United States Government Publishing Office Office of the Federal RegisterNational Archives and Records Administration text/xmlEN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Stage2.202408262025-05-08 1152 2018132
1321

PROPERTY

OF THE

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT

115TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION

2018

Vol. 132

Part 1, pp. 1–1482

PUBLIC LAWS

 U  N  I  T  E  D   S  T  A  T  E  S
S  T  A  T  U  T  E  S   A  T   L  A  R  G  E

CONTAINING THE

LAWS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

ENACTED DURING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2018

AND

PROCLAMATIONS

Volume 132

IN FOUR PARTS

Part 1

PUBLIC LAWS 115–118 THROUGH 115–183

image

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 2024

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF LAW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

 “The United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence of laws, concurrent resolutions, . . . proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States.” (1 USC 112).

For sale by the

Superintendent of Documents

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Washington, DC 20402–9328

(4-part set; sold in sets only)

 CONTENTS Page List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Bills Enacted Into Private Law ix List of Public Laws xi List of Private Laws xxv List of Concurrent Resolutions xxvii List of Proclamations xxix Public Laws 115–118 Through 115–183 3 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Bills Enacted Into Private Law ix List of Public Laws xi List of Private Laws xxv List of Concurrent Resolutions xxvii List of Proclamations xxix Public Laws 115–184 Through 115–244 1483 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Bills Enacted Into Private Law ix List of Public Laws xi List of Private Laws xxv List of Concurrent Resolutions xxvii List of Proclamations xxix Public Laws 115–245 Through 115–311 2981 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 List of Bills Enacted Into Public Law v List of Bills Enacted Into Private Law ix List of Public Laws xi List of Private Laws xxv List of Concurrent Resolutions xxvii List of Proclamations xxix Public Laws 115–312 Through 115–442 4429 Private Law 115–1 5595 Concurrent Resolutions 5599 Proclamations 5615 Popular Name Index A1 Subject Index B1 LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PUBLIC LAW LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PUBLIC LAW THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SECOND SESSION, 2018 BILL PUBLIC LAW H.R. 2 115–334 H.R. 6 115–271 H.R. 46 115–255 H.R. 195 115–120 H.R. 219 115–200 H.R. 220 115–201 H.R. 294 115–133 H.R. 302 115–254 H.R. 315 115–320 H.R. 390 115–300 H.R. 446 115–202 H.R. 447 115–203 H.R. 452 115–134 H.R. 535 115–135 H.R. 582 115–127 H.R. 589 115–246 H.R. 606 115–283 H.R. 672 115–434 H.R. 698 115–252 H.R. 754 115–310 H.R. 767 115–398 H.R. 770 115–197 H.R. 931 115–194 H.R. 951 115–204 H.R. 984 115–121 H.R. 1037 115–275 H.R. 1074 115–301 H.R. 1109 115–247 H.R. 1162 115–339 H.R. 1177 115–156 H.R. 1207 115–311 H.R. 1208 115–138 H.R. 1209 115–284 H.R. 1210 115–340 H.R. 1211 115–341 H.R. 1222 115–342 H.R. 1235 115–343 H.R. 1301 115–124 H.R. 1318 115–344 H.R. 1397 115–190 H.R. 1417 115–321 H.R. 1496 115–207 H.R. 1551 115–264 H.R. 1625 115–141 H.R. 1660 115–411 H.R. 1719 115–191 H.R. 1725 115–130 H.R. 1733 115–345 H.R. 1850 115–346 H.R. 1858 115–139 H.R. 1861 115–322 H.R. 1865 115–164 H.R. 1872 115–330 H.R. 1892 115–123 H.R. 1900 115–186 H.R. 1918 115–335 H.R. 1988 115–140 H.R. 2061 115–198 H.R. 2122 115–205 H.R. 2147 115–240 H.R. 2154 115–157 H.R. 2200 115–425 H.R. 2229 115–195 H.R. 2254 115–142 H.R. 2259 115–256 H.R. 2292 115–206 H.R. 2302 115–143 H.R. 2333 115–187 H.R. 2345 115–233 H.R. 2353 115–224 H.R. 2422 115–302 H.R. 2454 115–331 H.R. 2464 115–144 H.R. 2606 115–399 H.R. 2615 115–279 H.R. 2672 115–145 H.R. 2673 115–208 H.R. 2772 115–188 H.R. 2815 115–146 H.R. 2873 115–147 H.R. 2979 115–285 H.R. 3109 115–148 H.R. 3122 115–131 H.R. 3183 115–209 H.R. 3184 115–347 H.R. 3210 115–173 H.R. 3230 115–286 H.R. 3249 115–185 H.R. 3342 115–348 H.R. 3359 115–278 H.R. 3369 115–149 H.R. 3383 115–349 H.R. 3398 115–323 H.R. 3445 115–167 H.R. 3460 115–412 H.R. 3562 115–177 H.R. 3638 115–150 H.R. 3655 115–151 H.R. 3656 115–136 H.R. 3663 115–183 H.R. 3731 115–160 H.R. 3759 115–119 H.R. 3821 115–152 H.R. 3834 115–276 H.R. 3893 115–153 H.R. 3946 115–315 H.R. 3979 115–168 H.R. 3996 115–332 H.R. 4009 115–178 H.R. 4032 115–350 H.R. 4042 115–154 H.R. 4111 115–333 H.R. 4174 115–435 H.R. 4227 115–400 H.R. 4254 115–303 H.R. 4285 115–155 H.R. 4300 115–170 H.R. 4301 115–210 H.R. 4318 115–239 H.R. 4326 115–351 H.R. 4406 115–211 H.R. 4407 115–316 H.R. 4431 115–352 H.R. 4463 115–212 H.R. 4528 115–228 H.R. 4533 115–132 H.R. 4547 115–165 H.R. 4574 115–213 H.R. 4645 115–229 H.R. 4646 115–214 H.R. 4685 115–215 H.R. 4689 115–429 H.R. 4708 115–125 H.R. 4722 115–216 H.R. 4743 115–189 H.R. 4819 115–353 H.R. 4840 115–217 H.R. 4851 115–163 H.R. 4854 115–257 H.R. 4890 115–287 H.R. 4910 115–184 H.R. 4913 115–288 H.R. 4921 115–269 H.R. 4946 115–289 H.R. 4958 115–258 H.R. 4960 115–290 H.R. 5075 115–401 H.R. 5205 115–354 H.R. 5238 115–317 H.R. 5317 115–304 H.R. 5349 115–291 H.R. 5385 115–241 H.R. 5395 115–355 H.R. 5412 115–356 H.R. 5475 115–357 H.R. 5504 115–292 H.R. 5509 115–402 H.R. 5515 115–232 H.R. 5554 115–234 H.R. 5636 115–430 H.R. 5729 115–230 H.R. 5737 115–293 H.R. 5759 115–336 H.R. 5772 115–242 H.R. 5784 115–294 H.R. 5787 115–358 H.R. 5791 115–359 H.R. 5792 115–360 H.R. 5868 115–295 H.R. 5895 115–244 H.R. 5923 115–361 H.R. 5935 115–296 H.R. 5956 115–218 H.R. 6020 115–362 H.R. 6042 115–222 H.R. 6059 115–363 H.R. 6116 115–297 H.R. 6124 115–243 H.R. 6157 115–245 H.R. 6160 115–364 H.R. 6167 115–365 H.R. 6216 115–366 H.R. 6217 115–367 H.R. 6227 115–368 H.R. 6287 115–413 H.R. 6330 115–324 H.R. 6335 115–369 H.R. 6347 115–370 H.R. 6348 115–371 H.R. 6400 115–372 H.R. 6405 115–373 H.R. 6414 115–235 H.R. 6428 115–374 H.R. 6513 115–375 H.R. 6591 115–376 H.R. 6602 115–431 H.R. 6615 115–377 H.R. 6621 115–378 H.R. 6628 115–379 H.R. 6651 115–305 H.R. 6655 115–380 H.R. 6758 115–273 H.R. 6780 115–381 H.R. 6831 115–382 H.R. 6870 115–277 H.R. 6893 115–383 H.R. 6896 115–274 H.R. 6897 115–250 H.R. 6930 115–384 H.R. 6964 115–385 H.R. 7120 115–386 H.R. 7187 115–281 H.R. 7213 115–387 H.R. 7230 115–388 H.R. 7243 115–389 H.R. 7279 115–436 H.R. 7318 115–437 H.R. 7319 115–438 H.R. 7327 115–390 H.J. Res. 143 115–298 S. 7 115–403 S. 35 115–175 S. 96 115–129 S. 97 115–248 S. 117 115–122 S. 139 115–118 S. 140 115–282 S. 167 115–169 S. 188 115–158 S. 204 115–176 S. 245 115–325 S. 292 115–180 S. 324 115–159 S. 440 115–306 S. 447 115–171 S. 490 115–219 S. 512 115–439 S. 534 115–126 S. 717 115–237 S. 756 115–391 S. 770 115–236 S. 772 115–166 S. 791 115–259 S. 825 115–326 S. 831 115–137 S. 899 115–238 S. 931 115–220 S. 943 115–404 S. 994 115–249 S. 1023 115–440 S. 1050 115–337 S. 1091 115–196 S. 1158 115–441 S. 1182 115–225 S. 1282 115–181 S. 1285 115–179 S. 1311 115–392 S. 1312 115–393 S. 1438 115–128 S. 1520 115–405 S. 1580 115–442 S. 1595 115–272 S. 1668 115–260 S. 1768 115–307 S. 1862 115–427 S. 1869 115–192 S. 2030 115–161 S. 2040 115–162 S. 2074 115–308 S. 2076 115–406 S. 2101 115–338 S. 2152 115–299 S. 2155 115–174 S. 2200 115–423 S. 2245 115–226 S. 2246 115–193 S. 2248 115–407 S. 2269 115–266 S. 2276 115–414 S. 2278 115–408 S. 2372 115–182 S. 2377 115–312 S. 2465 115–327 S. 2511 115–394 S. 2553 115–262 S. 2554 115–263 S. 2559 115–261 S. 2652 115–415 S. 2679 115–416 S. 2692 115–223 S. 2734 115–221 S. 2736 115–409 S. 2765 115–417 S. 2779 115–231 S. 2850 115–227 S. 2896 115–418 S. 2946 115–253 S. 2961 115–424 S. 3021 115–270 S. 3029 115–328 S. 3031 115–419 S. 3119 115–329 S. 3170 115–395 S. 3191 115–426 S. 3209 115–318 S. 3237 115–319 S. 3247 115–428 S. 3354 115–267 S. 3367 115–420 S. 3389 115–309 S. 3414 115–313 S. 3442 115–314 S. 3444 115–421 S. 3456 115–432 S. 3479 115–251 S. 3508 115–265 S. 3509 115–268 S. 3530 115–410 S. 3554 115–280 S. 3628 115–396 S. 3661 115–433 S. 3749 115–397 S. 3777 115–422 S.J. Res. 57 115–172 S.J. Res. 60 115–199 LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PRIVATE LAW LIST OF BILLS ENACTED INTO PRIVATE LAW THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SECOND SESSION, 2018 BILL PRIVATE LAW H.R. 4641 115–1 LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME PUBLIC LAW PAGE 115–118 3 115–119 23 115–120 28 115–121 40 115–122 63 115–123 64 115–124 314 115–125 315 115–126 318 115–127 326 115–128 328 115–129 329 115–130 332 115–131 334 115–132 336 115–133 339 115–134 340 115–135 341 115–136 343 115–137 344 115–138 345 115–139 346 115–140 347 115–141* 348 115–142 1226 115–143 1227 115–144 1228 115–145 1229 115–146 1230 115–147 1231 115–148 1232 115–149 1233 115–150 1234 115–151 1235 115–152 1236 115–153 1237 115–154 1238 115–155 1239 115–156 1240 115–157 1241 115–158 1242 115–159 1244 115–160 1246 115–161 1249 115–162 1250 115–163 1251 115–164 1253 115–165 1257 115–166 1274 115–167 1276 115–168 1284 115–169 1285 115–170 1286 115–171 1288 115–172 1290 115–173 1291 115–174 1296 115–175 1369 115–176 1372 115–177 1376 115–178 1379 115–179 1380 115–180 1382 115–181 1391 115–182 1393 115–183 1482 115–184 1483 115–185 1485 115–186 1487 115–187 1489 115–188 1490 115–189 1492 115–190 1499 115–191 1501 115–192 1502 115–193 1505 115–194 1506 115–195 1510 115–196 1511 115–197 1515 115–198 1519 115–199 1526 115–200 1527 115–201 1528 115–202 1530 115–203 1531 115–204 1532 115–205 1533 115–206 1535 115–207 1536 115–208 1537 115–209 1538 115–210 1539 115–211 1540 115–212 1541 115–213 1542 115–214 1543 115–215 1544 115–216 1545 115–217 1546 115–218 1547 115–219 1556 115–220 1558 115–221 1559 115–222 1560 115–223 1562 115–224 1563 115–225 1624 115–226 1625 115–227 1626 115–228 1628 115–229 1629 115–230 1631 115–231 1632 115–232 1636 115–233 2424 115–234 2427 115–235 2443 115–236 2444 115–237 2447 115–238 2450 115–239 2451 115–240 2888 115–241 2892 115–242 2893 115–243 2894 115–244 2897 115–245 2981 115–246 3130 115–247 3152 115–248 3154 115–249 3162 115–250 3164 115–251 3166 115–252 3181 115–253 3183 115–254 3186 115–255 3648 115–256 3650 115–257 3660 115–258 3662 115–259 3664 115–260 3666 115–261 3667 115–262 3670 115–263 3672 115–264 3676 115–265 3742 115–266 3755 115–267 3756 115–268 3762 115–269 3763 115–270 3765 115–271 3894 115–272 4144 115–273 4158 115–274 4160 115–275 4164 115–276 4166 115–277 4167 115–278 4168 115–279 4187 115–280 4190 115–281 4191 115–282 4192 115–283 4367 115–284 4368 115–285 4369 115–286 4370 115–287 4371 115–288 4372 115–289 4373 115–290 4374 115–291 4375 115–292 4376 115–293 4377 115–294 4378 115–295 4379 115–296 4380 115–297 4381 115–298 4382 115–299 4383 115–300 4390 115–301 4395 115–302 4396 115–303 4399 115–304 4401 115–305 4402 115–306 4404 115–307 4408 115–308 4419 115–309 4423 115–310 4424 115–311 4428 115–312 4429 115–313 4430 115–314 4431 115–315 4432 115–316 4433 115–317 4434 115–318 4435 115–319 4436 115–320 4437 115–321 4439 115–322 4440 115–323 4443 115–324 4444 115–325 4445 115–326 4466 115–327 4468 115–328 4471 115–329 4475 115–330 4479 115–331 4484 115–332 4487 115–333 4488 115–334 4490 115–335 5019 115–336 5025 115–337 5029 115–338 5033 115–339 5036 115–340 5038 115–341 5039 115–342 5040 115–343 5043 115–344 5047 115–345 5052 115–346 5053 115–347 5054 115–348 5055 115–349 5059 115–350 5060 115–351 5066 115–352 5067 115–353 5070 115–354 5074 115–355 5075 115–356 5076 115–357 5077 115–358 5078 115–359 5082 115–360 5083 115–361 5084 115–362 5086 115–363 5087 115–364 5088 115–365 5089 115–366 5090 115–367 5091 115–368 5092 115–369 5104 115–370 5105 115–371 5106 115–372 5107 115–373 5110 115–374 5111 115–375 5112 115–376 5113 115–377 5114 115–378 5116 115–379 5117 115–380 5118 115–381 5119 115–382 5120 115–383 5121 115–384 5122 115–385 5123 115–386 5161 115–387 5162 115–388 5171 115–389 5172 115–390 5173 115–391 5194 115–392 5250 115–393 5265 115–394 5281 115–395 5287 115–396 5296 115–397 5297 115–398 5328 115–399 5331 115–400 5334 115–401 5336 115–402 5343 115–403 5348 115–404 5349 115–405 5355 115–406 5362 115–407 5368 115–408 5384 115–409 5387 115–410 5412 115–411 5424 115–412 5426 115–413 5427 115–414 5430 115–415 5433 115–416 5436 115–417 5438 115–418 5440 115–419 5442 115–420 5444 115–421 5449 115–422 5450 115–423 5454 115–424 5465 115–425 5472 115–426 5489 115–427 5503 115–428 5509 115–429 5519 115–430 5520 115–431 5521 115–432 5522 115–433 5523 115–434 5526 115–435 5529 115–436 5558 115–437 5563 115–438 5564 115–439 5565 115–440 5580 115–441 5586 115–442 5590 LIST OF PRIVATE LAWS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME PRIVATE LAW PAGE 115–1 5595 LIST OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PAGE H. Con. Res. 98 5599 S. Con. Res. 33 5599 H. Con. Res. 101 5600 H. Con. Res. 102 5601 H. Con. Res. 104 5601 H. Con. Res. 103 5603 H. Con. Res. 107 5604 H. Con. Res. 106 5604 H. Con. Res. 115 5605 H. Con. Res. 112 5606 H. Con. Res. 121 5606 H. Con. Res. 113 5607 H. Con. Res. 111 5607 S. Con. Res. 43 5609 S. Con. Res. 44 5609 S. Con. Res. 46 5610 S. Con. Res. 48 5610 S. Con. Res. 47 5610 S. Con. Res. 49 5611 S. Con. Res. 51 5611 S. Con. Res. 55 5611 S. Con. Res. 56 5611 H. Con. Res. 148 5612 H. Con. Res. 149 5612 LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME PROCLAMATION PAGE 9689 5615 9690 5616 9691 5617 9692 5619 9693 5620 9694 5631 9695 5642 9696 5643 9697 5644 9698 5645 9699 5645 9700 5647 9701 5649 9702 5650 9703 5651 9704 5652 9705 5659 9706 5665 9707 5666 9708 5667 9709 5668 9710 5670 9711 5674 9712 5678 9713 5679 9714 5680 9715 5682 9716 5683 9717 5684 9718 5685 9719 5686 9720 5687 9721 5688 9722 5689 9723 5690 9724 5694 9725 5695 9726 5696 9727 5698 9728 5698 9729 5699 9730 5701 9731 5702 9732 5703 9733 5704 9734 5706 9735 5707 9736 5708 9737 5709 9738 5710 9739 5711 9740 5717 9741 5740 9742 5741 9743 5742 9744 5744 9745 5745 9746 5746 9747 5748 9748 5749 9749 5750 9750 5752 9751 5753 9752 5754 9753 5755 9754 5756 9755 5757 9756 5758 9757 5759 9758 5760 9759 5767 9760 5787 9761 5787 9762 5788 9763 5789 9764 5790 9765 5792 9766 5793 9767 5793 9768 5794 9769 5796 9770 5797 9771 5798 9772 5817 9773 5821 9774 5822 9775 5823 9776 5823 9777 5829 9778 5836 9779 5837 9780 5838 9781 5840 9782 5841 9783 5842 9784 5843 9785 5844 9786 5846 9787 5847 9788 5848 9789 5849 9790 5850 9791 5852 9792 5853 9793 5854 9794 5856 9795 5857 9796 5858 9797 5859 9798 5860 9799 5862 9800 5863 9801 5864 9802 5865 9803 5866 9804 5867 9805 5868 9806 5870 9807 5871 9808 5872 9809 5873 9810 5874 9811 5875 9812 5881 9813 5881 9814 5889 9815 5890 9816 5891 9817 5892 9818 5894 9819 5895 9820 5896 9821 5897 9822 5898 9823 5902 9824 5903 9825 5904 9826 5906 9827 5907 9828 5909 9829 5910 9830 5911 9831 5913 9832 5914 9833 5915 9834 5916 9835 5927

PUBLIC LAWS

ENACTED DURING

SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, adjourned sine die on Thursday, January 3, 2019. Donald J. Trump, President; Michael R. Pence, Vice President; Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Public Law 115–118: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes. Public Law118 Public Law 115–118132 Stat. 3 2018-01-19 2018-01-19 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–118—JAN. 19, 2018 132 STAT. 3 Public Law115–118 115th Congress
An Act To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes.

Jan. 19, 2018

[S. 139]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.

