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under 
section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of 
both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
Department of 
Education 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
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having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a 
military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long 
as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 
7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be 
considered as eligible students under such section, provided such 
students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the 
same local educational agency they attended prior to their change 
in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title 
IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C 
of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; 
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,246,967,000, of which 
$3,418,402,000 shall become available on July 1, 2019, and remain 
available through September 30, 2020, and of which $1,681,441,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020, for academic year 2019–2020: 
Provided, That $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided 
further, That $1,221,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 
further, That $36,397,000 shall be for part B of title VI and may 
be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of any 
elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an 
elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department 
of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly 
Native Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That $35,453,000 
shall be for part C of title VI and shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis, and also may be used for construction: Provided further, 
That $52,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary 
shall make such arrangements as determined to be necessary to 
ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
provided under this section: Provided further, That $16,699,000 
shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants 
program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 
proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 
these grants: Provided further, That $180,840,000 shall be for part 
B of title V: Provided further, That $1,170,000,000 shall be available 
for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $180,239,000, of which 
$67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 
$6,865,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 
4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 
and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,035,556,000: Provided, 
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That $279,815,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B 
of title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 
2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further, That $625,741,000 shall 
be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 
and shall be made available without regard to sections 4311, 
4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for part C 
of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for part 
C of title IV, the Secretary shall use $55,000,000 to carry out 
section 4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 4304(k), $135,000,000, to remain available 
through March 31, 2020, to carry out section 4305(b), and not 
more than $15,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 
$130,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2019 for 
subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $190,754,000: Provided, That 
$95,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up to 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) 
program: Provided further, That $17,500,000 shall be available for 
section 4625: Provided further, That $78,254,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2019, for section 4624. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2020, except that 6.5 percent 
of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2018, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2020, to carry out activities 
under section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 
Act of 2004, $13,468,728,000, of which $3,942,129,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for academic year 2019–2020: Provided, That 
the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to 
the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal 
year 2018, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the 
funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) 
of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined 
in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 
which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appro-
priated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 
according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 
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relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of 
the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under 
this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in alloca-
tion from funds appropriated under this heading made funds avail-
able for such a distribution: Provided further, That the States 
shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided further, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under 
section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) 
and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 
in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered 
in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 
or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal 
year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), 
the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 
612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 
five, until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation 
under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 
612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the max-
imum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 
have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence 
of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall either 
reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 
section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 
of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 
capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements 
of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other 
services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 
quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the 
State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, sub-
part 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such sub-
part. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $3,657,189,000, of which $3,521,990,000 shall be for grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 
in this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallotment 
of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of 
20 USC 1411 
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20 USC 1411 
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individuals with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the 
Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at improving the edu-
cation and post-school outcomes of children receiving Supplemental 
Security Income (‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result in long- 
term improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status 
and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That States may award sub-
grants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, 
nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds made available 
subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at 
improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of the 
Blind of March 3, 1879, $30,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles 
I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $77,500,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may 
at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
under section 207 of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986, $134,361,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the 
endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 
$1,925,686,000, of which $1,134,686,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2019, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2020, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2019, and shall remain available through September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 
242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part 
C of title IV of the HEA, $24,445,352,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2020. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2019–2020 shall be $5,135. 