50 USC 1801 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1.  Sec. 2.  TITLE I— Sec. 101.  Sec. 102.  Sec. 103.  Sec. 104.  Sec. 105.  Sec. 106.  Sec. 107.  Sec. 108.  Sec. 109.  Sec. 110.  Sec. 111.  Sec. 112.  TITLE II— Sec. 201.  Sec. 202.  Sec. 203.  Sec. 204.  Sec. 205.  Sec. 206. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.  Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 132 STAT. 4 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>ENHANCEMENTS TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND SAFEGUARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OVERSIGHT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>QUERYING PROCEDURES REQUIRED.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bc73ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Querying Procedures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bc73ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 702 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a">50 U.S.C. 1881a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bc73ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (f) through (l) as subsections (g) through (m), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bc73ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (e) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bce8df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Queries<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bd0ff1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultations.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Procedures required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement to adopt<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall adopt querying procedures consistent with the requirements of the <ref href="/us/cons/amd4">fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States</ref> for information collected pursuant to an authorization under subsection (a).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Record of united states person query terms<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall ensure that the procedures adopted under subparagraph (A) include a technical procedure whereby a record is kept of each United States person query term used for a query.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Judicial review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The procedures adopted in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to subsection (j).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Access to results of certain queries conducted by fbi<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Court order required for fbi review of certain query results in criminal investigations unrelated to national security<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Except as provided by subparagraph (E), in connection with a predicated criminal investigation opened by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that does not relate to the national security of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not access the contents of communications acquired under subsection (a) that were retrieved pursuant to a query made using a United States person query term that was not designed to find and extract foreign intelligence information unless—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Federal Bureau of Investigation applies for an order of the Court under subparagraph (C); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the Court enters an order under subparagraph (D) approving such application.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ff9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Jurisdiction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Court shall have jurisdiction to review an application and to enter an order approving the access described in subparagraph (A).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/5">132 STAT. 5</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ffa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Each application for an order under this paragraph shall be made by a Federal officer in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge having jurisdiction under subparagraph (B). Each application shall require the approval of the Attorney General based upon the finding of the Attorney General that the application satisfies the criteria and requirements of such application, as set forth in this paragraph, and shall include—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ffb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the identity of the Federal officer making the application; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ffc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>an affidavit or other information containing a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify the belief of the applicant that the contents of communications described in subparagraph (A) covered by the application would provide evidence of—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ffd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>criminal activity;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0ffe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>contraband, fruits of a crime, or other items illegally possessed by a third party; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd0fff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1000-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bd1001-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Courts.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Order<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon an application made pursuant to subparagraph (C), the Court shall enter an order approving the accessing of the contents of communications described in subparagraph (A) covered by the application if the Court finds probable cause to believe that such contents would provide any of the evidence described in subparagraph (C)(ii).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1002-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The requirement for an order of the Court under subparagraph (A) to access the contents of communications described in such subparagraph shall not apply with respect to a query if the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines there is a reasonable belief that such contents could assist in mitigating or eliminating a threat to life or serious bodily harm.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1003-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1004-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>limiting the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct lawful queries of information acquired under subsection (a);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1005-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>limiting the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to review, without a court order, the results of any query of information acquired under subsection (a) that was reasonably designed to find and extract foreign intelligence information, regardless of whether such foreign intelligence information could also be considered evidence of a crime; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1006-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>prohibiting or otherwise limiting the ability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to access the results of queries conducted when evaluating whether to open an assessment or predicated investigation relating to the national security of the United States.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1007-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1008-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The term ‘<term>contents</term>’ has the meaning given that term in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2510/8">section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code</ref>.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1009-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The term ‘<term>query</term>’ means the use of one or more terms to retrieve the unminimized contents or noncontents <page identifier="/us/stat/132/6">132 STAT. 6</page> located in electronic and data storage systems of communications of or concerning United States persons obtained through acquisitions authorized under subsection (a).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd100a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (f) of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a">50 U.S.C. 1881a</ref>), as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to certifications submitted under subsection (h) of such section to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court after January 1, 2018.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bd100b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd100c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amendments to section 702 of fisa<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Such section 702 is further amended—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd100d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (i)(3)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (j)(3)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd100e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd100f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1010-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (i)(3)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (j)(3)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1011-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1012-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1013-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1014-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (i)(1)(C)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (j)(1)(C)</quotedText>”; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1015-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under subsection (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under subsection (j)</quotedText>”;</content></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1016-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subsection (d)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (j)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1017-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in subsection (e)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (j)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1018-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><chapeau>in subsection (h), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1019-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (f)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (i)(1)(C)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (j)(1)(C)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in paragraph (6), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (i)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to subsection (j)</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><chapeau>in subsection (j), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd101f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1020-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/7">132 STAT. 7</page> <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1021-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1022-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd1023-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="yc6bd1024-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Querying procedures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsection (f)(1) to assess whether such procedures comply with the requirements of such subsection.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3735-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3736-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3737-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3738-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3739-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B), in the matter before clause (i)—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></item></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)(A)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (h)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd373f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><chapeau>in subsection (m), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3740-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1), in the matter before subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3741-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3742-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (f)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3743-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)(A)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3744-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d) and (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting, minimization, and querying procedures adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f)(1)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3745-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (f)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>with subsection (g)</quotedText>”.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3746-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amendments to fisa<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>) is further amended—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/8">132 STAT. 8</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3747-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(h)</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(i)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3748-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(g)</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(h)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3749-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in section 707(b)(1)(G)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (d), (e), and (f)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (d), (e), (f)(1), and (g)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amendments to fisa amendments act of 2008<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 404 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/261">Public Law 110–261</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801">50 U.S.C. 1801 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(7)(B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under section 702(i)(3)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under section 702(j)(3)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of section 702(i)(4)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of section 702(j)(4)</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd374f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3750-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to section 702(h)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to section 702(i)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3751-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3752-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(h)(3) of</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 702(i)(3) of</quotedText>”; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3753-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to section 702(h)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to section 702(i)</quotedText>”; and</content></item></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3754-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3755-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and sections 702(l)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and sections 702(m)</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bd3756-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subparagraph (B)(iv), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or section 702(l)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or section 702(m)</quotedText>”.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>USE AND DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bdfaa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">End Use Restriction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 706(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881e/a">50 U.S.C. 1881e(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bdfaa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Information acquired</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6bdfaa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Information acquired”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bdfaaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6be48cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">United states persons<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any information concerning a United States person acquired under section 702 shall not be used in evidence against that United States person pursuant to paragraph (1) in any criminal proceeding unless—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained an order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to access such information pursuant to section 702(f)(2); or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6be48cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><chapeau>the Attorney General determines that—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the criminal proceeding affects, involves, or is related to the national security of the United States; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><chapeau>the criminal proceeding involves—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>death;</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>kidnapping;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/9">132 STAT. 9</page></content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>serious bodily injury, as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1365">section 1365 of title 18, United States Code</ref>;</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="dd">“(dd) </num><content>conduct that constitutes a criminal offense that is a specified offense against a minor, as defined in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20911">34 U.S.C. 20911</ref>);</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ee">“(ee) </num><content>incapacitation or destruction of critical infrastructure, as defined in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5195c/e">42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)</ref>);</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ff">“(ff) </num><content>cybersecurity, including conduct described in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5195c/e">42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)</ref>) or section 1029, 1030, or 2511 of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>;</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="gg">“(gg) </num><content>transnational crime, including transnational narcotics trafficking and transnational organized crime; or</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="hh">“(hh) </num><content>human trafficking.</content></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No judicial review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A determination by the Attorney General under subparagraph (A)(ii) is not subject to judicial review.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6be48db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Intelligence Community Disclosure Provision<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 603 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1873">50 U.S.C. 1873</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be48dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>good faith estimate of the number of targets of such orders;</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“good faith estimate of—<subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6be6fee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6be6fef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders who are known to not be United States persons; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders who are known to be United States persons;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including pursuant to subsection (f)(2) of such section,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 702</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the number of instances in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened, under the Criminal Investigative Division or any successor division, an investigation of a United States person (who is not considered a threat to national security) based wholly or in part on an acquisition authorized under such section;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be6ff9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>orders; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“orders, including—<clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be960a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders who are known to not be United States persons; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/10">132 STAT. 10</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be960b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the number of targets of such orders who are known to be United States persons; and”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be960c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be960d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (3) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6be960e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>the number of criminal proceedings in which the United States or a State or political subdivision thereof provided notice pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of section 106 (including with respect to information acquired from an acquisition conducted under section 702) or subsection (d) or (e) of section 305 of the intent of the government to enter into evidence or otherwise use or disclose any information obtained or derived from electronic surveillance, physical search, or an acquisition conducted pursuant to this Act;”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be960f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be9610-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(4), or (5)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(5), or (6)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be9611-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)(A)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be9612-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), and (5)(C)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Paragraphs (2)(B), (2)(C), and (6)(C)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6be9613-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>, except with respect to information required under paragraph (2) relating to orders issued under section 702(f)(2)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6be9614-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (b)(2)(B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (b)(2)(C)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading>CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF ABOUTS COLLECTION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bfa785-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 702(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/b">50 U.S.C. 1881a(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfa786-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfa787-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfa788-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (4) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6bfa789-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>may not intentionally acquire communications that contain a reference to, but are not to or from, a target of an acquisition authorized under subsection (a), except as provided under section 103(b) of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017; and”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6bfce9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfce9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a">50 USC 1881a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Congressional Review and Oversight of Abouts Collection<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfce9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfce9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The term “<term>abouts communication</term>” means a communication that contains a reference to, but is not to or from, a target of an acquisition authorized under section 702(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/a">50 U.S.C. 1881a(a)</ref>).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfce9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The term “<term>material breach</term>” means significant noncompliance with applicable law or an order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court concerning any acquisition of abouts communications.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfce9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission to congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcea0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in paragraph (4), if <page identifier="/us/stat/132/11">132 STAT. 11</page> the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence intend to implement the authorization of the intentional acquisition of abouts communications, before the first such implementation after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a written notice of the intent to implement the authorization of such an acquisition, and any supporting materials in accordance with this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcea2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hearings.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Briefings.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Congressional review period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>During the 30-day period beginning on the date written notice is submitted under subparagraph (A), the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives shall, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the written notice.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcea6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on action during congressional review period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (4), unless the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence make a determination pursuant to section 702(c)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/c/2">50 U.S.C. 1881a(c)(2)</ref>), the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence may not implement the authorization of the intentional acquisition of abouts communications before the end of the period described in subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcea8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfcea9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Written notice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Written notice under paragraph (2)(A) shall include the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfceab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>A copy of any certification submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court pursuant to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a">50 U.S.C. 1881a</ref>), or amendment thereto, authorizing the intentional acquisition of abouts communications, including all affidavits, procedures, exhibits, and attachments submitted therewith.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The decision, order, or opinion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approving such certification, and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law associated with such decision, order, or opinion.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcead-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>A summary of the protections in place to detect any material breach.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Data or other results of modeling, simulation, or auditing of sample data demonstrating that any acquisition method involving the intentional acquisition of abouts communications shall be conducted in accordance with title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.</ref>), if such data or other results exist at the time the written notice is submitted and were provided to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>Except as provided under paragraph (4), a statement that no acquisition authorized under subsection (a) <page identifier="/us/stat/132/12">132 STAT. 12</page> of such section 702 shall include the intentional acquisition of an abouts communication until after the end of the 30-day period described in paragraph (2)(B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception for emergency acquisition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfceb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notice of determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence make a determination pursuant to section 702(c)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/c/2">50 U.S.C. 1881a(c)(2)</ref>) with respect to the intentional acquisition of abouts communications, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence shall notify the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after the determination is made.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation or continuation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfceb5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfceb6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approves a certification that authorizes the intentional acquisition of abouts communications before the end of the 30-day period described in paragraph (2)(B), the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence may authorize the immediate implementation or continuation of that certification if the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence jointly determine that exigent circumstances exist such that without such immediate implementation or continuation intelligence important to the national security of the United States may be lost or not timely acquired.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6bfceb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives notification of a determination pursuant to clause (i) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the determination is made.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceb9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reporting of material breach<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (m) of section 702 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a">50 U.S.C. 1881a</ref>), as redesignated by section 101, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfceba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">and Reviews</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Reviews, and Reporting</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bfcebb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6bff5cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reporting of material breach<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bff5cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The head of each element of the intelligence community involved in the acquisition of abouts communications shall fully and currently inform the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the congressional intelligence committees of a material breach.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bff5ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this paragraph:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bff5cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The term ‘<term>abouts communication</term>’ means a communication that contains a reference to, but is not to or from, a target of an acquisition authorized under subsection (a).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/13">132 STAT. 13</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6bff5d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The term ‘<term>material breach</term>’ means significant noncompliance with applicable law or an order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court concerning any acquisition of abouts communications.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6bff5d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment of amici curiae by foreign intelligence surveillance court<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of section 103(i)(2)(A) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1803/i/2/A">50 U.S.C. 1803(i)(2)(A)</ref>), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court shall treat the first certification under section 702(h) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/h">50 U.S.C. 1881a(h)</ref>) or amendment thereto that authorizes the acquisition of abouts communications as presenting a novel or significant interpretation of the law, unless the court determines otherwise.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading>PUBLICATION OF MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES UNDER SECTION 702.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc6bff5d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 702(e) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/e">50 U.S.C. 1881a(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c01ce3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c01ce4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Publication<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c01ce5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>conduct a declassification review of any minimization procedures adopted or amended in accordance with paragraph (1); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c01ce6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>consistent with such review, and not later than 180 days after conducting such review, make such minimization procedures publicly available to the greatest extent practicable, which may be in redacted form.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading>SECTION 705 EMERGENCY PROVISION.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc6c01ce7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 705 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881d">50 U.S.C. 1881d</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c043f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Emergency Authorization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c043f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Concurrent authorization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Attorney General authorized the emergency employment of electronic surveillance or a physical search pursuant to section 105 or 304, the Attorney General may authorize, for the effective period of the emergency authorization and subsequent order pursuant to section 105 or 304, without a separate order under section 703 or 704, the targeting of a United States person subject to such emergency employment for the purpose of acquiring foreign intelligence information while such United States person is reasonably believed to be located outside the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c043fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Use of information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If an application submitted to the Court pursuant to section 104 or 303 is denied, or in any other case in which the acquisition pursuant to paragraph (1) is terminated and no order with respect to the target of the acquisition is issued under section 105 or 304, all information obtained or evidence derived from such acquisition shall be handled in accordance with section 704(d)(4).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading>COMPENSATION OF AMICI CURIAE AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc6c06b0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subsection (i) of section 103 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1803">50 U.S.C. 1803</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c06b0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Compensation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a court established under subsection (a) or (b) may compensate an amicus curiae appointed under paragraph <page identifier="/us/stat/132/14">132 STAT. 14</page> (2) for assistance provided under such paragraph as the court considers appropriate and at such rate as the court considers appropriate.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading>ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c0b92d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Electronic Surveillance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 107 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1807">50 U.S.C. 1807</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="yc6c0e03e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="107">“SEC. 107. </num><heading class="fontsize12">REPORT OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c0e03f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Annual Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In April of each year, the Attorney General shall transmit to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth with respect to the preceding calendar year—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e040-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the total number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance under this title;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e041-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the total number of such orders and extensions either granted, modified, or denied; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e042-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the total number of subjects targeted by electronic surveillance conducted under an order or emergency authorization under this title, rounded to the nearest 500, including the number of such individuals who are United States persons, reported to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0–499.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c0e043-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Form<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the extent consistent with national security. Not later than 7 days<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c0e044-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c0e045-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> after the date on which the Attorney General submits each such report, the Attorney General shall make the report publicly available, or, if the Attorney General determines that the report cannot be made publicly available consistent with national security, the Attorney General may make publicly available an unclassified summary of the report or a redacted version of the report.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c0e046-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 406 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1846">50 U.S.C. 1846</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e047-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e048-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e049-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c0e04a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6c1075b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><chapeau>a good faith estimate of the total number of subjects who were targeted by the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device under an order or emergency authorization issued under this title, rounded to the nearest 500, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c1075c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the number of such subjects who are United States persons, reported to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0–499; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c1075d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>of the number of United States persons described in subparagraph (A), the number of persons whose information acquired pursuant to such order was reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent, reported to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0–499.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c1075e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c1075f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><content>Each report under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the extent consistent with national security. <page identifier="/us/stat/132/15">132 STAT. 15</page> Not later than 7 days<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c10760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c10761-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> after the date on which the Attorney General submits such a report, the Attorney General shall make the report publicly available, or, if the Attorney General determines that the report cannot be made publicly available consistent with national security, the Attorney General may make publicly available an unclassified summary of the report or a redacted version of the report.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="108">SEC. 108. </num><heading>IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c15582-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment of Staff<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (j) of section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2000ee/j">42 U.S.C. 2000ee(j)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c15583-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c15584-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6c15585-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment in absence of chairman<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the position of chairman of the Board is vacant, during the period of the vacancy, the Board, at the direction of the unanimous vote of the serving members of the Board, may exercise the authority of the chairman under paragraph (1).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c15586-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Meetings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (f) of such section (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2000ee/f">42 U.S.C. 2000ee(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c15587-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Board shall</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The Board</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c15588-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (1) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>make its</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shall make its</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c15589-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c1558a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>hold public</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shall hold public</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c1558b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>, but may, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552b">section 552b of title 5, United States Code</ref>, meet or otherwise communicate in any number to confer or deliberate in a manner that is closed to the public</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="109">SEC. 109. </num><heading>PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OFFICERS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1062(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2000ee–1/a">42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, the Director of the National Security Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="110">SEC. 110. </num><heading>WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c266fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prohibited Personnel Practices in the Intelligence Community<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3234">50 U.S.C. 3234</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c266fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c266fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a contractor employee</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>character)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c266ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc6c26700-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c26701-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Contractor employee<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>contractor employee</term>’ means an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of a covered intelligence community element.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c26702-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/16">132 STAT. 16</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c26703-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c2b524-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Contractor Employees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="inline" id="yc6c2b525-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Any employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of a covered intelligence community element who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or fail to take a personnel action with respect to any contractor employee as a reprisal for a lawful disclosure of information by the contractor employee to the Director of National Intelligence (or an employee designated by the Director of National Intelligence for such purpose), the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, the head of the contracting agency (or an employee designated by the head of that agency for such purpose), the appropriate inspector general of the contracting agency, a congressional intelligence committee, or a member of a congressional intelligence committee, which the contractor employee reasonably believes evidences—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b526-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a violation of any Federal law, rule, or regulation (including with respect to evidence of another employee or contractor employee accessing or sharing classified information without authorization); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b527-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c2b528-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>A personnel action under paragraph (1) is prohibited even if the action is undertaken at the request of an agency official, unless the request takes the form of a nondiscretionary directive and is within the authority of the agency official making the request.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b529-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the heading and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Agency Employees</headingText>.—</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b52a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>contractor employee,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>any employee,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c2b52b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c2b52c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2303">5 USC 2303 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Bureau of Investigation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b52d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or fail to take a personnel action with respect to a contractor employee as a reprisal for a disclosure of information—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b52e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>made—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b52f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>to a supervisor in the direct chain of command of the contractor employee;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b530-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>to the Inspector General;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b531-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b532-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b533-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>to the Inspection Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b534-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>to the Office of Special Counsel; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b535-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">(vii) </num><content>to an employee designated by any officer, employee, office, or division described in clauses (i) through (vii) for the purpose of receiving such disclosures; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/17">132 STAT. 17</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b536-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>which the contractor employee reasonably believes evidences—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b537-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>any violation of any law, rule, or regulation (including with respect to evidence of another employee or contractor employee accessing or sharing classified information without authorization); or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b538-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b539-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Actions by request<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A personnel action under paragraph (1) is prohibited even if the action is undertaken at the request of an official of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unless the request takes the form of a nondiscretionary directive and is within the authority of the official making the request.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b53a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Regulations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Attorney General shall prescribe regulations to ensure that a personnel action described in paragraph (1) shall not be taken against a contractor employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a reprisal for any disclosure of information described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b53b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c2b53c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Enforcement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The President shall provide for the enforcement of this subsection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b53d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b53e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The term “<term>contractor employee</term>” means an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b53f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The term “<term>personnel action</term>” means any action described in clauses (i) through (x) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2302/a/2/A">section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, with respect to a contractor employee.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c2b540-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Retaliatory Revocation of Security Clearances and Access Determinations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 3001(j) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3341/j">50 U.S.C. 3341(j)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c2b541-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inclusion of contractor employees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>employee</term>’ includes an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of an agency. With respect to such employees, the term ‘<term>employing agency</term>’ shall be deemed to be the contracting agency.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="111">SEC. 111. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c2b542-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c2b543-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading>BRIEFING ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a briefing with respect to how the Department of Justice interprets the requirements under sections 106(c), 305(d), and 405(c) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1806/c">50 U.S.C. 1806(c)</ref>, 1825(d), and 1845(c)) to notify an aggrieved person under such sections of the use of information obtained or derived from electronic surveillance, physical search, or the use of a pen register or trap and trace device. The briefing shall focus on how the Department interprets the phrase “obtained or derived from” in such sections.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/18">132 STAT. 18</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="112">SEC. 112. </num><heading>INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON QUERIES CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c37894-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court first approves the querying procedures adopted pursuant to section 702(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/f">50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)</ref>), as added by section 101, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report containing a review by the Inspector General of the interpretation of, and compliance with, such procedures by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c37895-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Matters Included<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c37896-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The interpretations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Division of the Department of Justice, respectively, relating to the querying procedures adopted under subsection (f) of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/f">50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)</ref>), as added by section 101.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c37897-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The handling by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of individuals whose citizenship status is unknown at the time of a query conducted under such section 702.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c37898-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The practice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to retaining records of queries conducted under such section 702 for auditing purposes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c37899-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The training or other processes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure compliance with such querying procedures.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The implementation of such querying procedures with respect to queries conducted when evaluating whether to open an assessment or predicated investigation relating to the national security of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The scope of access by the criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to information obtained pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>), including with respect to information acquired under subsection (a) of such section 702 based on queries conducted by the criminal division.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The frequency and nature of the reviews conducted by the National Security Division of the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence relating to the compliance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with such querying procedures.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><chapeau>Any impediments, including operational, technical, or policy impediments, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to count—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the total number of queries where the Federal Bureau of Investigation subsequently accessed information acquired under subsection (a) of such section 702;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3789f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the total number of such queries that used known United States person identifiers; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c378a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the total number of queries for which the Federal Bureau of Investigation received an order of the Foreign <page identifier="/us/stat/132/19">132 STAT. 19</page> Intelligence Surveillance Court pursuant to subsection (f)(2) of such section 702.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c378a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Form<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the extent consistent with national security, but may include a classified annex.</content></subsection></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES, INCREASED PENALTIES, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF TITLE VII OF FISA; EFFECTIVE DATES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c3edd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/261">Public Law 110–261</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/2474">122 Stat. 2474</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3edd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3edd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881">50 USC 1881</ref></p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3edd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">and note,</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3edd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1881a–1881g.</p></sidenote><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3edd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2023</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3edd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 101(a)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3edd9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3edda-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s2511">50 USC 2511 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2023</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c3eddb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/261">Public Law 110–261</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/2476">122 Stat. 2476</ref>), as amended by section 101,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3eddc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801">50 USC 1801 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3eddd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3edde-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">December 31, 2017</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">December 31, 2023</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3eddf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 101(a)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3ede0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 101(a)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3ede1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3ede2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and amended by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>as added by section 101(a)</quotedText>” both places it appears; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c3ede3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>as amended by section 101(a)</quotedText>” both places it appears.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c3ede4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c3ede5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881">50 USC 1881 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date of Amendments to FAA<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made to the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/261">Public Law 110–261</ref>) by this section shall take effect on December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading>INCREASED PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL AND RETENTION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OR MATERIAL.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1924/a">Section 1924(a) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>one year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>five years</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading>REPORT ON CHALLENGES TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c48a27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Coordination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate <page identifier="/us/stat/132/20">132 STAT. 20</page> a report on current and future challenges to the effectiveness of the foreign intelligence surveillance activities of the United States authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c48a29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c48a2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Matters Included<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>A discussion of any trends that currently challenge the effectiveness of the foreign intelligence surveillance activities of the United States, or could foreseeably challenge such activities during the decade following the date of the report, including with respect to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the extraordinary and surging volume of data occurring worldwide;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the use of encryption;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>changes to worldwide telecommunications patterns or infrastructure;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>technical obstacles in determining the location of data or persons;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>the increasing complexity of the legal regime, including regarding requests for data in the custody of foreign governments;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the current and future ability of the United States to obtain, on a compulsory or voluntary basis, assistance from telecommunications providers or other entities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>any other matters the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence determine appropriate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c48a33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Recommendations for changes, including, as appropriate, fundamental changes, to the foreign intelligence surveillance activities of the United States to address the challenges identified under paragraph (1) and to ensure the long-term effectiveness of such activities.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c48a34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Recommendations for any changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>) that the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence determine necessary to address the challenges identified under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c48a35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Form<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The report under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified or unclassified form.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading>COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the classification system of the United States and the methods by which the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3003/4">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</ref>)) protects classified information.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Matters Included<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The study under subsection (a) shall address the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Whether sensitive information is properly classified.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The effect of modern technology on the storage and protection of classified information, including with respect to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>using cloud storage for classified information; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any technological means to prevent or detect unauthorized access to such information.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Any ways to improve the classification system of the United States, including with respect to changing the levels <page identifier="/us/stat/132/21">132 STAT. 21</page> of classification used in such system and to reduce overclassification.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>How to improve the authorized sharing of classified information, including with respect to sensitive compartmented information.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The value of polygraph tests in determining who is authorized to access classified information and in investigating unauthorized disclosures of classified information.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>Whether each element of the intelligence community—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>applies uniform standards in determining who is authorized to access classified information; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>provides proper training with respect to the handling of classified information and the avoidance of overclassification.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the study under subsection (a).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c4ff73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Form<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The report under subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="205">SEC. 205. </num><heading>TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE PROCEDURES OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>In section 103(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1803/b">50 U.S.C. 1803(b)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>designate as the</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>designated as the</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In section 302(a)(1)(A)(iii) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1822/a/1/A/iii">50 U.S.C. 1822(a)(1)(A)(iii)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (1) through (4)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (A) through (D)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>In section 406(b) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1846/b">50 U.S.C. 1846(b)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>In section 604(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1874/a">50 U.S.C. 1874(a)</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1)(D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>contents</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>contents,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>comply in the into</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>comply into</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>In section 701 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881">50 U.S.C. 1881</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The terms</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In this title, the terms</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In this title:</quotedText>” after the subsection heading; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s401a/4">50 U.S.C. 401a(4)</ref>)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3003/4">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</ref>)</quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>In section 702(h)(2)(A)(i) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1881a/h/2/A/i">50 U.S.C. 1881a(h)(2)(A)(i)</ref>), as redesignated by section 101, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>targeting</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>procedures in place</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>In section 801(7) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1885/7">50 U.S.C. 1885(7)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s401a/4">50 U.S.C. 401a(4)</ref>)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3003/4">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</ref>)</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/22">132 STAT. 22</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Court-related Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>) is further amended as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>In section 103 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1803">50 U.S.C. 1803</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>immediately</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (h), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the court established under subsection (a)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a court established under this section</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In section 105(d) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1805/d">50 U.S.C. 1805(d)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A denial of the application made under section 104 may be reviewed as provided in section 103.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>In section 302(d) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1822/d">50 U.S.C. 1822(d)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>immediately</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>In section 402(d) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1842/d">50 U.S.C. 1842(d)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>A denial of the application made under this subsection may be reviewed as provided in section 103.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5c2db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>In section 403(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1843/c">50 U.S.C. 1843(c)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5e9ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>A denial of the application made under subsection (a)(2) may be reviewed as provided in section 103.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc6c5e9ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>In section 501(c) (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1861/c">50 U.S.C. 1861(c)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc6c5e9ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A denial of the application made under this subsection may be reviewed as provided in section 103.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="206">SEC. 206. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc6c5e9ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1801">50 USC 1801 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SEVERABILITY.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act, of any such amendments, and of the application of such provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.</content></section> Approved January 19, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 139 (H.R. 510): HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–117 (Comm. on the Judiciary) accompanying H.R. 510. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