20 USC 1070a 
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STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 
C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $1,678,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2020: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their performance 
compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 
and existing accounts: Provided further, That for student loan con-
tracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow 
student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans 
to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consoli-
dated student loan: Provided further, That in order to promote 
accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary 
shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
Federal student loan servicing environment, including the solicita-
tion for the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environ-
ment as amended by the Department of Education on February 
20, 2018, unless such an environment provides for the participation 
of multiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the 
Department of Education to manage a unique portfolio of borrower 
accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay- 
off with certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor-
rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on perform-
ance: Provided further, That such servicers described in the previous 
proviso shall be evaluated based on their ability to meet contract 
requirements, future performance on the contracts, and history 
of compliance with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided 
further, That to the extent Federal Student Aid (FSA) permits 
student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime contrac-
tors accountable for meeting the requirements of the contract, and 
the performance and expectations of subcontractors shall be 
accounted for in the prime contract and in the overall performance 
of the prime contractor: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure 
that the Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment 
contracts incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of being 
distressed: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide quar-
terly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations and Education 
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate on general progress related to solicitations for Federal 
student loan servicing contracts. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl 
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, 
$2,312,356,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI 
of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits 
and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating 
in advanced foreign language training and international studies 
20 USC 1087f 
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in areas that are vital to United States national security and 
who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these 
countries in the fields of government, the professions, or inter-
national development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 
evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activi-
ties: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
the HEA may be used for evaluation. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University, $236,518,000, of 
which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment 
grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and 
shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2020: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$580,000,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 
support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, $20,000,000 shall be made available to provide 
for the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of the 
HEA to eligible institutions that are private Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, which apply for the deferment of such 
a loan and demonstrate financial need for such deferment by having 
a score of 2.6 or less on the Department of Education’s financial 
responsibility test: Provided, That during the period of deferment 
of such a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, 
and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3- 
fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: Provided further, 
That funds available under this paragraph shall be used to fund 
eligible deferment requests submitted for this purpose in fiscal 
year 2018: Provided further, That the Secretary shall create and 
execute an outreach plan to work with States and the Capital 
Financing Advisory Board to improve outreach to States and help 
additional public Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
participate in the program. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000. 
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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $615,462,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 
systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 
up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities 
to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, 
and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds provided 
by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the 
Department of Education available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating 
to implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the 
staffing level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, 
or functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of Edu-
cation, relative to the organization and operation of the Budget 
Service as in effect on January 1, 2018. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $125,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $61,143,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
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Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 
to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 303. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2019’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 304. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated 
for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall 
be available from July 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 305. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains 
an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title 
III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2019 may use the income 
from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the 
limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such 
income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of 
the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 306. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is 
amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 308. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available for payments for 
student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that 
services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et 
seq.). 
SEC. 309. (a) Section 455(f) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFERMENT FOR BORROWERS RECEIVING CANCER TREAT-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) EFFECT ON PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.—A borrower 
of a loan made under this part who meets the requirements 
of subparagraph (B) shall be eligible for a deferment, during 
which periodic installments of principal need not be paid, 
and interest shall not accrue. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—A borrower of a loan made under 
this part shall be eligible for a deferment during— 
‘‘(i) any period in which such borrower is receiving 
treatment for cancer; and 
‘‘(ii) the 6 months after such period. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall apply with 
respect to loans— 
‘‘(i) made on or after the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph; or 
48 USC 1921d 
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‘‘(ii) in repayment on the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) Section 427(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1077(a)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in which the borrower is receiving treatment 
for cancer and the 6 months after such period.’’. 
(c) Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or (II); or’’ and inserting 
a ‘‘or (II);’’; 
(2) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) during which the borrower is receiving treat-
ment for cancer and the 6 months after such period;’’. 
(d) Section 464(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(B) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(C) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) during which the borrower is receiving treatment 
for cancer and the 6 months after such period;’’. 
(e) Section 428H(e)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078–8(e)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Interest’’ and 
inserting, ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (C), interest’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) Interest shall not accrue on a loan deferred under 
section 428(b)(1)(M)(v) or 427(a)(2)(C)(iv).’’. 
(f) The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect 
to loans— 
(1) made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(2) in repayment on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 
1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $600,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 311. Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(IX)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,409,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,370,000,000’’. 
SEC. 312. (a) An institution of higher education may, with 
explicit written consent of an applicant who has completed a FAFSA 
20 USC 1077 
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under such section 483(a), provide such information collected from 
the applicant’s FAFSA as is necessary to a scholarship granting 
organization, including a tribal organization (defined in section 
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5304)), or to an organization assisting the applicant 
in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, or tribal assist-
ance, that is designated by the applicant to assist the applicant 
in applying for and receiving financial assistance for any component 
of the applicant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 472 of 
the HEA) at that institution. 