May 16, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 11, considered and passed House, amended. Considered in Senate.

Jan. 16–18, Senate considered and concurred in House amendment.

 DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2018):

Jan. 19, Presidential statement.

 Public Law 115–119: To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes. Public Law119 Public Law 115–119132 Stat. 23 2018-01-22 2018-01-22 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–119—JAN. 22, 2018 132 STAT. 23 Public Law115–119 115th Congress
An Act To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes.

Jan. 22, 2018

[H.R. 3759]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act

of 2017.

42 USC 3030s note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017” or the “RAISE Family Caregivers Act”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:(1) Advisory council.—The term “Advisory Council” means the Family Caregiving Advisory Council convened under section 4.(2) Family caregiver.—The term “family caregiver” means an adult family member or other individual who has a significant relationship with, and who provides a broad range of assistance to, an individual with a chronic or other health condition, disability, or functional limitation.(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(4) Strategy.—The term “Strategy” means the Family Caregiving Strategy set forth under section 3.
SEC. 3. FAMILY CAREGIVING STRATEGY.(a)

Consultation.

Public information.

Web posting.

In General.—The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop jointly with the Advisory Council and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a Family Caregiving Strategy.(b) Contents.—The Strategy shall identify recommended actions that Federal (under existing Federal programs), State, and local governments, communities, health care providers, long-term services and supports providers, and others are taking, or may take, to recognize and support family caregivers in a manner that reflects their diverse needs, including with respect to the following:(1) Promoting greater adoption of person- and family-centered care in all health and long-term services and supports settings, with the person receiving services and supports and 132 STAT. 24 the family caregiver (as appropriate) at the center of care teams.(2) Assessment and service planning (including care transitions and coordination) involving family caregivers and care recipients.(3) Information, education and training supports, referral, and care coordination, including with respect to hospice care, palliative care, and advance planning services.(4) Respite options.(5) Financial security and workplace issues.(6) Delivering services based on the performance, mission, and purpose of a program while eliminating redundancies.(c) Duties of the Secretary.—The Secretary, in carrying out subsection (a), shall oversee the following:(1) Collecting and making publicly available information submitted by the Advisory Council under section 4(d) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs, including evidence-based or promising practices and innovative models (both domestic and foreign) regarding the provision of care by family caregivers or support for family caregivers.(2) Coordinating and assessing existing Federal Government programs and activities to recognize and support family caregivers while ensuring maximum effectiveness and avoiding unnecessary duplication.(3) Providing technical assistance, as appropriate, such as disseminating identified best practices and information sharing based on reports provided under section 4(d), to State or local efforts to support family caregivers.(d)

Publications.

Initial Strategy; Updates.—The Secretary shall—(1)

Deadline.

not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, develop, publish, and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs, an initial Strategy incorporating the items addressed in the Advisory Council’s initial report under section 4(d) and other relevant information, including best practices, for recognizing and supporting family caregivers; and(2) biennially update, republish, and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs the Strategy, taking into account the most recent annual report submitted under section 4(d)(1)—(A) to reflect new developments, challenges, opportunities, and solutions; and(B) to review progress based on recommendations for recognizing and supporting family caregivers in the Strategy and, based on the results of such review, recommend priority actions for improving the implementation of such recommendations, as appropriate.132 STAT. 25(e)

Recommenda-

tions.

Process for Public Input.—The Secretary shall establish a process for public input to inform the development of, and updates to, the Strategy, including a process for the public to submit recommendations to the Advisory Council and an opportunity for public comment on the proposed Strategy.(f) No Preemption.—Nothing in this Act preempts any authority of a State or local government to recognize or support family caregivers.(g) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the Secretary (through regulation, guidance, grant criteria, or otherwise) to—(1) mandate, direct, or control the allocation of State or local resources;(2) mandate the use of any of the best practices identified in the reports required under this Act; or(3) otherwise expand the authority of the Secretary beyond that expressly provided to the Secretary in this Act.
SEC. 4. FAMILY CAREGIVING ADVISORY COUNCIL.(a)

Recommenda-

tions.

Convening.—The Secretary shall convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations, including identified best practices, to the Secretary on recognizing and supporting family caregivers.(b) Membership.—(1) In general.—The members of the Advisory Council shall consist of—(A) the appointed members under paragraph (2); and(B) the Federal members under paragraph (3).(2) Appointed members.—In addition to the Federal members under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall appoint not more than 15 voting members of the Advisory Council who are not representatives of Federal departments or agencies and who shall include at least 1 representative of each of the following:(A) Family caregivers.(B) Older adults with long-term services and supports needs.(C) Individuals with disabilities.(D) Health care and social service providers.(E) Long-term services and supports providers.(F) Employers.(G) Paraprofessional workers.(H) State and local officials.(I) Accreditation bodies.(J) Veterans.(K) As appropriate, other experts and advocacy organizations engaged in family caregiving.(3) Federal members.—The Federal members of the Advisory Council, who shall be nonvoting members, shall consist of the following:(A) The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (or the Administrator’s designee).(B) The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living (or the Administrator’s designee who has experience in both aging and disability).(C) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (or the Secretary’s designee).132 STAT. 26(D) The heads of other Federal departments or agencies (or their designees), including relevant departments or agencies that oversee labor and workforce, economic, government financial policies, community service, and other impacted populations, as appointed by the Secretary or the Chair of the Advisory Council.(4) Diverse representation.—The Secretary shall ensure that the membership of the Advisory Council reflects the diversity of family caregivers and individuals receiving services and supports.(c)

Time period.

Public information.

Meetings.—The Advisory Council shall meet quarterly during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and at least three times during each year thereafter. Meetings of the Advisory Council shall be open to the public.(d) Advisory Council Annual Reports.—(1)

Public information.

Web posting.

In general.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report concerning the development, maintenance, and updating of the Strategy, including a description of the outcomes of the recommendations and any priorities included in the initial report pursuant to paragraph (2), as appropriate.(2) Initial report.—The Advisory Council’s initial report under paragraph (1) shall include—(A)

Records.

Assessment.

an inventory and assessment of all federally funded efforts to recognize and support family caregivers and the outcomes of such efforts, including analyses of the extent to which federally funded efforts are reaching family caregivers and gaps in such efforts;(B)

Recommenda-

tions.

recommendations—(i) to improve and better coordinate Federal programs and activities to recognize and support family caregivers, as well as opportunities to improve the coordination of such Federal programs and activities with State programs; and(ii) to effectively deliver services based on the performance, mission, and purpose of a program while eliminating redundancies, avoiding unnecessary duplication and overlap, and ensuring the needs of family caregivers are met;(C) the identification of challenges faced by family caregivers, including financial, health, and other challenges, and existing approaches to address such challenges; and(D)

Evaluation.

an evaluation of how family caregiving impacts the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, and other Federal programs.(e) Nonapplicability of FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Council.132 STAT. 27
SEC. 5. FUNDING.  No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried out using funds otherwise authorized.
SEC. 6. SUNSET PROVISION.  The authority and obligations established by this Act shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Approved January 22, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3759 (S. 1028): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Dec. 18, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 8, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–120: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. Public Law120 Public Law 115–120132 Stat. 28 2018-01-22 2018-01-22 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–120—JAN. 22, 2018 132 STAT. 28 Public Law115–120 115th Congress
An Act Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Jan. 22, 2018

[H.R. 195]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, DIVISION A—

Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017.

FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
SECTION 1.

44 USC 101 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This division may be cited as the “Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINTED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.(a) Restrictions.—Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting “(a) Composition; Duties.—The Administrative Committee”;(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(b)

Regulations.

Restrictions on Distribution of Free Printed Copies to Members of Congress and Officers and Employees of the United States.—“(1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request.—Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless—“(A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or“(B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2).“(2) Administration of subscriptions.—The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include—132 STAT. 29“(A)

Notifications.

provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1);“(B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and“(C)

Time period.

provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year.”.(b)

44 USC 1506 note.

Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.
 DIVISION B—

Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018.

EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018
Sec. 2001. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56) is amended—(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3)

131 Stat. 1141.

 and inserting “February 8, 2018”; and(2) by adding after section 147

131 Stat. 2045.

 the following:
“Sec. 148. Funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–96) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
“Sec. 149. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition Programs’ to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations 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 2018.
“Sec. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Exploration’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs.
“Sec. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Office of the Inspector General’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sustain staffing levels achieved on June 30, 2017.
“Sec. 152. 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 accommodate 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. 153. For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid significant adverse funding impacts that would otherwise 132 STAT. 30 result from the disaster and that would otherwise prevent a public housing agency from leasing up to its authorized level of units under contract (but not to exceed such level), upon request by and in consultation with a public housing agency and supported by documentation as required by the Secretary that demonstrates the need for the adjustment.
“Sec. 154. (a)

Furloughs.

Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about January 20, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.“(b)

Definition.

For purposes of this section, ‘employee’ means:“(1) a federal employee;“(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;“(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or“(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.“(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by this division for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this division.
“Sec. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government—“(1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for such period;“(2)

Reimbursement.

the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal Government during such period had appropriations been available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed employees, together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and“(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code.“(b)

Definition.

For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ and the term ‘grantee’ shall have the meaning as such term is defined under the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In addition, ‘to continue carrying out a Federal program’ means the continued performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations.“(c)

Applicability.

The authority under this section applies with respect to any period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to periods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of this division) during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department or agency of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section 132 STAT. 31 with respect to the program involved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.”
.
Sec. 2002. The Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division A of Public Law 115–96)

50 USC 1881 note.

 is amended by striking section 1002.
Sec. 2003.

Time period.

For the purposes of division D of Public Law 115–56, the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.

   This division may be cited as the “Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION C—

Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act.

42 USC 1305 note.

HEALTHY KIDS ACT
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE.  This division may be cited as the “Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act” or the “HEALTHY KIDS Act”.
SEC. 3002. SIX-YEAR FUNDING EXTENSION OF THE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.(a) Funding.—(1) In general.—Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)), as amended by section 3201(a) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96), is amended—(A) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;(B) by striking paragraph (21) and inserting the following new paragraphs:“(21) for fiscal year 2018, $21,500,000,000;“(22) for fiscal year 2019, $22,600,000,000;“(23) for fiscal year 2020, $23,700,000,000;“(24) for fiscal year 2021, $24,800,000,000;“(25) for fiscal year 2022, $25,900,000,000; and“(26) for fiscal year 2023, for purposes of making two semi-annual allotments—“(A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023; and“(B) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2023, and ending on September 30, 2023.”.(2) Prevention of duplicate appropriations for fiscal year 2018.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, insofar as funds have been appropriated under subsection (a)(21) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd), as such subsection is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, to provide allotments to States under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) (whether implemented under title XIX, XXI, or both, of the Social Security Act) for fiscal year 2018—(A) any amounts that are so appropriated that are not so allotted and obligated before the date of the enactment of this Act, are rescinded; and132 STAT. 32(B) any amount provided for CHIP allotments to a State under this section (and the amendments made by this section) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such appropriations so allotted and obligated before such date.(b) Allotments.—(1) In general.—Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)), as amended by section 3201(b) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96), is amended—(A) in paragraph (2)(B)—(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “(19)” and inserting “(25)”;(ii) in clause (i), by striking “and 2017” and inserting “, 2017, and 2023”; and(iii) in clause (ii)—(I) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking “and paragraph (10)”; and(II) in subclause (I), by inserting “(or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, under paragraph (4))” after “clause (i)”;(B) in paragraph (5), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”;(C) in paragraph (7)—(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “2017” and inserting “2023”;(ii)

Deadline.

in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “(or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, by not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act)” after “before the August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year”; and(iii) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking “or fiscal year 2016” and inserting “fiscal year 2016, fiscal year 2018, fiscal year 2020, or fiscal year 2022”;(D) in paragraph (9), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; and(E) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows:“(10)

Time period.

For fiscal year 2023.—“(A) First half.—Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C).“(B) Second half.—Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) 132 STAT. 33 for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of—“(i) the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to“(ii) the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph.“(C) Full year amount based on rebased amount.—The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2022 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2022 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2022), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2023.“(D) First half ratio.—The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of—“(i) the sum of—“(I) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(A); and“(II) the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act; to“(ii) the sum of—“(I) the amount described in clause (i); and“(II) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(B).”.(2)

Time periods.

One-time appropriation for fiscal year 2023.—There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,200,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023, under paragraph (26)(A) of section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)) (as added by subsection (a)), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (10) of section 2104(m) of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2023 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(26)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(26)(A).(c) Extension of the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund.—Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n)) is amended—(1) in paragraph (2)—(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)—(i) by striking “2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016” and inserting “2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022”; and(ii) by striking “fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017” and inserting “fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023”; and(B) in subparagraph (B)—132 STAT. 34(i) by striking “2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016” and inserting “2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022”; and(ii) by striking “fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017” and inserting “fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023”; and(2) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015 or 2017” and inserting “or in any of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 (or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015, 2017, or 2023)”.(d) Extension of Qualifying States Option.—(1) In general.—Section 2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(4)) is amended—(A) in the heading, by striking “through 2017” and inserting “through 2023”; and(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “2017” and inserting “2023”.(2) Technical amendments.—Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B)(ii)), as amended by section 3201(c) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96), is amended—(A) in subclause (I), by striking “for the month (as defined in subclause (II))” and inserting “(as defined in subclause (II)) for the month”;(B) in subclause (II), by inserting “, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act,” after “section 2105(g)(4)(A)”; and(C) in subclause (VI)—(i) by inserting “, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act” after “, section 2105(g)(4)”; and(ii) by inserting “, as so in effect” after “under section 2105(g)(4)”.(e) Extension of Express Lane Eligibility Option.—Section 1902(e)(13)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(I)) is amended by striking “2017” and inserting “2023”.(f) Assurance of Affordability Standard for Children and Families.—(1) In general.—Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3)) is amended—(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “until october 1, 2019” and inserting “through september 30, 2023”; and(B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—(i) by striking “2019” and inserting “2023”; and(ii)

Time period.

Applicability.

by striking “The preceding sentence shall not be construed as preventing a State during such period” and inserting “During the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, the preceding sentence shall only apply with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved. 132 STAT. 35 The preceding sentences shall not be construed as preventing a State during any such periods”.(2) Conforming amendments.—Section 1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(gg)(2)) is amended—(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “until october 1, 2019” and inserting “through september 30, 2023”; and(B)

Time period.

by striking “September 30, 2019,” and inserting “September 30, 2023 (but during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, only with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved)”.(g) CHIP Look-Alike Plans.—(1) Blending risk pools.—Section 2107 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(g) Use of Blended Risk Pools.—“(1) In general.—Nothing in this title (or any other provision of Federal law) shall be construed as preventing a State from considering children enrolled in a qualified CHIP look-alike program and children enrolled in a State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan) as members of a single risk pool.“(2)

Definition.

Qualified chip look-alike program.—In this subsection, the term ‘qualified CHIP look-alike program’ means a State program—“(A) under which children who are under the age of 19 and are not eligible to receive medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title may purchase coverage through the State that provides benefits that are at least identical to the benefits provided under the State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan); and“(B) that is funded exclusively through non-Federal funds, including funds received by the State in the form of premiums for the purchase of such coverage.”.(2) Coverage rule.—(A) In general.—Section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

26 USC 5000A.

 is amended in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting “or under a qualified CHIP look-alike program (as defined in section 2107(g) of the Social Security Act)” before the comma at the end.(B)

26 USC 5000A note.

Effective date.—The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.(h) Availability of Unused Fiscal Year 2018 Redistribution Amounts.—Any amounts that have been redistributed to States under subsection (f) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) for fiscal year 2018 that are not, or will not be, expended by the end of that fiscal year shall be—(1) adjusted by the Secretary before the end of fiscal year 2018 to reflect an updated estimate of shortfalls under subsection (f)(2)(A) of such section; and(2) available for redistribution under subsection (f) of such section for subsequent fiscal years.132 STAT. 36
SEC. 3003. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.(a) Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project.—Section 1139A(e)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(e)(8)) is amended—(1) by striking “and $10,000,000” and inserting “, $10,000,000”; and(2) by inserting after “2017” the following: “, and $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023”.(b) Pediatric Quality Measures Program.—Section 1139A(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(i)) is amended—(1) by striking “Out of any” and inserting the following:“(1) In general.—Out of any”;(2) by striking “there is appropriated for each” and inserting “there is appropriated—“(A) for each”;(3) by striking “, and there is appropriated for the period” and inserting “;“(B) for the period”;(4) by striking “. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.” and inserting “; and”; and(5) by adding at the end the following:“(C)

Time period.

for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $90,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)).“(2) Availability.—Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.”.
SEC. 3004. EXTENSION OF OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.(a) In General.—Section 2113 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “2017” and inserting “2023”; and(2) in subsection (g)—(A) by striking “and $40,000,000” and inserting “, $40,000,000”; and(B)

Time period.

by inserting after “2017” the following: “, and $120,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023”.(b) Making Organizations That Use Parent Mentors Eligible To Receive Grants.—Section 2113(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm(f)) is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking “or community-based doula programs” and inserting “, community-based doula programs, or parent mentors”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(5)

Definition.

Parent mentor.—The term ‘parent mentor’ means an individual who—“(A) is a parent or guardian of at least one child who is an eligible child under this title or title XIX; and“(B) is trained to assist families with children who have no health insurance coverage with respect to improving the social determinants of the health of such children, including by providing—“(i) education about health insurance coverage, including, with respect to obtaining such coverage, 132 STAT. 37 eligibility criteria and application and renewal processes;“(ii) assistance with completing and submitting applications for health insurance coverage;“(iii) a liaison between families and representatives of State plans under title XIX or State child health plans under this title;“(iv) guidance on identifying medical and dental homes and community pharmacies for children; and“(v) assistance and referrals to successfully address social determinants of children’s health, including poverty, food insufficiency, and housing.”.(c) Exclusion From Modified Adjusted Gross Income.—Section 1902(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)) is amended—(1) in the first paragraph (14), relating to income determined using modified adjusted gross income, by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(J) Exclusion of parent mentor compensation from income determination.—Any nominal amount received by an individual as compensation, including a stipend, for participation as a parent mentor (as defined in paragraph (5) of section 2113(f)) in an activity or program funded through a grant under such section shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the income eligibility of such individual for medical assistance under the State plan or any waiver of such plan.”; and(2) by striking “(14) Exclusion” and inserting “(15) Exclusion”.
SEC. 3005.