(b) An organization that receives information pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such information. 
(c) This section shall be in effect until title IV of the HEA 
is reauthorized. 
SEC. 313. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation—Federal 
Direct 
Student 
Loan 
Program 
Account’’, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
cost, as defined under section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Education providing loan cancella-
tion in the same manner as under section 455(m) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans 
made under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify 
for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, 
of the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do not 
qualify for purposes of the program because they were monthly 
payments made in accordance with graduated or extended repay-
ment plans as described under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 
455(d)(1) or the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation 
loan made under section 455(g) and that were less than the amount 
calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment 
period: Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months before 
the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described in the matter 
preceding this proviso and the most recent monthly payment made 
by the borrower at the time of such application were each not 
less than the monthly amount that would be calculated under, 
and for which the borrower would otherwise qualify for, clause 
(i) or (iv) of section 455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or income- 
contingent repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who 
would have otherwise been eligible under this section but dem-
onstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 5 years: 
Provided further, That the total loan volume, including outstanding 
principal, fees, capitalized interest, or accrued interest, at applica-
tion that is eligible for such loan cancellation by such borrowers 
shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall develop and make available a simple method for borrowers 
to apply for loan cancellation under this section within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible bor-
rowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date of 
application and subject to both the limitation on total loan volume 
at application for such loan cancellation specified in the second 
proviso and the availability of appropriations under this section: 
Provided further, That no borrower may, for the same service, 
receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and 
section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act. 
SEC. 314. Of the amounts made available under this title under 
the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, $2,300,000 shall be used 
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by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers 
of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under 
section 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 
borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan can-
cellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 
outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation 
under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has 
made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment 
plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, 
to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall also communicate to 
all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) 
of such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 
by providing improved outreach and information such as outbound 
calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to pro-
gram requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 
creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment 
certification process electronically and on a centralized website. 
SEC. 315. (a) For any local educational agency that for fiscal 
year 2018, had an enrollment of eligible Federally connected chil-
dren that was at least 35 percent of the agency’s total student 
enrollment and a per-pupil expenditure that was less than the 
average per-pupil expenditure of the State or of all the States, 
and was determined ineligible to receive a payment under section 
7003(b)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 for failing to meet the average tax rate requirement for general 
fund purposes in section 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(V)(bb), and whose cal-
culated payment amount under section 7003(b) for the three years 
following fiscal year 2019 is less than 80 percent of the amount 
received for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall pay the local 
educational agency for the following three years not less than 
90 percent of the total amount the local educational agency received 
under section 7003(b)(2) for fiscal year 2017 if such local educational 
agency— 
(1) 
previously 
received 
a 
payment 
under 
section 
7003(b)(2)(A) but did not receive a payment under section 
7003(b)(2)(B)(ii) (or any predecessor of such provision) for each 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2017; and 
(2) was considered a local educational agency described 
in section 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(V) (or any predecessor of such provi-
sion) for each such fiscal year. 
(b) For fiscal year 2020 and succeeding fiscal years, if a local 
educational agency described in subsection (a) is eligible to receive 
a basic support payment pursuant to section 7003(b)(2) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7703(b)(2)), the payment received by the local educational agency 
shall be calculated under section 7003(b)(2) of such Act and not 
under subsection (a). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
20 USC 7703 
note. 
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132 STAT. 3109 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under section 8502 of title 
41, United States Code, $8,250,000: Provided, That in order to 
authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to sec-
tion 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform requirements 
of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided 
further, That such agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, 
and reporting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 
of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That such agree-
ment shall include the elements listed under the heading ‘‘Com-
mittee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Dis-
abled—Written Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 
section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to 
executing a written agreement with the Committee: Provided fur-
ther, That no less than $1,250,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry 
out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $786,629,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available 
to provide assistance to State commissions on national and commu-
nity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwith-
standing section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $32,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) 
$5,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 
Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include 
a determination of need by the local community. 