Time period.

EXTENSION AND REDUCTION OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR CHIP.  Section 2105(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting “and during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2020, the enhanced FMAP determined for a State for a fiscal year (or for any portion of a fiscal year occurring during such period) shall be increased by 11.5 percentage points” after “23 percentage points,”.
SEC. 3006. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.  Section 1941 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w–1) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and, in accordance with subsection (b)(3), for the purposes of subparagraph (B) of such subsection”; and(2) in subsection (b)—(A) in paragraph (2)—(i) in the first sentence, by inserting “pursuant to paragraph (1)” after “in the Fund”;(ii) by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence: “Amounts in the Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be available in advance of appropriations but only if the total amount obligated from the Fund does not exceed the amount available to the Fund under such paragraph (3).”; and132 STAT. 38(iii) in the last sentence, by striking “sentence” and inserting “sentences”; and(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(3) Additional funding for state activities relating to mechanized claims systems.—“(A) In general.—In addition to the amount made available under paragraph (1), there shall be available to the Fund, for expenditures from the Fund in accordance with subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2023 and thereafter, $980,000,000, to remain available until expended.“(B)

Effective date.

Purposes.—The Secretary shall use amounts made available to the Fund under subparagraph (A) to pay to each State which has a plan approved under this title, for each quarter beginning during or after fiscal year 2023 an amount equal to—“(i) 100 percent minus the percent specified in clause (i) of section 1903(a)(3)(A) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such clause;“(ii) 100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage applied under clause (iii) of such section of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary under such clause) by the State as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; and“(iii) 100 percent minus the percent specified in section 1903(a)(3)(B) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such section.”.
 DIVISION D—SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN HEALTH-RELATED TAXES
SEC. 4001. EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM ON MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX.(a) In General.—Section 4191(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

26 USC 4191.

 is amended by striking “December 31, 2017” and inserting “December 31, 2019”.(b)

26 USC 4191 note.

Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2017.
SEC. 4002. DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EXCISE TAX ON HIGH COST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE.  Section 9001(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended

26 USC 4980I note.

 by striking “December 31, 2019” and inserting “December 31, 2021”.
SEC. 4003. SUSPENSION OF ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS.(b) In General.—Section 9010(j) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is

26 USC note prec. 4001.

 amended—(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1),(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “, and ending before January 1, 2019, and”, and132 STAT. 39(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(3) beginning after December 31, 2019.”.(c)

26 USC note prec. 4001.

Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2018.
 DIVISION E—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 5001. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.(a) In General.—The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.(b) Senate Paygo Scorecards.—The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated—(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.
 Approved January 22, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 195: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–128, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform). SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–184 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

May 17, considered and passed House.

Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 18, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. Senate considered concurring in House amendment.

Jan. 19–21, Senate further considered concurring in House amendment.

Jan. 22, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment. House concurred in Senate amendment.

 Public Law 115–121: To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Public Law121 Public Law 115–121132 Stat. 40 2018-01-29 2018-01-29 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–121—JAN. 29, 2018 132 STAT. 40 Public Law115–121 115th Congress
An Act To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.

Jan. 29, 2018

[H.R. 984]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomasina E. Jordan Indian

Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition

Act of 2017.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1.  Sec. 2.  TITLE I— Sec. 101.  Sec. 102.  Sec. 103.  Sec. 104.  Sec. 105.  Sec. 106.  Sec. 107.  TITLE II— Sec. 201.  Sec. 202.  Sec. 203.  Sec. 204.  Sec. 205.  Sec. 206.  Sec. 207.  TITLE III— Sec. 301.  Sec. 302.  Sec. 303.  Sec. 304.  Sec. 305.  Sec. 306.  Sec. 307.  TITLE IV— Sec. 401.  Sec. 402.  Sec. 403.  Sec. 404.  Sec. 405.  Sec. 406.  Sec. 407.  TITLE V— Sec. 501.  Sec. 502.  Sec. 503.  Sec. 504.  Sec. 505.  Sec. 506.  Sec. 507.  TITLE VI— Sec. 601.  Sec. 602.  Sec. 603.  Sec. 604.  Sec. 605.  Sec. 606.  Sec. 607.  TITLE VII— Sec. 701. 
SEC. 2. INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT OF 1978.  Nothing in this Act affects the application of section 109 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1919).
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc98f1b6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in 1607, when the English settlers set shore along the Virginia coastline, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe was one of about 30 tribes that received them;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in 1614, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe entered into a treaty with Sir Thomas Dale, Governor of the Jamestown Colony, under which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Chickahominy Indian Tribe agreed to provide two bushels of corn per man and send warriors to protect the English; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Sir Thomas Dale agreed in return to allow the Tribe to continue to practice its own tribal governance;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in 1646, a treaty was signed which forced the Chickahominy from their homeland to the area around the York Mattaponi River in present-day King William County, leading to the formation of a reservation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in 1677, following Bacon’s Rebellion, the Queen of Pamunkey signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation on behalf of the Chickahominy;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in 1702, the Chickahominy were forced from their reservation, which caused the loss of a land base;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in 1711, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg established a grammar school for Indians called Brafferton College;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>a Chickahominy child was one of the first Indians to attend Brafferton College;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in 1750, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to migrate from King William County back to the area around the Chickahominy River in New Kent and Charles City Counties;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in 1793, a Baptist missionary named Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took a Chickahominy woman as his wife;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/42">132 STAT. 42</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to appear in the Charles City County census records;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe formed Samaria Baptist Church;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men were assessed a tribal tax so that their children could receive an education;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax to build the first Samaria Indian School, buy supplies, and pay a teacher’s salary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>in 1919, C. Lee Moore, Auditor of Public Accounts for Virginia, told Chickahominy Chief O.W. Adkins that he had instructed the Commissioner of Revenue for Charles City County to record Chickahominy tribal members on the county tax rolls as Indian, and not as White or colored;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>during the period of 1920 through 1930, various Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia wrote letters of introduction for Chickahominy Chiefs who had official business with Federal agencies in Washington, DC;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>in 1934, Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins wrote to John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, requesting money to acquire land for the Chickahominy Indian Tribe’s use, to build school, medical, and library facilities and to buy tractors, implements, and seed;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>in 1934, John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, wrote to Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins, informing him that Congress had passed the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”) (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>), but had not made the appropriation to fund the Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>in 1942, Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins wrote to John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for help in getting the proper racial designation on Selective Service records for Chickahominy soldiers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>in 1943, John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asked Douglas S. Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader newspaper of Richmond, Virginia, to help Virginia Indians obtain proper racial designation on birth records;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><content>Collier stated that his office could not officially intervene because it had no responsibility for the Virginia Indians, “as a matter largely of historical accident”, but was “interested in them as descendants of the original inhabitants of the region”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>in 1948, the Veterans’ Education Committee of the Virginia State Board of Education approved Samaria Indian School to provide training to veterans;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">(22) </num><content>that school was established and run by the Chickahominy Indian Tribe;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="23">(23) </num><content>in 1950, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe purchased and donated to the Charles City County School Board land to be used to build a modern school for students of the Chickahominy and other Virginia Indian tribes;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="24">(24) </num><content>the Samaria Indian School included students in grades 1 through 8;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="25">(25) </num><content>in 1961, Senator Sam Ervin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, requested Chickahominy Chief O.O. <page identifier="/us/stat/132/43">132 STAT. 43</page> Adkins to provide assistance in analyzing the status of the constitutional rights of Indians “in your area”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="26">(26) </num><content>in 1967, the Charles City County school board closed Samaria Indian School and converted the school to a countywide primary school as a step toward full school integration of Indian and non-Indian students;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="27">(27) </num><content>in 1972, the Charles City County school board began receiving funds under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s458aa/etseq">25 U.S.C. 458aa et seq.</ref>) on behalf of Chickahominy students, which funding is provided as of the date of enactment of this Act under title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s458aaa/etseq">25 U.S.C. 458aaa et seq.</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="28">(28) </num><content>in 1974, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe bought land and built a tribal center using monthly pledges from tribal members to finance the transactions;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="29">(29) </num><content>in 1983, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe was granted recognition as an Indian tribe by the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with five other Indian tribes; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f1b8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="30">(30) </num><content>in 1985, Governor Gerald Baliles was the special guest at an intertribal Thanksgiving Day dinner hosted by the Chickahominy Indian Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc98f42a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f42a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f42a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f42a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f42a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f42a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the Chickahominy Indian Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc98f90c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f90c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f90c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc98f90c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f90ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc98f90cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98f90cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area comprised of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, and Henrico County, Virginia.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/44">132 STAT. 44</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc98fb7dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98fb7de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc98fb7df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc98fb7e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9900601-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9900602-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9900603-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within the boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9900604-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9900605-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9900606-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE—EASTERN DIVISION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc990f067-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc990f068-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in 1607, when the English settlers set shore along the Virginia coastline, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe was one of about 30 tribes that received them;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/45">132 STAT. 45</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc990f069-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in 1614, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe entered into a treaty with Sir Thomas Dale, Governor of the Jamestown Colony, under which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc990f06a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Chickahominy Indian Tribe agreed to provide two bushels of corn per man and send warriors to protect the English; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991177b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Sir Thomas Dale agreed in return to allow the Tribe to continue to practice its own tribal governance;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991177c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in 1646, a treaty was signed which forced the Chickahominy from their homeland to the area around the York River in present-day King William County, leading to the formation of a reservation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991177d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in 1677, following Bacon’s Rebellion, the Queen of Pamunkey signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation on behalf of the Chickahominy;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991177e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in 1702, the Chickahominy were forced from their reservation, which caused the loss of a land base;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991177f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in 1711, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg established a grammar school for Indians called Brafferton College;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911780-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>a Chickahominy child was one of the first Indians to attend Brafferton College;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911781-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in 1750, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to migrate from King William County back to the area around the Chickahominy River in New Kent and Charles City Counties;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911782-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in 1793, a Baptist missionary named Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took a Chickahominy woman as his wife;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911783-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to appear in the Charles City County census records;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911784-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>in 1870, a census revealed an enclave of Indians in New Kent County that is believed to be the beginning of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911785-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>other records were destroyed when the New Kent County courthouse was burned, leaving a State census as the only record covering that period;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911786-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe formed Samaria Baptist Church;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911787-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men were assessed a tribal tax so that their children could receive an education;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911788-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax to build the first Samaria Indian School, buy supplies, and pay a teacher’s salary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911789-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>in 1910, a one-room school covering grades 1 through 8 was established in New Kent County for the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>during the period of 1920 through 1921, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division began forming a tribal government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>E.P. Bradby, the founder of the Tribe, was elected to be Chief;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>in 1922, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church was organized;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><content>in 1925, a certificate of incorporation was issued to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/46">132 STAT. 46</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>in 1950, the one-room Indian school in New Kent County was closed and students were bused to Samaria Indian School in Charles City County;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991178f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">(22) </num><content>in 1967, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division lost their schools as a result of the required integration of students;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911790-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="23">(23) </num><content>during the period of 1982 through 1984, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church built a new sanctuary to accommodate church growth;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911791-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="24">(24) </num><content>in 1983 the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division was granted State recognition along with five other Virginia Indian tribes;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911792-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="25">(25) </num><chapeau>in 1985—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911793-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Virginia Council on Indians was organized as a State agency; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911794-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division was granted a seat on the Council;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911795-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="26">(26) </num><content>in 1988, a nonprofit organization known as the “United Indians of Virginia” was formed; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9911796-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="27">(27) </num><content>Chief Marvin “Strongoak” Bradby of the Eastern Band of the Chickahominy presently chairs the organization.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9913ea7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9913ea8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9913ea9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9913eaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9913eab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9913eac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9918ccd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9918cce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9918ccf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9918cd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9918cd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9918cd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all future services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9918cd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area comprised of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, and Henrico County, Virginia.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/47">132 STAT. 47</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="205">SEC. 205. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc991b3e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991b3e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc991b3e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991b3e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="206">SEC. 206. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc991daf8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991daf9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc991dafa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within the boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc991dafb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc991dafc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc991dafd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="207">SEC. 207. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>UPPER MATTAPONI TRIBE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc992ec6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>during the period of 1607 through 1646, the Chickahominy Indian Tribes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>lived approximately 20 miles from Jamestown; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>were significantly involved in English-Indian affairs;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/48">132 STAT. 48</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Mattaponi Indians, who later joined the Chickahominy Indians, lived a greater distance from Jamestown;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in 1646, the Chickahominy Indians moved to Mattaponi River basin, away from the English;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in 1661, the Chickahominy Indians sold land at a place known as “the cliffs” on the Mattaponi River;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>in 1669, the Chickahominy Indians—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>appeared in the Virginia Colony’s census of Indian bowmen; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>lived in “New Kent” County, which included the Mattaponi River basin at that time;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in 1677, the Chickahominy and Mattaponi Indians were subjects of the Queen of Pamunkey, who was a signatory to the Treaty of 1677 with the King of England;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>in 1683, after a Mattaponi town was attacked by Seneca Indians, the Mattaponi Indians took refuge with the Chickahominy Indians, and the history of the two groups was intertwined for many years thereafter;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><chapeau>in 1695, the Chickahominy and Mattaponi Indians—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>were assigned a reservation by the Virginia Colony; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>traded land of the reservation for land at the place known as “the cliffs” (which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is the Mattaponi Indian Reservation), which had been owned by the Mattaponi Indians before 1661;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in 1711, a Chickahominy boy attended the Indian School at the College of William and Mary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>in 1726, the Virginia Colony discontinued funding of interpreters for the Chickahominy and Mattaponi Indian Tribes;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>James Adams, who served as an interpreter to the Indian tribes known as of the date of enactment of this Act as the “Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe” and “Chickahominy Indian Tribe”, elected to stay with the Upper Mattaponi Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>today, a majority of the Upper Mattaponi Indians have “Adams” as their surname;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>in 1787, Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the Commonwealth of Virginia, mentioned the Mattaponi Indians on a reservation in King William County and said that Chickahominy Indians were “blended” with the Mattaponi Indians and nearby Pamunkey Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>in 1850, the census of the United States revealed a nucleus of approximately 10 families, all ancestral to modern Upper Mattaponi Indians, living in central King William County, Virginia, approximately 10 miles from the reservation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>during the period of 1853 through 1884, King William County marriage records listed Upper Mattaponis as “Indians” in marrying people residing on the reservation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>during the period of 1884 through the present, county marriage records usually refer to Upper Mattaponis as “Indians”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist James Mooney heard about the Upper Mattaponi Indians but did not visit them;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/49">132 STAT. 49</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>in 1928, University of Pennsylvania anthropologist Frank Speck published a book on modern Virginia Indians with a section on the Upper Mattaponis;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>from 1929 until 1930, the leadership of the Upper Mattaponi Indians opposed the use of a “colored” designation in the 1930 United States census and won a compromise in which the Indian ancestry of the Upper Mattaponis was recorded but questioned;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><chapeau>during the period of 1942 through 1945—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the leadership of the Upper Mattaponi Indians, with the help of Frank Speck and others, fought against the induction of young men of the Tribe into “colored” units in the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a tribal roll for the Upper Mattaponi Indians was compiled;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>from 1945 to 1946, negotiations took place to admit some of the young people of the Upper Mattaponi to high schools for Federal Indians (especially at Cherokee) because no high school coursework was available for Indians in Virginia schools; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc992ec8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">(22) </num><content>in 1983, the Upper Mattaponi Indians applied for and won State recognition as an Indian tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9933aad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9933aae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9933aaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9933ab0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9933ab1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9933ab2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the Upper Mattaponi Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="303">SEC. 303. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99361c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99361c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99361c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99361c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99361c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99361c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99361c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area within 25 miles of the Sharon Indian School at 13383 King William Road, King William County, Virginia.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/50">132 STAT. 50</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="305">SEC. 305. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc99388da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99388db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99388dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99388dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="306">SEC. 306. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc993d6fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc993d6ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of King William County, Caroline County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, and New Kent County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc993d700-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within the boundaries of King William County, Caroline County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, and New Kent County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc993d701-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc993d702-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc993d703-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="307">SEC. 307. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>RAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE, INC.</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9969624-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>during the initial months after Virginia was settled, the Rappahannock Indians had three encounters with Captain John Smith;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/51">132 STAT. 51</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>the first encounter occurred when the Rappahannock weroance (headman)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>traveled to Quiyocohannock (a principal town across the James River from Jamestown), where he met with Smith to determine whether Smith had been the “great man” who had previously sailed into the Rappahannock River, killed a Rappahannock weroance, and kidnapped Rappahannock people; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>determined that Smith was too short to be that “great man”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>on a second meeting, during John Smith’s captivity (December 16, 1607, to January 8, 1608), Smith was taken to the Rappahannock principal village to show the people that Smith was not the “great man”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>a third meeting took place during Smith’s exploration of the Chesapeake Bay (July to September 1608), when, after the Moraughtacund Indians had stolen three women from the Rappahannock King, Smith was prevailed upon to facilitate a peaceful truce between the Rappahannock and the Moraughtacund Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in the settlement, Smith had the two Indian tribes meet on the spot of their first fight;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>when it was established that both groups wanted peace, Smith told the Rappahannock King to select which of the three stolen women he wanted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>the Moraughtacund King was given second choice among the two remaining women, and Mosco, a Wighcocomoco (on the Potomac River) guide, was given the third woman;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in 1645, Captain William Claiborne tried unsuccessfully to establish treaty relations with the Rappahannocks, as the Rappahannocks had not participated in the Pamunkey-led uprising in 1644, and the English wanted to “treat with the Rappahannocks or any other Indians not in amity with Opechancanough, concerning serving the county against the Pamunkeys”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in April 1651, the Rappahannocks conveyed a tract of land to an English settler, Colonel Morre Fauntleroy;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>the deed for the conveyance was signed by Accopatough, weroance of the Rappahannock Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><chapeau>in September 1653, Lancaster County signed a treaty with Rappahannock Indians, the terms of which treaty—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>gave Rappahannocks the rights of Englishmen in the county court; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>attempted to make the Rappahannocks more accountable under English law;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>in September 1653, Lancaster County defined and marked the bounds of its Indian settlements;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>according to the Lancaster clerk of court, “the tribe called the great Rappahannocks lived on the Rappahannock Creek just across the river above Tappahannock”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><chapeau>in September 1656, (Old) Rappahannock County (which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is comprised of Richmond and Essex Counties, Virginia) signed a treaty with Rappahannock Indians that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>mirrored the Lancaster County treaty from 1653; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>stated that—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/52">132 STAT. 52</page></chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>Rappahannocks were to be rewarded, in Roanoke, for returning English fugitives; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the English encouraged the Rappahannocks to send their children to live among the English as servants, who the English promised would be well-treated;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>in 1658, the Virginia Assembly revised a 1652 Act stating that “there be no grants of land to any Englishman whatsoever de futuro until the Indians be first served with the proportion of 50 acres of land for each bowman”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>in 1669, the colony conducted a census of Virginia Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><chapeau>as of the date of that census—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the majority of the Rappahannocks were residing at their hunting village on the north side of the Mattaponi River; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>at the time of the visit, census-takers were counting only the Indian tribes along the rivers, which explains why only 30 Rappahannock bowmen were counted on that river;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>the Rappahannocks used the hunting village on the north side of the Mattaponi River as their primary residence until the Rappahannocks were removed in 1684;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>in May 1677, the Treaty of Middle Plantation was signed with England;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><content>the Pamunkey Queen Cockacoeske signed on behalf of the Rappahannocks, “who were supposed to be her tributaries”, but before the treaty could be ratified, the Queen of Pamunkey complained to the Virginia Colonial Council “that she was having trouble with Rappahannocks and Chickahominies, supposedly tributaries of hers”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>in November 1682, the Virginia Colonial Council established a reservation for the Rappahannock Indians of 3,474 acres “about the town where they dwelt”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">(22) </num><content>the Rappahannock “town” was the hunting village on the north side of the Mattaponi River, where the Rappahannocks had lived throughout the 1670s;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="23">(23) </num><content>the acreage allotment of the reservation was based on the 1658 Indian land act, which translates into a bowman population of 70, or an approximate total Rappahannock population of 350;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="24">(24) </num><content>in 1683, following raids by Iroquoian warriors on both Indian and English settlements, the Virginia Colonial Council ordered the Rap­pa­han­nocks to leave their reservation and unite with the Nanzatico Indians at Nanzatico Indian Town, which was located across and up the Rappahannock River some 30 miles;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="25">(25) </num><content>between 1687 and 1699, the Rap­pa­han­nocks migrated out of Nanzatico, returning to the south side of the Rappahannock River at Portobacco Indian Town;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="26">(26) </num><content>in 1706, by order of Essex County, Lieutenant Richard Covington “escorted” the Por­to­bac­cos and Rappahannocks out of Portobacco Indian Town, out of Essex County, and into King and Queen County where they settled along the ridgeline between the Rappahannock and Mattaponi Rivers, the site of their ancient hunting village and 1682 reservation;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/53">132 STAT. 53</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="27">(27) </num><content>during the 1760s, three Rappahannock girls were raised on Thomas Nelson’s Bleak Hill Plantation in King William County;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="28">(28) </num><chapeau>of those girls—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>one married a Saunders man;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>one married a Johnson man; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>one had two children, Edmund and Carter Nelson, fathered by Thomas Cary Nelson;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="29">(29) </num><content>in the 19th century, those Saunders, Johnson, and Nelson families are among the core Rappahannock families from which the modern Tribe traces its descent;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="30">(30) </num><content>in 1819 and 1820, Edward Bird, John Bird (and his wife), Carter Nelson, Edmund Nelson, and Carter Spurlock (all Rappahannock ancestors) were listed on the tax roles of King and Queen County and taxed at the county poor rate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="31">(31) </num><content>Edmund Bird was added to the tax roles in 1821;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="32">(32) </num><content>those tax records are significant documentation because the great majority of pre-1864 records for King and Queen County were destroyed by fire;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="33">(33) </num><content>beginning in 1819, and continuing through the 1880s, there was a solid Rappahannock presence in the membership at Upper Essex Baptist Church;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="34">(34) </num><content>that was the first instance of conversion to Christianity by at least some Rappahannock Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="35">(35) </num><content>while 26 identifiable and traceable Rappahannock surnames appear on the pre-1863 membership list, and 28 were listed on the 1863 membership roster, the number of surnames listed had declined to 12 in 1878 and had risen only slightly to 14 by 1888;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="36">(36) </num><content>a reason for the decline is that in 1870, a Methodist circuit rider, Joseph Mastin, secured funds to purchase land and construct St. Stephens Baptist Church for the Rappahannocks living nearby in Caroline County;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="37">(37) </num><content>Mastin referred to the Rappahannocks during the period of 1850 to 1870 as “Indians, having a great need for moral and Christian guidance”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="38">(38) </num><content>St. Stephens was the dominant tribal church until the Rappahannock Indian Baptist Church was established in 1964;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="39">(39) </num><content>at both churches, the core Rappahannock family names of Bird, Clarke, Fortune, Johnson, Nelson, Parker, and Richardson predominate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="40">(40) </num><content>during the early 1900s, James Mooney, noted anthropologist, maintained correspondence with the Rappahannocks, surveying them and instructing them on how to formalize their tribal government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="41">(41) </num><content>in November 1920, Speck visited the Rappahannocks and assisted them in organizing the fight for their sovereign rights;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="42">(42) </num><content>in 1921, the Rappahannocks were granted a charter from the Commonwealth of Virginia formalizing their tribal government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="43">(43) </num><content>Speck began a professional relationship with the Tribe that would last more than 30 years and document Rappahannock history and traditions as never before;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="44">(44) </num><content>in April 1921, Rappahannock Chief George Nelson asked the Governor of Virginia, Westmoreland Davis, to forward <page identifier="/us/stat/132/54">132 STAT. 54</page> a proclamation to the President of the United States, along with an appended list of tribal members and a handwritten copy of the proclamation itself;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="45">(45) </num><content>the letter concerned Indian freedom of speech and assembly nationwide;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="46">(46) </num><content>in 1922, the Rappahannocks established a formal school at Lloyds, Essex County, Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="47">(47) </num><content>prior to establishment of the school, Rappahannock children were taught by a tribal member in Central Point, Caroline County, Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="48">(48) </num><content>in December 1923, Rappahannock Chief George Nelson testified before Congress appealing for a $50,000 appropriation to establish an Indian school in Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="49">(49) </num><content>in 1930, the Rappahannocks were engaged in an ongoing dispute with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States Census Bureau about their classification in the 1930 Federal census;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="50">(50) </num><content>in January 1930, Rappahannock Chief Otho S. Nelson wrote to Leon Truesdell, Chief Statistician of the United States Census Bureau, asking that the 218 enrolled Rappahannocks be listed as Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="51">(51) </num><content>in February 1930, Truesdell replied to Nelson saying that “special instructions” were being given about classifying Indians;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="52">(52) </num><content>in April 1930, Nelson wrote to William M. Steuart at the Census Bureau asking about the enumerators’ failure to classify his people as Indians, saying that enumerators had not asked the question about race when they interviewed his people;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="53">(53) </num><content>in a followup letter to Truesdell, Nelson reported that the enumerators were “flatly denying” his people’s request to be listed as Indians and that the race question was completely avoided during interviews;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="54">(54) </num><content>the Rappahannocks had spoken with Caroline and Essex County enumerators, and with John M.W. Green at that point, without success;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="55">(55) </num><content>Nelson asked Truesdell to list people as Indians if he sent a list of members;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="56">(56) </num><content>the matter was settled by William Steuart, who concluded that the Bureau’s rule was that people of Indian descent could be classified as “Indian” only if Indian “blood” predominated and “Indian” identity was accepted in the local community;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="57">(57) </num><content>the Virginia Vital Statistics Bureau classed all nonreservation Indians as “Negro”, and it failed to see why “an exception should be made” for the Rappahannocks;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="58">(58) </num><content>therefore, in 1925, the Indian Rights Association took on the Rappahannock case to assist the Rappahannocks in fighting for their recognition and rights as an Indian tribe;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="59">(59) </num><content>during the Second World War, the Pamunkeys, Mattaponis, Chickahominies, and Rap­pa­han­nocks had to fight the draft boards with respect to their racial identities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="60">(60) </num><content>the Virginia Vital Statistics Bureau insisted that certain Indian draftees be inducted into Negro units;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="61">(61) </num><content>finally, three Rappahannocks were convicted of violating the Federal draft laws and, after spending time in a Federal prison, were granted conscientious objector status and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/55">132 STAT. 55</page> served out the remainder of the war working in military hospitals;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="62">(62) </num><content>in 1943, Frank Speck noted that there were approximately 25 communities of Indians left in the Eastern United States that were entitled to Indian classification, including the Rappahannocks;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="63">(63) </num><content>in the 1940s, Leon Truesdell, Chief Statistician, of the United States Census Bureau, listed 118 members in the Rappahannock Tribe in the Indian population of Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="64">(64) </num><content>on April 25, 1940, the Office of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior included the Rappahannocks on a list of Indian tribes classified by State and by agency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="65">(65) </num><content>in 1948, the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report included an article by William Harlen Gilbert entitled, “Surviving Indian Groups of the Eastern United States”, which included and described the Rappahannock Tribe;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="66">(66) </num><content>in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Rappahannocks operated a school at Indian Neck;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="67">(67) </num><content>the State agreed to pay a tribal teacher to teach 10 students bused by King and Queen County to Sharon Indian School in King William County, Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="68">(68) </num><content>in 1965, Rappahannock students entered Marriott High School (a White public school) by Executive order of the Governor of Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="69">(69) </num><content>in 1972, the Rappahannocks worked with the Coalition of Eastern Native Americans to fight for Federal recognition;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="70">(70) </num><content>in 1979, the Coalition established a pottery and artisans company, operating with other Virginia tribes;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="71">(71) </num><content>in 1980, the Rappahannocks received funding through the Administration for Native Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop an economic program for the Tribe; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc996bd89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="72">(72) </num><content>in 1983, the Rappahannocks received State recognition as an Indian tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9970aaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970aab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970aac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970aad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970aae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970aaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970ab0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the organization possessing the legal name Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9970ab1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” does not include any other Indian tribe, subtribe, band, or splinter group the members of which represent themselves as Rappahannock Indians.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99758d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99758d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/56">132 STAT. 56</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99758d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99758d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99758d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99758d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99758d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area comprised of King and Queen County, Caroline County, Essex County, and King William County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="404">SEC. 404. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="405">SEC. 405. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9977fe9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9977fea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9977feb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9977fec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="406">SEC. 406. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc997ce0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc997ce0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of King and Queen County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Richmond County, Essex County, and Caroline County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc997ce0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within the boundaries of King and Queen County, Richmond County, Lancaster County, King George County, Essex County, Caroline County, New Kent County, King William County, and James City County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc997ce10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc997ce11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc997ce12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act <page identifier="/us/stat/132/57">132 STAT. 57</page> (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="407">SEC. 407. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>MONACAN INDIAN NATION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="501">SEC. 501. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9986a53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in 1677, the Monacan Tribe signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation between Charles II of England and 12 Indian “Kings and Chief Men”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in 1722, in the Treaty of Albany, Governor Spotswood negotiated to save the Virginia Indians from extinction at the hands of the Iroquois;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>specifically mentioned in the negotiations were the Monacan tribes of the Totero (Tutelo), Saponi, Ocheneeches (Occaneechi), Stengenocks, and Meipontskys;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in 1790, the first national census recorded Benjamin Evans and Robert Johns, both ancestors of the present Monacan community, listed as “white” with mulatto children;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in 1782, tax records also began for those families;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in 1850, the United States census recorded 29 families, mostly large, with Monacan surnames, the members of which are genealogically related to the present community;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>in 1870, a log structure was built at the Bear Mountain Indian Mission;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in 1908, the structure became an Episcopal Mission and, as of the date of enactment of this Act, the structure is listed as a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in 1920, 304 Amherst Indians were identified in the United States census;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>from 1930 through 1931, numerous letters from Monacans to the Bureau of the Census resulted from the decision of Dr. Walter Plecker, former head of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Virginia, not to allow Indians to register as Indians for the 1930 census;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>the Monacans eventually succeeded in being allowed to claim their race, albeit with an asterisk attached to a note from Dr. Plecker stating that there were no Indians in Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>in 1947, D’Arcy McNickle, a Salish Indian, saw some of the children at the Amherst Mission and requested that the Cherokee Agency visit them because they appeared to be Indian;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>that letter was forwarded to the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Chicago, Illinois;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9986a61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>Chief Jarrett Blythe of the Eastern Band of Cherokee did visit the Mission and wrote that he “would be willing to accept these children in the Cherokee school”;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/58">132 STAT. 58</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9989172-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>in 1979, a Federal Coalition of Eastern Native Americans established the entity known as “Monacan Co-operative Pottery” at the Amherst Mission;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9989173-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>some important pieces were produced at Monacan Co-operative Pottery, including a piece that was sold to the Smithsonian Institution;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9989174-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>the Mattaponi-Pamunkey-Monacan Consortium, established in 1981, has since been organized as a nonprofit corporation that serves as a vehicle to obtain funds for those Indian tribes from the Department of Labor under Native American programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9989175-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><content>in 1989, the Monacan Tribe was recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia, which enabled the Tribe to apply for grants and participate in other programs; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9989176-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>in 1993, the Monacan Tribe received tax-exempt status as a nonprofit corporation from the Internal Revenue Service.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="502">SEC. 502. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc998b887-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998b888-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998b889-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998b88a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998b88b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998b88c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the Monacan Indian Nation.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="503">SEC. 503. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc998df9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998df9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998df9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc998dfa0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998dfa1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc998dfa2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc998dfa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area comprised of all land within 25 miles from the center of Amherst, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="504">SEC. 504. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="505">SEC. 505. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc99906b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/59">132 STAT. 59</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99906b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99906b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99906b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="506">SEC. 506. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99954d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99954d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of Amherst County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99954da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within the boundaries of Amherst County, Virginia, and those parcels in Rockbridge County, Virginia (subject to the consent of the local unit of government), owned by Mr. J. Poole, described as East 731 Sandbridge (encompassing approximately 4.74 acres) and East 731 (encompassing approximately 5.12 acres).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99954db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99954dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99954dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="507">SEC. 507. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>NANSEMOND INDIAN TRIBE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc99a3f3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>from 1607 until 1646, Nansemond Indians—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>lived approximately 30 miles from Jamestown; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>were significantly involved in English-Indian affairs;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>after 1646, there were two sections of Nansemonds in communication with each other, the Christianized Nansemonds in Norfolk County, who lived as citizens, and the traditionalist Nansemonds, who lived further west;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in 1638, according to an entry in a 17th century sermon book still owned by the Chief’s family, a Norfolk County Englishman married a Nan­se­mond woman;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/60">132 STAT. 60</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>that man and woman are lineal ancestors of all of members of the Nansemond Indian tribe alive as of the date of enactment of this Act, as are some of the traditionalist Nansemonds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in 1669, the two Nansemond sections appeared in Virginia Colony’s census of Indian bow­men;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in 1677, Nansemond Indians were signatories to the Treaty of 1677 with the King of England;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>in 1700 and 1704, the Nansemonds and other Virginia Indian tribes were prevented by Virginia Colony from making a separate peace with the Iroquois;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>Virginia represented those Indian tribes in the final Treaty of Albany, 1722;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in 1711, a Nansemond boy attended the Indian School at the College of William and Mary;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>in 1727, Norfolk County granted William Bass and his kinsmen the “Indian privileges” of clearing swamp land and bearing arms (which privileges were forbidden to other non-Whites) because of their Nansemond ancestry, which meant that Bass and his kinsmen were original inhabitants of that land;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>in 1742, Norfolk County issued a certificate of Nansemond descent to William Bass;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>from the 1740s to the 1790s, the traditionalist section of the Nansemond tribe, 40 miles west of the Christianized Nansemonds, was dealing with reservation land;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>the last surviving members of that section sold out in 1792 with the permission of the Commonwealth of Virginia;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>in 1797, Norfolk County issued a certificate stating that William Bass was of Indian and English descent, and that his Indian line of ancestry ran directly back to the early 18th century elder in a traditionalist section of Nansemonds on the reservation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>in 1833, Virginia enacted a law enabling people of European and Indian descent to obtain a special certificate of ancestry;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>the law originated from the county in which Nansemonds lived, and mostly Nansemonds, with a few people from other counties, took advantage of the new law;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>a Methodist mission established around 1850 for Nansemonds is currently a standard Methodist congregation with Nansemond members;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><chapeau>in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist James Mooney—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>visited the Nansemonds; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>completed a tribal census that counted 61 households and was later published;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">(19) </num><content>in 1922, Nansemonds were given a special Indian school in the segregated school system of Norfolk County;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">(20) </num><content>the school survived only a few years;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">(21) </num><content>in 1928, University of Pennsylvania anthropologist Frank Speck published a book on modern Virginia Indians that included a section on the Nansemonds; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a3f58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">(22) </num><content>the Nansemonds were organized formally, with elected officers, in 1984, and later applied for and received State recognition.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/61">132 STAT. 61</page></content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="602">SEC. 602. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc99a6669-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this title:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a666a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a666b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribal member<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>tribal member</term>” means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a666c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>an individual who is an enrolled member of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a666d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an individual who has been placed on the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99a666e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribe<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Tribe</term>” means the Nansemond Indian Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="603">SEC. 603. </num><heading>FEDERAL RECOGNITION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99ab48f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Recognition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99ab490-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99ab491-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of laws<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>All laws (including regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s461/etseq">25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.</ref>)) that are not inconsistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe and tribal members.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99ab492-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Services and Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99ab493-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99ab494-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On and after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99ab495-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose of the delivery of Federal services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="604">SEC. 604. </num><heading>MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="605">SEC. 605. </num><heading>GOVERNING BODY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc99adba6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The governing body of the Tribe shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99adba7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc99adba8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>the governing body of the Tribe in place as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99adba9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any subsequent governing body elected in accordance with the election procedures specified in the governing documents of the Tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="606">SEC. 606. </num><heading>RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99b29ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99b29cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was acquired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within the boundaries of the city of Suffolk, the city of Chesapeake, or Isle of Wight County, Virginia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc99b29cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands are located within <page identifier="/us/stat/132/62">132 STAT. 62</page> the boundaries of the city of Suffolk, the city of Chesapeake, or Isle of Wight County, Virginia.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99b29cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make a final written determination not later than 3 years of the date which the Tribe submits a request for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and shall immediately make that determination available to the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99b29ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation Status<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc99b29cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Gaming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2701/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="607">SEC. 607. </num><heading>HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND WATER RIGHTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe.</content></section> <num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>EMINENT DOMAIN</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="701">SEC. 701. </num><heading>LIMITATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Eminent domain may not be used to acquire lands in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this Act.</content></section> Approved January 29, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 984: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

May 17, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 11, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–122: To designate a mountain peak in the State of Montana as “Alex Diekmann Peak”. Public Law122 Public Law 115–122132 Stat. 63 2018-01-31 2018-01-31 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–122—JAN. 31, 2018 132 STAT. 63 Public Law115–122 115th Congress
An Act To designate a mountain peak in the State of Montana as “Alex Diekmann Peak”.

Jan. 31, 2018

[S. 117]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ALEX DIEKMANN PEAK, MONTANA.(a) In General.—The unnamed 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, Montana (UTM coordinates Zone 12, 457966 E., 4982589 N.), shall be known and designated as “Alex Diekmann Peak”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to “Alex Diekmann Peak”.
Approved January 31, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 117: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–516 (Comm. on Natural Resources). SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–94 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 16, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 115–123: To amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty. Public Law123 Public Law 115–123132 Stat. 64 2018-02-09 2018-02-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–123—FEB. 9, 2018 132 STAT. 64 Public Law115–123 115th Congress
An Act To amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty.

Feb. 9, 2018

[H.R. 1892]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Bipartisan Budget Act

of 2018.
SECTION 1.

42 USC 1305 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018”.
DIVISION A—

Honoring Hometown Heroes Act.

HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT
SECTION 10101.

4 USC 1 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This division may be cited as the “Honoring Hometown Heroes Act”.
SEC. 10102. PERMITTING THE FLAG TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A FIRST RESPONDER SERVING IN THE LINE OF DUTY.(a) Amendment.—The sixth sentence of section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking “or” after “possession of the United States” and inserting a comma;(2) by inserting “or the death of a first responder working in any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving in the line of duty,” after “while serving on active duty,”;(3) by striking “and” after “former officials of the District of Columbia” and inserting a comma; and(4) by inserting before the period the following: “, and first responders working in the District of Columbia”.(b) First Responder Defined.—Such subsection is further amended—(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “, United States Code; and” and inserting a semicolon;(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) the term ‘first responder’ means a ‘public safety officer’ as defined in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284).”.(c)

Applicability.

4 USC 7 note.

Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to deaths of first responders occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.132 STAT. 65
 DIVISION B—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS AND FURTHER EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS Subdivision 1—

Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018.

Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018
   The following sums in this subdivision are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018 and for other purposes, namely:
<num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Processing, Research and Marketing</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of the Secretary”, $2,360,000,000, which shall remain available until December 31, 2019, for necessary expenses related to crops, trees, bushes, and vine losses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and other hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017 under such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may provide assistance for such losses in the form of block grants to eligible states and territories: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount of payments received under this heading and applicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1501/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</ref>) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</ref>) shall not exceed 85 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount of payments received under this heading for producers who did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for the 2017 crop year, or 2018 crop year as applicable, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1501/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</ref>) for the crop incurring the losses or did not file the required paperwork and pay the service fee by the applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable commodity for the 2017 crop year, or 2018 crop year as applicable, under NAP for the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 65 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That producers receiving payments under this heading, as determined by the Secretary, shall be required to purchase crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the next two available crop years, and producers receiving payments under this heading shall be required to purchase coverage under NAP where crop insurance is not available in the next two available crop years, as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf28ac08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That, not later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, and method of such assistance by state and territory and the status of the amounts obligated and plans for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/66">132 STAT. 66</page> further expenditure and include improvements that can be made to Federal Crop Insurance policies, either administratively or legislatively, to increase participation, particularly among underserved producers, in higher levels of coverage in future years for crops qualifying for assistance under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Office of Inspector General”, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and activities funded by this subdivision and administered by the Department of Agriculture: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities”, $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Service Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emergency conservation program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Emergency Conservation Program”, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and of wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017, and other natural disasters, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Natural Resources Conservation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">watershed and flood prevention operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”, for necessary expenses for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and of wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017, and other natural disasters, $541,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/67">132 STAT. 67</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Housing Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural housing insurance fund program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account”, $18,672,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the rehabilitation of section 515 rental housing (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1485">42 U.S.C. 1485</ref>) in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria where owners were not required to carry national flood insurance: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Utilities Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural water and waste disposal program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account”, $165,475,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to repair drinking water systems and sewer and solid waste disposal systems impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(22) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food and Nutrition Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children”, $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for infrastructure grants to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist in the repair and restoration of buildings, equipment, technology, and other infrastructure damaged as a consequence of Hurricanes Irma and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">commodity assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Commodity Assistance Program” for the emergency food assistance program as authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2036/a">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</ref>) <page identifier="/us/stat/132/68">132 STAT. 68</page> and section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7508/a/1">7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)</ref>), $24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for necessary expenses of those jurisdictions that received a major disaster or emergency declaration pursuant to section 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</ref>, 5191) related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria or due to wildfires in 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provisions of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide resources to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and affected States, as determined by the Secretary, to assist affected families and individuals without regard to sections 204 and 214 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7508">7 U.S.C. 7508</ref>, 7515) by allocating additional foods and funds for administrative expenses from resources specifically appropriated, transferred, or reprogrammed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Health and Human Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">food and drug administration</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities”, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount may be transferred to “Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses” for costs related to repair of facilities, for replacement of equipment, and for other increases in facility-related costs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated by this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20101.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf2a0b99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081/b">7 U.S.C. 9081(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a0b9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the matter before subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sold livestock for a reduced sale price, or both</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>normal mortality,</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a0b9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><p class="fontsize10" id="xcf2a0b9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">“affected livestock, as determined by the Secretary, on, as applicable—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/69">132 STAT. 69</page></p><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a0b9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the day before the date of death of the livestock; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a0b9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the day before the date of the event that caused the harm to the livestock that resulted in a reduced sale price.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a0b9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>A payment made under paragraph (1) to an eligible producer on a farm that sold livestock for a reduced sale price shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>be made if the sale occurs within a reasonable period following the event, as determined by the Secretary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>be reduced by the amount that the producer received for the sale.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 1501(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081/d/1">7 U.S.C. 9081(d)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than $20,000,000 of</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Section 1501(e)(4)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081/e/4/C">7 U.S.C. 9081(e)(4)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>500 acres</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1,000 acres</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081">7 U.S.C. 9081</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (e)(4)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (B); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (C), as amended by subsection (c), as subparagraph (B); and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a32b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (f)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (e)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (b) and (e)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2a32bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2a32bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2a32bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081">7 USC 9081 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081">7 U.S.C. 9081</ref>), as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses described in such section 1501 incurred on or after January 1, 2017.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2a32be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>The amounts provided by subsections (a) through (e) for fiscal year 2018 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Development Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">economic development assistance programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3233">42 U.S.C. 3233</ref>), for an additional amount for “Economic Development Assistance Programs” for necessary expenses related to flood mitigation, disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that received a major disaster designation as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and of wildfires and other natural disasters occurring in calendar year 2017 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>), $600,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/70">132 STAT. 70</page> the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within the amount appropriated, up to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the “Salaries and Expenses” account for administration and oversight activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within the amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the “Office of Inspector General” account for carrying out investigations and audits related to the funding provided under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations, research, and facilities</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf2a80df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations, Research, and Facilities” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $120,904,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a80e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$12,904,000 for repair and replacement of observing assets, Federal real property, and equipment;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a80e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$18,000,000 for marine debris assessment and removal;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a80e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$40,000,000 for mapping, charting, and geodesy services; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2a80e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$50,000,000 to improve weather forecasting, hurricane intensity forecasting and flood forecasting and mitigation capabilities, including data assimilation from ocean observing platforms and satellites:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcf2a80e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2a80e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2a80e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, acquisition and construction</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf2aa7f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Acquisition and Construction” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $79,232,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2aa7f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$29,232,000 for repair and replacement of Federal real property and observing assets; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2aa7f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$50,000,000 for improvements to operational and research weather supercomputing infrastructure and for improvement of satellite ground services used in hurricane intensity and track prediction:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcf2aa7fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2aa7fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2aa7fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></continuation><page identifier="/us/stat/132/71">132 STAT. 71</page></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fisheries disaster assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Fisheries Disaster Assistance” for necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of fishery disasters, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters declared by the Secretary of Commerce in calendar year 2017, as well those declared by the Secretary to be a direct result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Marshals Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $2,500,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Bureau of Investigation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $21,200,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Drug Enforcement Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $11,500,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Prison System</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $16,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/72">132 STAT. 72</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SCIENCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction and environmental compliance and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration” for repairs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities damaged by hurricanes during 2017, $81,300,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Science Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and related activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research and Related Activities” for necessary expenses to repair National Science Foundation radio observatory facilities damaged by hurricanes that occurred during 2017, $16,300,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b1d2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b1d2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> That the National Science Foundation shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Legal Services Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the legal services corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Payment to the Legal Services Corporation” to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act by providing for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and of the calendar year 2017 wildfires, $15,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount made available under this heading shall be used only to provide the mobile resources, technology, and disaster coordinators necessary to provide storm-related services to the Legal Services Corporation client population and only in the areas significantly affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and by the calendar year 2017 wildfires: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount <page identifier="/us/stat/132/73">132 STAT. 73</page> is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this subdivision to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of <ref href="/us/pl/105/119">Public Law 105–119</ref>, and all funds appropriated in this subdivision to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2017 and 2018, respectively, and except that sections 501 and 503 of <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref> (referenced by <ref href="/us/pl/105/119">Public Law 105–119</ref>) shall not apply to the amount made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, for the purposes of this subdivision, the Legal Services Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States Government.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20201.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b443f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b4440-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycf2b6b51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>In recognition of the consistency of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Mid-Breton Sound Sediment Diversion, and Calcasieu Ship Channel Salinity Control Measures projects, as selected by the 2017 Louisiana Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, with the findings and policy declarations in section 2(6) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1361/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.</ref>, as amended) regarding maintaining the health and stability of the marine ecosystem, within 120 days of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue a waiver pursuant to section 101(a)(3)(A) and this section to section 101(a) and section 102(a) of the Act, for such projects that will remain in effect for the duration of the construction, operations and maintenance of the projects. No rulemaking, permit, determination, or other condition or limitation shall be required when issuing a waiver pursuant to this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2b6b52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b6b53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Louisiana.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2b6b54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Upon issuance of a waiver pursuant to this section, the State of Louisiana shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2b6b55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>To the extent practicable and consistent with the purposes of the projects, minimize impacts on marine mammal species and population stocks; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2b6b56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Monitor and evaluate the impacts of the projects on such species and population stocks.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</subheading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $20,110,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/74">132 STAT. 74</page> such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $267,796,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, $17,920,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $20,916,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”, $2,650,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve”, $12,500,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve”, $2,922,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/75">132 STAT. 75</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve”, $5,770,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, $55,471,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">PROCUREMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Other Procurement, Navy” $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Working Capital Funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Defense Working Capital Funds” for the Navy Working Capital Fund, $9,486,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Health Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for operation and maintenance for “Defense Health Program”, $704,000, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/76">132 STAT. 76</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">investigations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Investigations” for necessary expenses related to the completion, or initiation and completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, including shore protection, studies which are currently authorized or which are authorized after the date of enactment of this subdivision, to reduce risk from future floods and hurricanes, at full Federal expense, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, not less than $75,000,000 is available for such studies in States and insular areas that were impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall be for high-priority studies of projects in States and insular areas with more than one flood-related major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) in calendar years 2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c2ea7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, including new studies selected to be initiated using funds provided under this heading, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction” for necessary expenses to address emergency situations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, and rehabilitate and repair damages caused by natural disasters, to Corps of Engineers projects, $15,055,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c55b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> That of such amount, $15,000,000,000 is available to construct flood and storm damage reduction, including shore protection, projects which are currently authorized or which are authorized after the date of enactment of this subdivision, and flood and storm damage reduction, including shore protection, projects which have signed Chief’s Reports as of the date of enactment of this subdivision or which are studied using funds provided under the heading “<headingText>Investigations</headingText>” if the Secretary determines such projects to be technically feasible, economically justified, and environmentally acceptable, in States and insular areas with more than one flood-related major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) in calendar years 2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than $10,425,000,000 shall be available for such projects within States and insular areas that were impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c55b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Puerto Rico.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c55ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Virgin Islands.</p></sidenote> That all repair, rehabilitation, study, design, and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/77">132 STAT. 77</page> construction of Corps of Engineers projects in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, using funds provided under this heading, shall be conducted at full Federal expense: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for projects receiving funding under this heading, the provisions of section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not apply to these funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the completion of ongoing construction projects receiving funds provided under this heading shall be at full Federal expense with respect to such funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c55bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> That using funds provided under this heading, the non-Federal cash contribution for projects eligible for funding pursuant to the first proviso shall be financed in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/99/662/s103/k">section 103(k) of Public Law 99–662</ref> over a period of 30 years from the date of completion of the project or separable element: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be used for continuing authorities projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm damage: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any projects using funds appropriated under this heading shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, where applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction or operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c7ccc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mississippi river and tributaries</heading> <content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf2c7ccd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Mississippi River and Tributaries” for necessary expenses to address emergency situations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, caused by natural disasters, $770,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $400,000,000 is available to construct flood and storm damage reduction projects which are currently authorized or which are authorized after the date of enactment of this subdivision: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2c7cce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/132/78">132 STAT. 78</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operation and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance” for necessary expenses to dredge Federal navigation projects in response to, and repair damages to Corps of Engineers Federal projects caused by, natural disasters, $608,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2ca3df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">flood control and coastal emergencies</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies”, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</ref>), for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurricane and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters, as authorized by law, $810,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funding utilized for authorized shore protection projects shall restore such projects to the full project profile at full Federal expense: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2ca3e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">expenses</heading> <content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf2ccaf1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Expenses” for necessary expenses to administer and oversee the obligation and expenditure of amounts provided in this title for the Corps of Engineers, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2ccaf2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after enactment of this subdivision.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/132/79">132 STAT. 79</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENERGY PROGRAMS</subheading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability”, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, including technical assistance related to electric grids: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Strategic Petroleum Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Strategic Petroleum Reserve”, $8,716,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to damages caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20401.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2cf203-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2cf204-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s701n–2">33 USC 701n–2</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In fiscal year 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall transmit to the Congress, after reasonable opportunity for comment, but without change, by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, a monthly report, the first of which shall be transmitted to Congress not later than 2 days after the date of enactment of this subdivision and monthly thereafter, which includes detailed estimates of damages to each Corps of Engineers project, caused by natural disasters or otherwise.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20402. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From the unobligated balances of amounts made available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $518,900,000 under the heading “<headingText>Corps of Engineers—Civil, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies</headingText>” and $210,000,000 under the heading “<headingText>Corps of Engineers—Civil, Operations and Maintenance</headingText>” in title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/2">Public Law 113–2</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/127/25">127 Stat. 25</ref>) shall be transferred to “Corps of Engineers—Civil, Construction”, to remain available until expended, to rehabilitate, repair and construct Corps of Engineers projects: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That those projects may only include construction expenses, including cost sharing, as described under the heading “<headingText>Corps of Engineers—Civil, Construction</headingText>” in title X of that Act or other construction expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2d1915-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/80">132 STAT. 80</page> obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision.</proviso></content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">real property activities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal buildings fund</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount to be deposited in the “Federal Buildings Fund”, $126,951,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma for repair and alteration of buildings under the custody and control of the Administrator of General Services, and real property management and related activities not otherwise provided for: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds may be used to reimburse the “Federal Buildings Fund” for obligations incurred for this purpose prior to enactment of this subdivision: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $15,000,000 shall be available for tenant improvements in damaged U.S. courthouses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Small Business Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General”, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">disaster loans program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Disaster Loans Program Account” for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $1,652,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to $618,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with “Salaries and Expenses” for administrative expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided under this heading may be used for indirect administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/81">132 STAT. 81</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for audits and investigations of activities funded by this title: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $104,494,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $39,400,000 may be used to carry out U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities in fiscal year 2018 in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, including for the reconstruction of facilities affected, $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2d8e46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Puerto Rico.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2d8e47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Virgin Islands.</p></sidenote> That funds are provided to carry out U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes <page identifier="/us/stat/132/82">132 STAT. 82</page> Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $30,905,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $33,052,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Transportation Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $10,322,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Coast Guard</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operating Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $112,136,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">environmental compliance and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Environmental Compliance and Restoration” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $4,038,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">acquisition, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Matthew, $718,919,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2ddc68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2ddc69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> That, not later than 60 days after enactment of this subdivision, the Secretary <page identifier="/us/stat/132/83">132 STAT. 83</page> of Homeland Security, or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Emergency Management Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $58,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $1,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">disaster relief fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web postings.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Missions.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimates.</p></sidenote>For an additional amount for “Disaster Relief Fund” for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>), $23,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p></sidenote> That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on the Agency’s website not later than 5 days after an award of a public assistance grant under section 406 or 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5172">42 U.S.C. 5172</ref> or 5189f) that is in excess of $1,000,000, the specifics of each such grant award: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for any mission assignment or mission assignment task order to another Federal department or agency regarding a major disaster in excess of $1,000,000, not later than 5 days after the issuance of such mission assignment or mission assignment task order, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s website the following: the name of the impacted State, the disaster declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the assistance requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obligated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p></sidenote> That not later than 10 days after the last day of each month until a mission assignment or mission assignment task order described in the preceding proviso is completed and closed out, the Administrator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate and the amount obligated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hurricane Harvey.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hurricane Irma.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Hurricane Maria.</p></sidenote> for a disaster declaration related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/84">132 STAT. 84</page> or Maria, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 5 days after the first day of each month beginning after the date of enactment of this subdivision, and shall publish on the Agency’s website, not later than 10 days after the first day of each such month, an estimate or actual amount, if available, for the current fiscal year of the cost of the following categories of spending: public assistance, individual assistance, operations, mitigation, administrative, and any other relevant category (including emergency measures and disaster resources): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided, further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e2a93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> That not later than 10 days after the first day of each month, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s website the report (referred to as the Disaster Relief Monthly Report) as required by <ref href="/us/pl/114/4">Public Law 114–4</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided under this heading for the Disaster Relief Fund, up to $150,000,000 shall be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for the cost to lend a territory or possession of the United States that portion of assistance for which the territory or possession is responsible under the cost-sharing provisions of the major disaster declaration for Hurricanes Irma or Maria, as authorized under section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5162">42 U.S.C. 5162</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this paragraph for transfer, up to $1,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for administrative expenses to carry out the Advance of Non-Federal Share program, as authorized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5162">42 U.S.C. 5162</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Support” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $5,374,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/85">132 STAT. 85</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20601"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20601. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcf2e77b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may provide assistance, pursuant to section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>), for critical services as defined in section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the duration of the recovery for incidents DR–4336–PR, DR–4339–PR, DR–4340–USVI, and DR–4335–USVI to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2e77b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>replace or restore the function of a facility or system to industry standards without regard to the pre-disaster condition of the facility or system; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2e77b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>replace or restore components of the facility or system not damaged by the disaster where necessary to fully effectuate the replacement or restoration of disaster-damaged components to restore the function of the facility or system to industry standards.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20602"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20602.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e77b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c">42 U.S.C. 5170c</ref> and 8187), for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the President shall provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with such section 404 in any area in which assistance was provided under such section 420.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20603"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20603. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The third proviso of the second paragraph in <ref href="/us/pl/115/72/tI">title I of Public Law 115–72</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund</headingText>”<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2e9ec8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/1225">131 Stat. 1225</ref>.</p></sidenote> shall be amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>180 days</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>365 days</quotedText>”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20604"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20604.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf2eece9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Definition of Private Nonprofit Facility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 102(11)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5122/11/B">42 U.S.C. 5122(11)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf2eecea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>private nonprofit facility</term>’ means private nonprofit educational (without regard to the religious character of the facility), utility, irrigation, emergency, medical, rehabilitational, and temporary or permanent custodial care facilities (including those for the aged and disabled) and facilities on Indian reservations, as defined by the President.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf2eeceb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In addition to the facilities described in subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>private nonprofit facility</term>’ includes any private nonprofit facility that provides essential social services to the general public (including museums, zoos, performing arts facilities, community arts centers, community centers, libraries, homeless shelters, senior citizen centers, rehabilitation facilities, shelter workshops, broadcasting facilities, houses of worship, and facilities that provide health and safety services of a governmental nature), as defined by the President. No house of worship may be excluded from this definition because leadership or membership in the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/86">132 STAT. 86</page> organization operating the house of worship is limited to persons who share a religious faith or practice.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2eecec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Repair, Restoration, and Replacement of Damaged Facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 406(a)(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5172/a/3">42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf2eeced-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Religious facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship, educational facility, or any other private nonprofit facility, shall be eligible for contributions under paragraph (1)(B), without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility. No house of worship, educational facility, or any other private nonprofit facility may be excluded from receiving contributions under paragraph (1)(B) because leadership or membership in the organization operating the house of worship is limited to persons who share a religious faith or practice.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2eecee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2eecef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5122">42 USC 5122 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2eecf0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2eecf1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after August 23, 2017; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2eecf2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>with respect to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2eecf3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>any application for assistance that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is pending before Federal Emergency Management Agency; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2eecf4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any application for assistance that has been denied, where a challenge to that denial is not yet finally resolved as of the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20605"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20605.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf2f1405-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Federal share of assistance, including direct Federal assistance, provided under section 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5173">42 U.S.C. 5173</ref>), with respect to a major disaster declared pursuant to such Act for damages resulting from a wildfire in calendar year 2017, shall be 90 percent of the eligible costs under such section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2f1406-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2f1407-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2f1408-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>The Federal share provided by subsection (a) shall apply to assistance provided before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal cost-share adjustments for repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20606"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20606. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcf2f3b19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 406(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5172/b">42 U.S.C. 5172(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (2) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased federal share<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Incentive measures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The President may provide incentives to a State or Tribal government to invest in measures that increase readiness for, and resilience from, a major disaster by recognizing such investments through a sliding scale that increases the minimum Federal share to 85 percent. Such measures may include—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the adoption of a mitigation plan approved under section 322;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>investments in disaster relief, insurance, and emergency management programs;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/87">132 STAT. 87</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>encouraging the adoption and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs and establish minimum acceptable criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities that may be eligible for assistance under this Act for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the buildings’ users against disasters;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f893f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>facilitating participation in the community rating system; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f8940-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>funding mitigation projects or granting tax incentives for projects that reduce risk.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f8941-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2f8942-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2f8943-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Comprehensive guidance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the President, acting through the Administrator, shall issue comprehensive guidance to State and Tribal governments regarding the measures and investments, weighted appropriately based on actuarial assessments of eligible actions, that will be recognized for the purpose of increasing the Federal share under this section. Guidance shall ensure that the agency’s review of eligible measures and investments does not unduly delay determining the appropriate Federal cost share.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f8944-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>One year after the issuance of the guidance required by subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regarding the analysis of the Federal cost shares paid under this section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf2f8945-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Savings clause<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this paragraph prevents the President from increasing the Federal cost share above 85 percent.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20607"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20607. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcf2fb056-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf2fb057-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/433">131 Stat. 433</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following at the end of Title V:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2fb058-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="545">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 545.</inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf2fb059-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Premium Pay Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>During calendar year 2017, any premium pay that is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547/a">section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2fb05a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Overtime Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>During calendar year 2017, any overtime that is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ shall be exempted from any annual limit on the amount of overtime payable in a calendar or fiscal year.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2fd76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of Aggregate Limitation on Pay<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In determining whether an employee’s pay exceeds the applicable annual rate of basic pay payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5307">section 5307 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, the head of an Executive agency shall not include pay exempted under this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/88">132 STAT. 88</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2fd76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation of Pay Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Pay exempted from otherwise applicable limits under subsection (a) shall not cause the aggregate pay earned for the calendar year in which the exempted pay is earned to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5313">section 5313 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf2fd76d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>This section shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $210,629,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Park Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">historic preservation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Historic Preservation Fund” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, including costs to States and territories necessary to complete compliance activities required by <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s306108">section 306108 of title 54, United States Code</ref> (formerly section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act) and costs needed to administer the program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That grants shall only be available for areas that have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That individual grants shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching requirement: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $207,600,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/89">132 STAT. 89</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Geological Survey</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">surveys, investigations, and research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Surveys, Investigations, and Research” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and in those areas impacted by a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) with respect to wildfires in 2017, $42,246,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Offices</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Insular Affairs</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">assistance to territories</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Technical Assistance” for financial management expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Protection Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">hazardous substance superfund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Hazardous Substance Superfund” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $6,200,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">leaking underground storage tank trust fund program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Leaking Underground Storage Tank Fund” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $7,000,000, to remain <page identifier="/us/stat/132/90">132 STAT. 90</page> available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and tribal assistance grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Tribal Assistance Grants” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria for the hazardous waste financial assistance grants program and for other solid waste management activities, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of these funds allocated within Region 2 shall be subject to cost share requirements under section 3011(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision—Environmental Protection Agency</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of amounts previously appropriated for capitalization grants for the State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act to a State or territory included as part of a disaster declaration related to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, all existing grant funds that are available but not drawn down shall not be subject to the matching or cost share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching requirements of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act and shall be awarded to such state or territory: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or section 1452(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the state or territory shall utilize the full amount of such funds, excluding existing loans, to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any combination of these: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may be used for eligible projects whose purpose is to repair damage incurred as a result of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, reduce flood damage risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hydrologic change or a natural disaster at treatment works as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or a public drinking water system under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any project involving the repair or replacement of a lead service line shall replace the entire lead service line, not just a portion.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</subheading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Forest Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and private forestry</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “State and Private Forestry” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes <page identifier="/us/stat/132/91">132 STAT. 91</page> Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national forest system</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “National Forest System” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, $20,652,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital improvement and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Capital Improvement and Maintenance” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 fire season, $91,600,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20701. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Agencies<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf309abe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf309abf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> receiving funds appropriated by this title shall each provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds by account, beginning not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="VIII">TITLE VIII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employment and Training Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">training and employment services</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Training and Employment Services”, $100,000,000, for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve for necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma and those jurisdictions that received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) due to wildfires in 2017, which shall be available from the date of enactment of this subdivision through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to $2,500,000 of such funds to any other Department of Labor account for reconstruction and recovery needs, including worker protection activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these sums may be used to replace grant funds previously obligated to the impacted areas: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided, up to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/92">132 STAT. 92</page> $500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to “Office of Inspector General”for oversight of activities responding to such hurricanes and wildfires: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">job corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Job Corps” for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition for Job Corps Centers in Puerto Rico, $30,900,000, which shall be available upon the date of enactment of this subdivision and remain available for obligation through June 30, 2021: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Labor</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">deferral of interest payments for virgin islands</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20801"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20801. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf30e8e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf30e8e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, the interest payment of the Virgin Islands that was due under section 1202(b)(1) of the Social Security Act on September 29, 2017, shall not be due until September 28, 2018, and no interest shall accrue on such amount through September 28, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">flexibility in use of funds under wioa</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20802"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20802.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf313702-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 133(b)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, in States, as defined by section 3(56) of such Act, affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, a local board, as defined by section 3(33) of such Act, in a local area, as defined by section 3(32) of such Act, affected by such Hurricanes may transfer, if such transfer is approved by the Governor, up to 100 percent of the funds allocated to the local area for Program Years 2016 and 2017 for Youth Workforce Investment activities under paragraphs (2) or (3) of section 128(b) of such Act, for Adult employment and training activities under paragraphs (2)(A) or (3) of section 133(b) of such Act, or for Dislocated Worker employment and training activities under paragraph (2)(B) of section 133(b) of such Act among—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313703-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>adult employment and training activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313704-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>dislocated worker employment and training activities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313705-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>youth workforce investment activities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf313706-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">The Virgin Islands<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Except for the funds reserved to carry out required statewide activities under sections 127(b) and 134(a)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the Governor of the Virgin Islands may authorize the transfer of up to 100 percent of the remaining funds provided to the Virgin Islands for Program Years 2016 and 2017 for Youth Workforce Investment activities under section 127(b)(1)(B) of such Act, for Adult employment and training activities under section 132(b)(1)(A) of such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/93">132 STAT. 93</page> Act, or for Dislocated Worker employment and training activities under section 133(b)(2)(A) of such Act among—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313707-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>adult employment and training activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313708-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>dislocated worker employment and training activities; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf313709-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>youth workforce investment activities.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">cdc-wide activities and program support</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support”, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for response, recovery, preparation, mitigation, and other expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated by this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided, not less than $6,000,000 shall be transferred to the “Buildings and Facilities” account for the purposes provided herein: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the director</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for fiscal year 2018 for “Office of the Director”, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for response, recovery, and other expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That obligations incurred for these purposes prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated by this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated by this paragraph may be used for construction grants or contracts under section 404I of the Public Health Service Act without regard to section 404I(c)(2): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration for Children and Families</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">children and families services programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Children and Families Services Programs”, $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, for Head Start programs, for necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, including making payments under the Head Start Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be included in the calculation of the “base grant” in subsequent fiscal <page identifier="/us/stat/132/94">132 STAT. 94</page> years, as such term is defined in sections 640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this paragraph are not subject to the allocation requirements of section 640(a) of the Head Start Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be available for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-insurance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $12,500,000 shall be available for Federal administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public health and social services emergency fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund”, $162,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for response, recovery, preparation, mitigation and other expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, including activities authorized under section 319(a) of the Public Health Service Act (referred to in this subdivision as the “PHS Act”): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount provided, $60,000,000 shall be transferred to “Health Resources and Services Administration—Primary Health Care”, for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria for disaster response and recovery, for the Health Centers Program under section 330 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not less than $50,000,000, of amounts transferred under the preceding proviso, shall be available for alteration, renovation, construction, equipment, and other capital improvement costs as necessary to meet the needs of areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the time limitation in section 330(e)(3) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under the preceding proviso: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided, not less than $20,000,000 shall be transferred to “Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration—Health Surveillance and Program Support” for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for behavioral health treatment, crisis counseling, and other related helplines, and for other similar programs to provide support to individuals impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided, up to $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to “Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General” for oversight of activities responding to such hurricanes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be available for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-<page identifier="/us/stat/132/95">132 STAT. 95</page> insurance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provision—Department of Health and Human Services</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20803"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20803.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf31d34a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf31d34b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf31d34c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>As the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines necessary to respond to a critical hiring need for emergency response positions, after providing public notice and without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3319 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, the Secretary may appoint candidates directly to the following positions, consistent with subsection (b), to perform critical work directly relating to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf31d34d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Intermittent disaster-response personnel in the National Disaster Medical System, under section 2812 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300hh–11">42 U.S.C. 300hh–11</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf31d34e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Term or temporary related positions in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf31d34f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expiration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The authority under subsection (a) shall expire 270 days after the date of enactment of this section.</content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hurricane Education Recovery</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf3332e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Hurricane Education Recovery” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, or wildfires in 2017 for which a major disaster or emergency has been declared under sections 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</ref> and 5190) (referred to under this heading as “covered disaster or emergency”), $2,700,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, for assisting in meeting the educational needs of individuals affected by a covered disaster or emergency: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>such funds shall be used—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>to make awards to eligible entities for immediate aid to restart school operations, in accordance with paragraph (2);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>for temporary emergency impact aid for displaced students, in accordance with paragraph (2);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>for emergency assistance to institutions of higher education and students attending institutions of higher education in an area directly affected by a covered disaster or emergency in accordance with paragraph (3);<page identifier="/us/stat/132/96">132 STAT. 96</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>for payments to institutions of higher education to help defray the unexpected expenses associated with enrolling displaced students from institutions of higher education directly affected by a covered disaster or emergency, in accordance with paragraph (4); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>to provide assistance to local educational agencies serving homeless children and youth in accordance with paragraph (5);</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>immediate aid to restart school operations and temporary emergency impact aid for displaced students described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall be provided under the statutory terms and conditions that applied to assistance under sections 102 and 107 of <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV">title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref>, respectively, except that such sections shall be applied so that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>each reference to a major disaster declared in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</ref>) shall be to a major disaster or emergency declared by the President in accordance with section 401 or 501, respectively, of such Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>each reference to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita shall be a reference to a covered disaster or emergency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>each reference to August 22, 2005 shall be to the date that is one week prior to the date that the major disaster or emergency was declared for the area;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>each reference to the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas shall be to the States or territories affected by a covered disaster or emergency, and each reference to the State educational agencies of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Texas shall be a reference to the State educational agencies that serve the states or territories affected by a covered disaster or emergency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>each reference to the 2005–2006 school year shall be to the 2017–2018 school year;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the references in <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV/s102/h/1">section 102(h)(1) of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref> to the number of non-public and public elementary schools and secondary schools in the State shall be to the number of students in non-public and public elementary schools and secondary schools in the State, and the reference in such section to the National Center for Data Statistics Common Core of Data for the 2003–2004 school year shall be to the most recent and appropriate data set for the 2016–2017 school year;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>in determining the amount of immediate aid provided to restart school operations as described in <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV/s102/b">section 102(b) of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref>, the Secretary shall consider the number of students enrolled, during the 2016–2017 school year, in elementary schools and secondary schools that were closed as a result of a covered disaster or emergency;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><chapeau>in determining the amount of emergency impact aid that a State educational agency is eligible to receive under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall, subject to section 107(d)(1)(B) of such title, provide—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/97">132 STAT. 97</page></chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>$9,000 for each displaced student who is an English learner, as that term is defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</ref>);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>$10,000 for each displaced student who is a child with a disability (regardless of whether the child is an English learner); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>$8,500 for each displaced student who is not a child with a disability or an English learner;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>with respect to the emergency impact aid provided under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary may modify the State educational agency and local educational agency application timelines in section 107(c) of such title; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">(J) </num><content>each reference to a public elementary school may include, as determined by the local educational agency, a publicly-funded preschool program that enrolls children below the age of kindergarten entry and is part of an elementary school;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>$100,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be for programs authorized under subpart 3 of Part A, part C of title IV and part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087–51/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.</ref>, 1138 et seq.) for institutions located in an area affected by a covered disaster or emergency, and students enrolled in such institutions, except that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>any requirements relating to matching, Federal share, reservation of funds, or maintenance of effort under such parts that would otherwise be applicable to that assistance shall not apply;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such assistance may be used for student financial assistance;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>such assistance may also be used for faculty and staff salaries, equipment, student supplies and instruments, or any purpose authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965, by institutions of higher education that are located in areas affected by a covered disaster or emergency; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the Secretary shall prioritize, to the extent possible, students who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless as a result of displacement, and institutions that have sustained extensive damage, by a covered disaster or emergency;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>up to $75,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be for payments to institutions of higher education to help defray the unexpected expenses associated with enrolling displaced students from institutions of higher education at which operations have been disrupted by a covered disaster or emergency, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary and made publicly available;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3332fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be available to provide assistance to local educational agencies serving homeless children and youths displaced by a covered disaster or emergency, consistent with section 723 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s11431–11435">42 U.S.C. 11431–11435</ref>) and with <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV/s106">section 106 of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref>, except that funds shall be disbursed based on demonstrated need and the number <page identifier="/us/stat/132/98">132 STAT. 98</page> of homeless children and youth enrolled as a result of displacement by a covered disaster or emergency;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf335a0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1232">20 U.S.C. 1232</ref>) and <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s553">section 553 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall not apply to activities under this heading;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf335a0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$4,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading, to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Education for oversight of activities supported with funds appropriated under this heading, and up to $3,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be for program administration;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf335a0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>up to $35,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be to carry out activities authorized under section 4631(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7281/b">20 U.S.C. 7281(b)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enactment of this subdivision may be charged to funds appropriated under this paragraph;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf335a0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf335a10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote><content>the Secretary may waive, modify, or provide extensions for certain requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1001/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</ref>) for affected individuals, affected students, and affected institutions in covered disaster or emergency areas in the same manner as the Secretary was authorized to waive, modify, or provide extensions for certain requirements of such Act under provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV/stB">subtitle B of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref> for affected individuals, affected students, and affected institutions in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, except that the cost associated with any action taken by the Secretary under this paragraph is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf335a11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>if any provision under this heading or application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of the provisions under this heading and the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.