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132 STAT. 3110 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $206,842,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 
funds from the amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allo-
cated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer 
is necessary to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National 
Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 
Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 
31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 
1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $83,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2019, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not know-
ingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding 
such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than 
an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to 
receive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall 
minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 
under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or 
E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and 
not supplant current programs and operations. 
42 USC 12571 
note. 
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132 STAT. 3111 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 
of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 
described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who 
are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 
the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall 
be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under section 3 of the National 
Child Protection Act of 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be considered 
‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are author-
ized to receive criminal history record information, consistent 
with Public Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of 
the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term 
of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not 
more than one year may receive a national service education award 
having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national service 
education award determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2021, $445,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be 
used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 
any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 
sex: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualifica-
tion in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other per-
sonnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of 
CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Future 
Fund or any similar purpose. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and other 
technologies and services that create infrastructure and efficiencies 
within the public media system, $20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor- 
Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 
for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Civil Service Reform Act, $46,650,000, including up to $900,000 
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132 STAT. 3112 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
to remain available through September 30, 2020, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up 
to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict 
resolution services and technical assistance, including those pro-
vided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 
for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 
education, training, and professional development of the agency 
workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Act, $242,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $8,480,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $12,545,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,250,000. 
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132 STAT. 3113 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $274,224,000: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 
3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 
stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 
Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board 
may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation 
that would provide employees any means of voting through any 
electronic means in an election to determine a representative for 
the purposes of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $13,800,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$19,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2019 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 
received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 
benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall 
be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 
of each month in the fiscal year. 
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132 STAT. 3114 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2020, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $123,500,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this 
limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not change 
the status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired 
by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing resources 
devoted to operations and improvements for the Board’s Information 
Technology Investment Initiatives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $11,000,000, to be 
derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93– 
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $41,366,203,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That 
not more than $101,000,000 shall be available for research and 
demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social 
Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2021. 
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132 STAT. 3115 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$19,700,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $12,741,945,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in 
such section: Provided, That not less than $2,400,000 shall be 
for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 
$45,000,000 shall remain available until expended for information 
technology modernization, including related hardware and software 
infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative expenses 
directly associated with information technology modernization: Pro-
vided further, That $100,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for activities to address the disability hearings 
backlog within the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2019 not needed for fiscal year 2019 
shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Secu-
rity Administration information technology and telecommunications 
hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment 
and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 
under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expendi-
tures for official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon 
as possible after such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph 
under this heading, not more than $1,683,000,000, to remain avail-
able through March 31, 2020, is for the costs associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security Act, including work-related continuing disability reviews 
to determine whether earnings derived from services demonstrate 
an individual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 
co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associ-
ated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 
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132 STAT. 3116 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, and $1,410,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That, of the additional new budget authority described 
in the preceding proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 
for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 
units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclu-
sion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure 
of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 
103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 
2002. 
In addition, $134,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2019 exceed $134,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2020 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed $75,500,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall 
be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, 
for which they were originally appropriated. 
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132 STAT. 3117 
PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111– 
148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive- 
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legisla-
tion before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any 
proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order 
issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, 
except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or 
local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or trans-
ferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that govern-
ment. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 
any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, 
or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 
I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds avail-
able for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
is authorized to make available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes 
coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life- 
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or 
locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State 
or local government, if such agency, program, or government sub-
jects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimina-
tion on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 
an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, 
a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care 
facility, organization, or plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses 
in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 
or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or 
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any other means from one or more human gametes or human 
diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 
of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive- 
congressional communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 
is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the 
use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored 
clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advan-
tage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for 
the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health 
care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving 
the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary 
of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) 
of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection 
Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by 
paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 
by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
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(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) 
augments 
existing 
programs, 
projects 
(including 
construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation 
or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or mis-
leading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each depart-
ment and related agency funded through this Act shall submit 
an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity 
level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2019 that are different 
than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act or the 
fiscal year 2019 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, 
and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000 in value and 
awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during 
each quarter of fiscal year 2019, but not to include grants awarded 
on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include 
the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, 
the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 
award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted 
to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter 
for which the report is submitted. 
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SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, 
for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments 
under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim 
for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under 
a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number 
and the performance of such work under such number has formed 
the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Secu-
rity Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the 
Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit 
payments, under any agreement between the United States and 
Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social 
security system established by title II of the Social Security Act 
and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available under this or 
any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided 
to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now 
(ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, 
or successors. 
SEC. 522. For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropria-
tions bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
totals. 
SEC. 523. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or edu-
cational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 
at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency 
to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 524. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 
10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed 
by the provisions of section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 
76, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2019’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ 
in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, 
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That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Perform-
ance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to 
the authority provided by section 526 of division H of Public Law 
113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 
525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 115–31, and section 525 of division H of Public 
Law 115–141. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior 
appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to 
an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities. 
SEC. 525. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2019, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 
and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, 
That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year 
of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent 
feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 526. Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘National 
Service Trust’’ established in section 102 of the National and 
Community Service Trust Act of 1993, $150,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 527. Of any available amounts appropriated under section 
2104(a)(22) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) that are 
unobligated as of September 25, 2019, $2,061,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded as of such date. 
SEC. 528. Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contin-
gency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2019 under section 
2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act and the income derived from 
investment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that 
Act, shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds 
for elements of a program other than making such purchases if 
the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that 
the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or 
is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 
operating in accordance with State and local law. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
31 USC 1502 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
DIVISION C—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2018 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2018, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 
(division A of Public Law 115–141), except section 783. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–141). 
(3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115– 
141). 
(4) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (division E of Public Law 115–141). 
(5) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141) and title II of 
division M of Public Law 115–141. 
(6) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division G of Public 
Law 115–141), except section 114, except for appropriations 
in the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Dwight 
D. 
Eisenhower 
Memorial 
Commission—Capital 
Construction’’, and except that the language in section 118 
shall be applied as if the language read as follows: ‘‘Section 
6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall continue in effect 
for this fiscal year’’. 
(7) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 115–141) and section 7(a) of Public Law 
115–141. 
(8) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division J of Public 
Law 115–141), except section 243. 
(9) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(10) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division L of 
Public Law 115–141). 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume 
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were not available during fiscal year 2018. 
Continuing 
Appropriations 
Act, 2019. 
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SEC. 104. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 105. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this Act; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2019 without any provision for such project 
or activity; or 
(3) December 7, 2018. 
SEC. 106. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 105, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2019 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 109. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 110. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2018, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2018, to be continued through the date specified in section 105(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 105, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2018 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 105(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 111. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
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SEC. 112. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 113. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) Section 6 of Public Law 115–141 shall apply to amounts 
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 114. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition 
Programs’’ to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropria-
tions Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the program 
can be fully operational by May, 2019. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are available 
in the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’ of the Department of Agriculture for gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by 
section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
not to exceed $4,141,176,000. 
SEC. 116. Amounts provided by section 110 to the Department 
of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Commodity Credit Corporation 
Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior 
to the completion of the report described in section 2 of the Act 
of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11), to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed, as reflected in the June 2018 report 
of its financial condition. 
SEC. 117. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural 
Research Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations 
of $42,000,000 for the operation and maintenance of the National 
Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. 
SEC. 118. Any program, authority, or provision, including any 
pilot program, authorized under the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 105(3) of 
this Act. 
SEC. 119. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decon-
tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 
projects or activities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
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not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 
the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Power 
Marketing Administrations—Operation and Maintenance, South-
western Power Administration’’ in division D of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘$43,488,000’’ for ‘‘$30,288,000’’; the first proviso 
under such heading shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$33,088,000’’ 
for ‘‘$18,888,000’’; and the second proviso under such heading shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘$10,400,000’’ for ‘‘$11,400,000’’. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
to the Department of the Treasury for ‘‘Departmental Offices— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations of $214,576,000. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 105, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 
under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs 
and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2018 (title IV of division E of Public Law 115–141) at the rate 
set forth under ‘‘Part A—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in 
the Fiscal Year 2019 Local Budget Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22– 
397), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 123. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small 
Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date increased demand for commitments for general business loans 
authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)). 
SEC. 124. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activi-
ties under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 125. The Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer 
up to $15,000,000 in unexpended balances of amounts made avail-
able to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 
‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and Support’’ in 
division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141) to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose 
of contract support of the operations of the National Bio and Agro- 
defense Facility. 
SEC. 126. Amounts made available by section 101 for the ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, ‘‘U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’, 
and ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
accounts of the Department of Homeland Security may be appor-
tioned at a rate for operations necessary to maintain not less 
than the number of the staff achieved on September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 127. Amounts made available by section 101 for the 
Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘United States Secret 
Service—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ may be 
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to purchase 
base platform vehicles in support of the fully armored vehicle pro-
gram. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
SEC. 128. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Execu-
tive Management—Operations and Support’’, ‘‘Management Direc-
torate—Operations and Support’’, and ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Operations Coordination—Operations and Support’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out activities 
previously funded by the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
of Homeland Security, consistent with the fiscal year 2019 Presi-
dent’s Budget. 
SEC. 129. (a) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’ at a rate 
for operations of $14,112,000, for an additional amount for costs 
of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, 
or expanded in fiscal year 2018, and such amounts may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate 
such facilities. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities’’ at a rate for oper-
ations of $1,200,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing 
and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded 
in fiscal year 2018, and such amounts may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate newly 
constructed facilities. 
SEC. 130. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 
the first proviso and the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Protection Agency—Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest 
System Fund’’ in division G of Public Law 115–141 shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘$8,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,674,000’’ each place it appears: 
Provided, That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary and amounts made available by section 
101 for ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency’’ may be transferred 
between appropriations under such heading as necessary to ensure 
that the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System becomes 
fully operational. 
SEC. 132. (a) The following sections of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 105(3) of this Act— 
(1) subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 4(i)(1) (7 
U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(C)–(E)); 
(2) section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 
(3) section 4(k)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(4)); and 
(4) section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)(3)(B)). 
(b)(1) Section 4(i)(1)(I) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(I)) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 105(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(2)), 
section 33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(1)) shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 105(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
(c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 105(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’. 
SEC. 133. Activities authorized under part A of title IV and 
section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through 
the date specified in section 105(3) of this Act in the manner 
authorized for fiscal year 2018, and out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 
are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 134. The authority provided by section 7081(h) of division 
J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 
31) shall apply through the date specified in section 105(3). 
SEC. 135. Effective upon enactment of this Act, the matter 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Railroad 
Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program’’ in division 
L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 
141) is amended— 
(1) by striking the third and fourth provisos and inserting 
the following provisos: ‘‘Provided further, That, not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall define the term ‘cohorts of loans’ for purposes 
of section 502(f)(4) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(f)(4)) (as in effect on the 
day before the amendments made by section 11607 of Public 
Law 114–94 (129 Stat. 1698) took effect): Provided further, 
That, when all obligations attached to a cohort of loans have 
been satisfied, the Secretary of Transportation shall return 
to the original source, on a pro rata basis, the credit risk 
premiums paid for the loans in the cohort, with interest accrued 
thereon, that were not used to mitigate losses, not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2019 or, for a cohort of loans with obligations 
that have not yet been satisfied, not later than 60 days after 
the date on which all obligations attached to the cohort have 
been satisfied:’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ in the fifth proviso. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–245—SEPT. 28, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6157 (S. 3159): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 115–769 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 115–952 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 115–290 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying 
S. 3159. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018): 
June 26–28, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 16, 20–23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 17, 18, Senate considered and agreed to conference report. 
Sept. 26, House agreed to conference report. 
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2018): 
Sept. 28, Presidential statement. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2019’’. 
Approved September 28, 2018. 
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