</content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provision—Department of Education</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20804"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20804.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf335a12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf335a13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Loan forgiveness.</p></sidenote><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to forgive any outstanding balance owed to the Department of Education under the HBCU Hurricane Supplemental Loan program established pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/109/234/s2601">section 2601 of Public Law 109–234</ref>, as modified by section 307 of title III of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/74">Public Law 112–74</ref>), as carried forward by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/175">Public Law 112–175</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf338124-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are hereby appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/99">132 STAT. 99</page></proviso></content></subsection></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20805"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20805. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf338125-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services by this title may be transferred to, and merged with, other appropriation accounts under the headings “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” and “Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” for the purposes specified in this title following consultation with the Office of Management and Budget: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf338126-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote> the Committees on Appropriations in the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified 10 days in advance of any such transfer: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf338127-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available by this title may be transferred pursuant to the authority in <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dH/s205">section 205 of division H of Public Law 115–31</ref> or section 241(a) of the PHS Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20806"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20806. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33a838-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33a839-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Spending plan.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33a83a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimates.</p></sidenote> later than 30 days after enactment of this subdivision, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title, including estimated personnel and administrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33a83b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such plans shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days until all funds are expended or expire.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20807"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 20807. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise provided for by this title, the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appropriations accounts shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IX">TITLE IX</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">LEGISLATIVE BRANCH</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, for audits and investigations relating to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the 2017 wildfires: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="X">TITLE X</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps”, $201,636,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/100">132 STAT. 100</page> the funds made available to the Navy and Marine Corps for recovery efforts related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in this subdivision shall be available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33cf4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33cf4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, not later than 60 days after enactment of this subdivision, the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Army National Guard”, $519,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Army National Guard for recovery efforts related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in this subdivision shall be available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33f65e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf33f65f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, not later than 60 days after enactment of this subdivision, the Director of the Army National Guard, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Veterans Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Medical Services”, $11,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical support and compliance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Medical Support and Compliance”, $3,209,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated <page identifier="/us/stat/132/101">132 STAT. 101</page> by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Medical Facilities”, $75,108,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf341d70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Expenditure plan.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That none of these funds shall be available for obligation until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction, minor projects</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Construction, Minor Projects”, $4,088,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21001. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf341d71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Puerto Rico.</p></sidenote> <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s18236/b">section 18236(b) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, the Secretary of Defense shall contribute to Puerto Rico, 100 percent of the total cost of construction (including the cost of architectural, engineering and design services) for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion of the Arroyo readiness center under paragraph (5) of <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s18233/a">section 18233(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="XI">TITLE XI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Aviation Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations”, $35,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and other hurricanes occurring in calendar year 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/102">132 STAT. 102</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">facilities and equipment</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(airport and airway trust fund)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Facilities and Equipment”, $79,589,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and other hurricanes occurring in calendar year 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Highway Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal-aid highways</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emergency relief program</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Emergency Relief Program” as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s125">section 125 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, $1,374,000,000, to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf346b92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s125/d/4">section 125(d)(4) of title 23, United States Code</ref>, no limitation on the total obligations for projects under section 125 of such title shall apply to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding subsection (e) of <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s120">section 120 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, for this fiscal year and hereafter, the Federal share for Emergency Relief funds made available under section 125 of such title to respond to damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, shall be 100 percent for Puerto Rico: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Transit Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public transportation emergency relief program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program” as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5324">section 5324 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, $330,000,000 to remain available until expended, for transit systems affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria with major disaster declarations in 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than three-quarters of one percent of the funds for public transportation emergency relief shall be available for administrative expenses and ongoing program management oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of such title and shall be in addition to any other appropriations for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/103">132 STAT. 103</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Maritime Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operations and Training”, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses, including for dredging, related to damage to Maritime Administration facilities resulting from Hurricane Harvey: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provision—Department of Transportation</heading> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5302">49 U.S.C. 5302</ref>, for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020 the Secretary of Transportation shall treat an area as an “urbanized area” for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s5307">49 U.S.C. 5307</ref> and 5336(a) until the next decennial census following the enactment of this Act if the area was defined and designated as an “urbanized” area by the Secretary of Commerce in the 2000 decennial census and the population of such area fell below 50,000 after the 2000 decennial census as a result of a major disaster: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That an area treated as an “urbanized area” for purposes of this section shall be assigned the population and square miles of the urbanized area designated by the Secretary of Commerce in the 2000 decennial census: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the term “<term>major disaster</term>” has the meaning given such term in section 102(2) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5122/2">42 U.S.C. 5122(2)</ref>).</proviso></content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Planning and Development</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">community development fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Community Development Fund”, $28,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5301/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a major declared disaster that occurred in 2017 (except as otherwise provided under this heading) pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds shall be awarded directly to the State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974) at the discretion of the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $16,000,000,000 shall be allocated to meet unmet needs for grantees that have received or will receive allocations under this heading for major declared disasters that occurred in 2017 or under the same heading of <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">Division B of Public Law 115–56</ref>, except that, of the amounts made available under this proviso, no less than $11,000,000,000 shall be allocated to the States and units <page identifier="/us/stat/132/104">132 STAT. 104</page> of local government affected by Hurricane Maria, and of such amounts allocated to such grantees affected by Hurricane Maria, $2,000,000,000 shall be used to provide enhanced or improved electrical power systems: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent amounts under the previous proviso are insufficient to meet all unmet needs, the allocation amounts related to infrastructure shall be reduced proportionally based on the total infrastructure needs of all grantees:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, no less than $12,000,000,000 shall be allocated for mitigation activities to all grantees of funding provided under this heading, <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dL/s420">section 420 of division L of Public Law 114–113</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dC/s145">section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dC/s192">section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223</ref> (as added by <ref href="/us/pl/114/254/dA/s101/3">section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114–254</ref>), <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dK/s421">section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31</ref>, and the same heading in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref>, and that such mitigation activities shall be subject to the same terms and conditions under this subdivision, as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all such grantees shall receive an allocation of funds under the preceding proviso in the same proportion that the amount of funds each grantee received or will receive under the second proviso of this heading or the headings and sections specified in the previous proviso bears to the amount of all funds provided to all grantees specified in the previous proviso:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under the second and fourth provisos of this heading, the Secretary shall allocate to all such grantees an aggregate amount not less than 33 percent of each such amounts of funds provided under this heading within 60 days after the enactment of this subdivision based on the best available data (especially with respect to data for all such grantees affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria), and shall allocate no less than 100 percent of the funds provided under this heading by no later than December 1, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall not prohibit the use of funds made available under this heading and the same heading in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref> for non-federal share as authorized by section 105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5305/a/9">42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, grantees may establish grant programs to assist small businesses for working capital purposes to aid in recovery: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote> as a condition of making any grant, the Secretary shall certify in advance that such grantee has in place proficient financial controls and procurement processes and has established adequate procedures to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5155">42 U.S.C. 5155</ref>), to ensure timely expenditure of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites regarding all disaster recovery activities assisted with these funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That with respect to any such duplication of benefits, the Secretary and any grantee under this section shall not take into consideration or reduce the amount provided to any applicant for assistance from the grantee where such applicant applied for and was approved, but declined assistance related to such major declared disasters that occurred in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 from the Small Business Administration under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/b">15 U.S.C. 636(b)</ref>):<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/105">132 STAT. 105</page> Secretary shall require grantees to maintain on a public website information containing common reporting criteria established by the Department that permits individuals and entities awaiting assistance and the general public to see how all grant funds are used, including copies of all relevant procurement documents, grantee administrative contracts and details of ongoing procurement processes, as determined by the Secretary:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plan.</p></sidenote> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That prior to the obligation of funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, or for which funds are made available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds allocated under this heading shall not be considered relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5306">42 U.S.C. 5306</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for administrative costs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sixth proviso under this heading in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/1138">131 Stat. 1138</ref>.</p></sidenote> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>State or subdivision thereof</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5302">42 U.S.C. 5302</ref>))</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in administering<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3555fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> the funds under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds provided under this heading that use such funds to supplement Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) may adopt, without review or public comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit performed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to such environmental review, approval or permit: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5304/g/2">42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)</ref>), the Secretary may, upon receipt of a request for release of funds and certification, immediately approve the release of funds for an activity or project assisted under this heading if the recipient has adopted an environmental review, approval or permit under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is categorically excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4321/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf357d0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf357d0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register,</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf357d0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">publication.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf357d10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> shall publish via notice in the Federal Register <page identifier="/us/stat/132/106">132 STAT. 106</page> any waiver, or alternative requirement, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before the effective date of such waiver or alternative requirement: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the eighth proviso under this heading in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf357d11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/1138">131 Stat. 1138</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>408(c)(4),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>407,</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building and technical assistance, including assistance on contracting and procurement processes, to support States, units of general local government, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that receive allocations pursuant to this heading, received disaster recovery allocations under the same heading in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56">Public Law 115–56</ref>, or may receive similar allocations for disaster recovery in future appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall be transferred, in aggregate, to “<quotedText>Department of Housing and Urban Development—Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Planning and Development</quotedText>” for necessary costs, including information technology costs, of administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount specified in the preceding proviso shall be combined with funds appropriated under the same heading and for the same purpose in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56">Public Law 115–56</ref> and the aggregate of such amounts shall be available for any of the purposes specified under this heading or the same heading in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56">Public Law 115–56</ref> without limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for necessary costs of overseeing and auditing funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Housing and Urban Development</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Community Development Fund</headingText>” under this subdivision that remain available, after the other funds under such heading have been allocated for necessary expenses for activities authorized under such heading, shall be used for additional mitigation activities in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a major declared disaster that occurred in 2014, 2015, 2016 or 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such remaining funds shall be awarded to grantees of funding provided for disaster relief under the heading “<headingText>Community Development Fund</headingText>” in this subdivision, <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dL/s420">section 420 of division L of Public Law 114–113</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dC/s145">section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dC/s192">section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223</ref> (as added by <ref href="/us/pl/114/254/dA/s101/3">section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114–254</ref>), <page identifier="/us/stat/132/107">132 STAT. 107</page> <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dK/s421">section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31</ref>, and the same heading in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref> subject to the same terms and conditions under this subdivision and such Acts respectively: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each such grantee shall receive an allocation from such remaining funds in the same proportion that the amount of funds such grantee received under this subdivision and under the Acts specified in the previous proviso bears to the amount of all funds provided to all grantees specified in the previous proviso.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf35a422-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote> 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to the section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies located in the most impacted and distressed areas in which a major Presidentially declared disaster occurred during 2017 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.</ref>), to avoid significant adverse funding impacts that would otherwise result from the disaster, or to facilitate leasing up to a public housing agency’s authorized level of units under contract (but not to exceed such level), upon request by and in consultation with a public housing agency and supported by documentation as required by the Secretary that demonstrates the need for the adjustment.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="XII">TITLE XII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS SUBDIVISION</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Each amount appropriated or made available by this subdivision is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this subdivision shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise provided for by this subdivision, the additional amounts appropriated by this subdivision to appropriations accounts shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Each<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf35cb33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> amount designated in this subdivision by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For purposes of this subdivision, the consequences or impacts of any hurricane shall include damages caused by the storm at any time during the entirety of its duration as a cyclone, as defined by the National Hurricane Center.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21206. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcf35cb34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Any<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf35cb35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote> amount appropriated by this subdivision, designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subsequently so designated by the President, and transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this subdivision shall retain such designation.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/108">132 STAT. 108</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21207. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf35cb36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> terms and conditions applicable to the funds provided in this subdivision, including those provided by this title, shall also apply to the funds made available in <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref> and in <ref href="/us/pl/115/72/dA">division A of Public Law 115–72</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21208.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf364067-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Section 305 of division A of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/72">Public Law 115–72</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364068-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/1227">131 Stat. 1227</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf364069-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf36406a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf36406b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1) Not later than December 31, 2017,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Not later than March 31, 2018,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf36406c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf36406d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>receiving funds under this division</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>expending more than $10,000,000 of funds provided by this division and <ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dB">division B of Public Law 115–56</ref> in any one fiscal year</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf36406e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf36406f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>Section 305 of division A of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/72">Public Law 115–72</ref>), as amended by this section, shall apply to funds appropriated by this division as if they had been appropriated by that division.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf364070-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364071-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Disaster assistance.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364072-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364073-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364074-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s501">31 USC 501 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>In order to proactively prepare for oversight of future disaster relief funding, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue standard guidance for Federal agencies to use in designing internal control plans for disaster relief funding. This guidance shall leverage existing internal control review processes and shall include, at a minimum, the following elements:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf364075-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364076-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote><content>Robust criteria for identifying and documenting incremental risks and mitigating controls related to the funding.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf364077-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Guidance for documenting the linkage between the incremental risks related to disaster funding and efforts to address known internal control risks.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf364078-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote> agency or department provided funding in excess of $3,000,000,000 by this subdivision, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Corps of Engineers, is directed to provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding its efforts to provide adequate resources and technical assistance for small, low-income communities affected by natural disasters.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 21210.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf372ad9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372ada-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Coordination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372adb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Puerto Rico.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372adc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372add-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plan.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subdivision and in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with support and contributions from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, and other Federal agencies having responsibilities defined under the National Disaster Recovery Framework, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall submit to Congress a report describing the Commonwealth’s 12- and 24-month economic and disaster recovery plan that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ade-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>defines the priorities, goals, and expected outcomes of the recovery effort for the Commonwealth, based on damage assessments prepared pursuant to Federal law, if applicable, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372adf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>housing;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>economic issues, including workforce development and industry expansion and cultivation;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>health and social services;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/109">132 STAT. 109</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>natural and cultural resources;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>governance and civic institutions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>electric power systems and grid restoration;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>environmental issues, including solid waste facilities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>other infrastructure systems, including repair, restoration, replacement, and improvement of public infrastructure such water and wastewater treatment facilities, communications networks, and transportation infrastructure;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>is consistent with—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Commonwealth’s fiscal capacity to provide long-term operation and maintenance of rebuilt or replaced assets;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372ae9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>alternative procedures and associated programmatic guidance adopted by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5189f">42 U.S.C. 5189f</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372aea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>actions as may be necessary to mitigate vulnerabilities to future extreme weather events and natural disasters and increase community resilience, including encouraging the adoption and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs and establish minimum acceptable criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the buildings’ users against disasters;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372aeb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>promotes transparency and accountability through appropriate public notification, outreach, and hearings;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372aec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>identifies performance metrics for assessing and reporting on the progress toward achieving the Commonwealth’s recovery goals, as identified under paragraph (1);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372aed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>is developed in coordination with the Oversight Board established under PROMESA; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf372aee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372aef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>is certified by that Oversight Board to be consistent with the purpose set forth in section 101(a) of PROMESA (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s2121/a">48 U.S.C. 2121(a)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372af1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372af2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p></sidenote><content>At the end of every 30-day period before the submission of the report described in subsection (a), the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall provide to Congress interim status updates on progress developing such report.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372af4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>At the end of every 180-day period after the submission of the report described in subsection (a), the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall make public a report on progress achieving the goals set forth in such report.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>During the development, and after the submission, of the report required in subsection (a), the Oversight Board may provide to Congress reports on the status of coordination with the Governor of Puerto Rico.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/110">132 STAT. 110</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Amounts made available by this subdivision to a covered territory for response to or recovery from Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria in an aggregate amount greater than $10,000,000 may be reviewed by the Oversight Board under the Oversight Board’s authority under 204(b)(2) of PROMESA (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s2144/b/2">48 U.S.C. 2144(b)(2)</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf372af8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessments.</p></sidenote><content>When developing a Fiscal Plan while the recovery plan required under subsection (a) is in development and in effect, the Oversight Board shall use and incorporate, to the greatest extent feasible, damage assessments prepared pursuant to Federal law.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf372af9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the terms “covered territory” and “Oversight Board” have the meaning given those term in section 5 of PROMESA (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s2104">48 U.S.C. 2104</ref>).</content></subsection></section><level><p class="fontsize10" id="xcf372afa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This subdivision may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="subdivision">Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> SUBDIVISION 2—TAX RELIEF AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS <num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>CALIFORNIA FIRES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20101">SEC. 20101. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf37520b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For purposes of this title—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf37520c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">California wildfire disaster zone<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>California wildfire disaster zone</term>” means that portion of the California wildfire disaster area determined by the President to warrant individual or individual and public assistance from the Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of wildfires in California.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf37520d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf37520e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf37520f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">California wildfire disaster area<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>California wildfire disaster area</term>” means an area with respect to which between January 1, 2017 through January 18, 2018 a major disaster has been declared by the President under section 401 of such Act by reason of wildfires in California.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20102">SEC. 20102. </num><heading>SPECIAL DISASTER-RELATED RULES FOR USE OF RETIREMENT FUNDS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3926d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tax-Favored Withdrawals From Retirement Plans<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply to any qualified wildfire distribution.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Aggregate dollar limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the aggregate amount of distributions received by an individual which may be treated as qualified wildfire distributions for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>$100,000, over</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the aggregate amounts treated as qualified wildfire distributions received by such individual for all prior taxable years.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/111">132 STAT. 111</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of plan distributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If a distribution to an individual would (without regard to subparagraph (A)) be a qualified wildfire distribution, a plan shall not be treated as violating any requirement of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 merely because the plan treats such distribution as a qualified wildfire distribution, unless the aggregate amount of such distributions from all plans maintained by the employer (and any member of any controlled group which includes the employer) to such individual exceeds $100,000.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3926d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Controlled group<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “<term>controlled group</term>” means any group treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3926d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount distributed may be repaid<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394dea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394deb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394dec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any individual who receives a qualified wildfire distribution may, at any time during the 3-year period beginning on the day after the date on which such distribution was received, make one or more contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such distribution to an eligible retirement plan of which such individual is a beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution of such distribution could be made under section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the case may be.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394ded-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of repayments of distributions from eligible retirement plans other than iras<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394dee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) with respect to a qualified wildfire distribution from an eligible retirement plan other than an individual retirement plan, then the taxpayer shall, to the extent of the amount of the contribution, be treated as having received the qualified wildfire distribution in an eligible rollover distribution (as defined in section 402(c)(4) of such Code) and as having transferred the amount to the eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394def-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of repayments for distributions from iras<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394df0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) with respect to a qualified wildfire distribution from an individual retirement plan (as defined by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), then, to the extent of the amount of the contribution, the qualified wildfire distribution shall be treated as a distribution described in section 408(d)(3) of such Code and as having been transferred to the eligible retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394df3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified wildfire distribution<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term “<term>qualified wildfire distribution</term>” means any distribution from an eligible retirement plan made on or after October 8, 2017, and before January 1, 2019, to an individual whose principal place of abode during any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/112">132 STAT. 112</page> to December 31, 2017, is located in the California wildfire disaster area and who has sustained an economic loss by reason of the wildfires to which the declaration of such area relates.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible retirement plan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>eligible retirement plan</term>” shall have the meaning given such term by section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Income inclusion spread over 3-year period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of any qualified wildfire distribution, unless the taxpayer elects not to have this paragraph apply for any taxable year, any amount required to be included in gross income for such taxable year shall be so included ratably over the 3-taxable-year period beginning with such taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394df8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (E) of section 408A(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394df9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394dfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exemption of distributions from trustee to trustee transfer and withholding rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, qualified wildfire distributions shall not be treated as eligible rollover distributions.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394dfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified wildfire distributions treated as meeting plan distribution requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a qualified wildfire distribution shall be treated as meeting the requirements of sections 401(k)(2)(B)(i), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11), and 457(d)(1)(A) of such Code.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf394dfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Recontributions of Withdrawals for Home Purchases<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394dfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Recontributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394dfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394dff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any individual who received a qualified distribution may, during the period beginning on October 8, 2017, and ending on June 30, 2018, make one or more contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such qualified distribution to an eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of which such individual is a beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution of such distribution could be made under section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), or 408(d)(3), of such Code, as the case may be.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of repayments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(3) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified distribution<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>qualified distribution</term>” means any distribution—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>described in section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii) (but only to the extent such distribution relates to financial hardship), 403(b)(11)(B), or 72(t)(2)(F), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>received after March 31, 2017, and before January 15, 2018, and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/113">132 STAT. 113</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>which was to be used to purchase or construct a principal residence in the California wildfire disaster area but which was not so purchased or constructed on account of the wildfires to which the declaration of such area relates.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf394e08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Loans From Qualified Plans<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increase in limit on loans not treated as distributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of any loan from a qualified employer plan (as defined under section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to a qualified individual made during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2018—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>clause (i) of section 72(p)(2)(A) of such Code shall be applied by substituting “$100,000” for “$50,000”, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>clause (ii) of such section shall be applied by substituting “the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of the employee under the plan” for “one-half of the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of the employee under the plan”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Delay of repayment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a qualified individual with an outstanding loan on or after October 8, 2017, from a qualified employer plan (as defined in section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>if the due date pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 72(p)(2) of such Code for any repayment with respect to such loan occurs during the period beginning on October 8, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2018, such due date shall be delayed for 1 year,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>any subsequent repayments with respect to any such loan shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the delay in the due date under paragraph (1) and any interest accruing during such delay, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in determining the 5-year period and the term of a loan under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 72(p)(2) of such Code, the period described in subparagraph (A) shall be disregarded.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified individual<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>qualified individual</term>” means any individual whose principal place of abode during any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, to December 31, 2017, is located in the California wildfire disaster area and who has sustained an economic loss by reason of wildfires to which the declaration of such area relates.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf394e17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Provisions Relating to Plan Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If this subsection applies to any amendment to any plan or annuity contract, such plan or contract shall be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amendments to which subsection applies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This subsection shall apply to any amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is made—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulation.</p></sidenote><content>pursuant to any provision of this section, or pursuant to any regulation issued by the Secretary or the Secretary of Labor under any provision of this section, and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/114">132 STAT. 114</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>on or before the last day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, or such later date as the Secretary may prescribe.</content></clause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf394e20-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), clause (ii) shall be applied by substituting the date which is 2 years after the date otherwise applied under clause (ii).</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conditions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This subsection shall not apply to any amendment unless—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf394e23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><chapeau>during the period—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>beginning on the date that this section or the regulation described in subparagraph (A)(i) takes effect (or in the case of a plan or contract amendment not required by this section or such regulation, the effective date specified by the plan), and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>ending on the date described in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if earlier, the date the plan or contract amendment is adopted),</content></subclause></clause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf394e26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract amendment were in effect, and</continuation><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf394e27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>such plan or contract amendment applies retroactively for such period.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20103">SEC. 20103. </num><heading>EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS AFFECTED BY CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf39c258-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of an eligible employer, the California wildfire employee retention credit shall be treated as a credit listed in subsection (b) of such section. For purposes of this subsection, the California wildfire employee retention credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 40 percent of the qualified wages with respect to each eligible employee of such employer for such taxable year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount of qualified wages which may be taken into account with respect to any individual shall not exceed $6,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf39e969-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf39e96a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf39e96b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e96c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible employer<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>eligible employer</term>” means any employer—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e96d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>which conducted an active trade or business on October 8, 2017, in the California wildfire disaster zone, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e96e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>with respect to whom the trade or business described in subparagraph (A) is inoperable on any day after October 8, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, as a result of damage sustained by reason of the wildfires to which such declaration of such area relates.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e96f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible employee<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>eligible employee</term>” means with respect to an eligible employer an employee whose principal place of employment on October 8, 2017, with such eligible employer was in the California wildfire disaster zone.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e970-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified wages<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>qualified wages</term>” means wages (as defined in section 51(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but without regard to section 3306(b)(2)(B) of such Code) paid or incurred by an eligible employer with respect to an eligible employee on any day after October 8, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, which occurs during the period—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/115">132 STAT. 115</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e971-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>beginning on the date on which the trade or business described in paragraph (1) first became inoperable at the principal place of employment of the employee immediately before the wildfires to which the declaration of the California wildfire disaster area relates, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf39e972-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>ending on the date on which such trade or business has resumed significant operations at such principal place of employment.</content></subparagraph><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf39e973-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">Such term shall include wages paid without regard to whether the employee performs no services, performs services at a different place of employment than such principal place of employment, or performs services at such principal place of employment before significant operations have resumed.</continuation></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf39e974-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certain Rules To Apply<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of sections 51(i)(1), 52, and 280C(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall apply.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf39e975-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Employee Not Taken Into Account More Than Once<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An employee shall not be treated as an eligible employee for purposes of this section for any period with respect to any employer if such employer is allowed a credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such employee for such period.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20104">SEC. 20104. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf39e976-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf39e977-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf39e978-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading>ADDITIONAL DISASTER-RELATED TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3b7019-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Temporary Suspension of Limitations on Charitable Contributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), subsection (b) of section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply to qualified contributions and such contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of applying subsections (b) and (d) of such section to other contributions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of excess contributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Individuals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of an individual—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any qualified contribution shall be allowed only to the extent that the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed the excess of the taxpayer’s contribution base (as defined in subparagraph (H) of section 170(b)(1) of such Code) over the amount of all other charitable contributions allowed under section 170(b)(1) of such Code.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Carryover<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the aggregate amount of qualified contributions made in the contribution year (within the meaning of section 170(d)(1) of such Code) exceeds the limitation of clause (i), such excess shall be added to the excess described in the portion of subparagraph (A) of such section which precedes clause (i) thereof for purposes of applying such section.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b701f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Corporations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a corporation—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7020-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any qualified contribution shall be allowed only to the extent that the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed the excess of the taxpayer’s taxable income (as determined under paragraph (2) of section 170(b) of such Code) over the amount of all other charitable contributions allowed under such paragraph.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/116">132 STAT. 116</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7021-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Carryover<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall apply for purposes of this subparagraph.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7022-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception to overall limitation on itemized deductions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>So much of any deduction allowed under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as does not exceed the qualified contributions paid during the taxable year shall not be treated as an itemized deduction for purposes of section 68 of such Code.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7023-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified contributions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7024-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>qualified contribution</term>” means any charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7025-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>such contribution—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7026-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>is paid during the period beginning on October 8, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2018, in cash to an organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A) of such Code, and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7027-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>is made for relief efforts in the California wildfire disaster area,</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7028-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the taxpayer obtains from such organization contemporaneous written acknowledgment (within the meaning of section 170(f)(8) of such Code) that such contribution was used (or is to be used) for relief efforts described in clause (i)(II), and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7029-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the taxpayer has elected the application of this subsection with respect to such contribution.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b702a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Such term shall not include a contribution by a donor if the contribution is—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b702b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>to an organization described in section 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b702c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>for the establishment of a new, or maintenance of an existing, donor advised fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of such Code).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b702d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application of election to partnerships and s corporations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a partnership or S corporation, the election under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be made separately by each partner or shareholder.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3b702e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rules for Qualified Disaster-Related Personal Casualty Losses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b702f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If an individual has a net disaster loss for any taxable year—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7030-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>the amount determined under section 165(h)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be equal to the sum of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7031-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>such net disaster loss, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7032-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>so much of the excess referred to in the matter preceding clause (i) of section 165(h)(2)(A) of such Code (reduced by the amount in clause (i) of this subparagraph) as exceeds 10 percent of the adjusted gross income of the individual,</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7033-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>section 165(h)(1) of such Code shall be applied by substituting “$500” for “$500 ($100 for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009)”,<page identifier="/us/stat/132/117">132 STAT. 117</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7034-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the standard deduction determined under section 63(c) of such Code shall be increased by the net disaster loss, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7035-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>section 56(b)(1)(E) of such Code shall not apply to so much of the standard deduction as is attributable to the increase under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7036-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Net disaster loss<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>net disaster loss</term>” means the excess of qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses over personal casualty gains (as defined in section 165(h)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7037-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses</term>” means losses described in section 165(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which arise in the California wildfire disaster area on or after October 8, 2017, and which are attributable to the wildfires to which the declaration of such area relates.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3b7038-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rule for Determining Earned Income<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7039-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a qualified individual, if the earned income of the taxpayer for the taxable year which includes any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, to December 31, 2017, is less than the earned income of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year, the credits allowed under sections 24(d) and 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, at the election of the taxpayer, be determined by substituting—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>such earned income for the preceding taxable year, for</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such earned income for the taxable year which includes any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, to December 31, 2017.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified individual<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>qualified individual</term>” means any individual whose principal place of abode during any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, to December 31, 2017, was located—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the California wildfire disaster zone, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the California wildfire disaster area (but outside the California wildfire disaster zone) and such individual was displaced from such principal place of abode by reason of the wildfires to which the declaration of such area relates.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b703f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Earned income<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>earned income</term>” has the meaning given such term under section 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7040-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7041-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to joint returns<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), in the case of a joint return for a taxable year which includes any portion of the period from October 8, 2017, to December 31, 2017—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7042-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>such paragraph shall apply if either spouse is a qualified individual, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7043-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the earned income of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year shall be the sum of the earned income of each spouse for such preceding taxable year.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7044-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Uniform application of election<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any election made under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to both <page identifier="/us/stat/132/118">132 STAT. 118</page> sections 24(d) and 32, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7045-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Errors treated as mathematical error<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of section 6213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an incorrect use on a return of earned income pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3b7046-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No effect on determination of gross income, etc<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied without regard to any substitution under paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>TAX RELIEF FOR HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA, AND MARIA</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20201">SEC. 20201. </num><heading>TAX RELIEF FOR HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA, AND MARIA.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3bbe67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Modification of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Disaster Areas<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 501 of the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/63">Public Law 115–63</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/131/1173">131 Stat. 1173</ref>) are both amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 21, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 17, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3bbe68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Employee Retention Credit<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsections (a)(3), (b)(3), and (c)(3) of section 503 of the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/63">Public Law 115–63</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/131/1181">131 Stat. 1181</ref>) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 51(i)(1) and 52</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>sections 51(i)(1), 52, and 280C(a)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3bbe69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions of title V of the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 to which such amendments relate.</content></subsection></section> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>HURRICANE MARIA RELIEF FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MEDICAID PROGRAMS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20301">SEC. 20301. </num><heading>HURRICANE MARIA RELIEF FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MEDICAID PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c339a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased Caps<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1108(g)(5) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/g/5">42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c339b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c339c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraphs:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c5aad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3c5aae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Subject to subparagraphs (D) and (E), for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending September 30, 2019—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c5aaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of the increase otherwise provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for Puerto Rico shall be further increased by $3,600,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c5ab0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amount of the increase otherwise provided under subparagraph (A) for the Virgin Islands shall be further increased by $106,931,000.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c5ab1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3c81c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certifications.</p></sidenote><chapeau>For the period described in subparagraph (C), the amount of the increase otherwise provided under subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/119">132 STAT. 119</page> <clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>for Puerto Rico shall be further increased by $1,200,000,000 if the Secretary certifies that Puerto Rico has taken reasonable and appropriate steps during such period, in accordance with a timeline established by the Secretary, to—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>implement methods, satisfactory to the Secretary, for the collection and reporting of reliable data to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T–MSIS) (or a successor system); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>demonstrate progress in establishing a State medicaid fraud control unit described in section 1903(q); and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for the Virgin Islands shall be further increased by $35,644,000 if the Secretary certifies that the Virgin Islands has taken reasonable and appropriate steps during such period, in accordance with a timeline established by the Secretary, to meet the conditions for certification specified in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of title XIX, during the period in which the additional funds provided under subparagraphs (C) and (D) are available for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, respectively, with respect to payments from such additional funds for amounts expended by Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands under such title, the Secretary shall increase the Federal medical assistance percentage or other rate that would otherwise apply to such payments to 100 percent.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Disregard of Certain Expenditures From Spending Cap<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1108(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/g/4">42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for a calendar quarter of such fiscal year,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>section 1903(a)(3)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of such fiscal year for a calendar quarter of such fiscal year,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of such fiscal year, and with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2018, if the Virgin Islands qualifies for a payment under section 1903(a)(6) for a calendar quarter (beginning on or after January 1, 2018) of such fiscal year,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3c81cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report to Congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than July 1, 2018, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>describes the steps taken by Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to meet the conditions for certification specified in clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, of section 1108(g)(5)(D) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/g/5/D">42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)(D)</ref>) (as amended by subsection (a) of this section); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>specifies timelines for each such territory to, as a condition of eligibility for any additional increases in the amounts determined for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, respectively, under subsection (g) of section 1108 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308">42 U.S.C. 1308</ref>) for purposes of payments under title XIX of such Act for fiscal year 2019, complete—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>implementation of methods, satisfactory to the Secretary, for the collection and reporting of reliable data to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T–MSIS) (or a successor system); and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/120">132 STAT. 120</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3c81cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the establishment of a State medicaid fraud control unit described in section 1903(q) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396d/q">42 U.S.C. 1396d(q)</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>BUDGETARY EFFECTS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20401">SEC. 20401. </num><heading>EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This subdivision is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s933/g">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="20402">SEC. 20402. </num><heading>DESIGNATION IN SENATE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In the Senate, this subdivision is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> Subdivision 3—

Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018.

Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018
Sec. 20101.

131 Stat. 1141.

The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56) is further amended by—(1) striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting “March 23, 2018”; and(2) inserting after section 155

Ante, p. 30.

 the following new sections:
“Sec. 156. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic Census and Programs’ at a rate for operations of $182,000,000 for an additional amount for the 2020 Decennial Census Program; and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the schedule and deliver the required data according to statutory deadlines in the 2020 Decennial Census Program.
“Sec. 157. Notwithstanding

Applicability.

 section 101, the matter preceding the first proviso and the first proviso under the heading ‘Power Marketing Administrations—Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration’ in division D of Public Law 115–31 shall be applied by substituting ‘$6,379,000’ for ‘$1,000,000’ each place it appears.
“Sec. 158.

42 USC 6241 note.

 As authorized by section 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall be deposited into the ‘Energy Security and Infrastructure Modernization Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’) during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That in addition to amounts otherwise made available by section 101, any amounts deposited in the Fund shall be made available and shall remain available until expended at a rate for operations of $350,000,000, for necessary expenses in carrying out the Life Extension II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“Sec. 159. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased juror usage.132 STAT. 121
“Sec. 160. Section 144 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56), as amended by the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division A of Public Law 115–96)

131 Stat. 2044.

, is amended by (1) striking ‘$11,761,000’ and inserting ‘$22,247,000’, and (2) striking ‘$1,104,000’ and inserting ‘$1,987,000’.
“Sec. 161. Section

Applicability.

 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied by substituting ‘2018’ for ‘2017’.
“Sec. 162. For

Waiver authority.

 the purpose of carrying out section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)), during the period covered by this Act the Secretary of Education may waive the requirement under section 435(a)(5)(A)(ii) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(ii)) for an institution of higher education that offers an associate degree, is a public institution, and is located in an economically distressed county, defined as a county that ranks in the lowest 5 percent of all counties in the United States based on a national index of county economic status: Provided, That

Applicability.

 this section shall apply to an institution of higher education that otherwise would be ineligible to participate in a program under part A of title IV of the HEA on or after the date of enactment of this Act due to the application of section 435(a)(2) of the HEA.
“Sec. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available by this Act for military construction, land acquisition, and family housing projects and activities may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects authorized by law: Provided, That funds and authority provided by this section may be used notwithstanding sections 102 and 104: Provided further, That such funds may be used only for projects identified by the Department of the Air Force in its January 29, 2018, letter sent to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress detailing urgently needed fiscal year 2018 construction requirements.
“Sec. 164. (a) Section 116(h)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—“(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the’; inserting ‘The’; and inserting the following after the first sentence: ‘Any such funds or limitation of obligations or portions thereof transferred to the Bureau may be transferred back to and merged with the original account.’; and“(2) in clause (ii) by striking ‘During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the’; inserting ‘The’; and inserting the following after the first sentence: ‘Any such funds or limitation of obligations or portions thereof transferred to the Bureau may be transferred back to and merged with the original account.’.“(b) Section 503(l)(4) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 823(l)(4)) is amended—“(1) in the heading by striking ‘Safety and operations account’ and inserting ‘National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau account’; and“(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration’ and inserting ‘National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau account’.132 STAT. 122
“Sec. 165. Section

Applicability.

 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) for ‘September 30, 2017’.”
.

  This subdivision may be cited as the “Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION C—BUDGETARY AND OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 30001. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  The table of contents for this division is as follows:

DIVISION C— Sec. 30001.  TITLE I— Sec. 30101.  Sec. 30102.  Sec. 30103.  Sec. 30104.  Sec. 30105.  TITLE II— Sec. 30201.  Sec. 30202.  Sec. 30203.  Sec. 30204.  Sec. 30205.  Sec. 30206.  TITLE III— Sec. 30301.  TITLE IV— Subtitle A— Sec. 30421.  Sec. 30422.  Sec. 30423.  Sec. 30424.  Subtitle B— Sec. 30441.  Sec. 30442.  Sec. 30443.  Sec. 30444. 
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>BUDGET ENFORCEMENT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30101">SEC. 30101. </num><heading>AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3e2f9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3e2fa0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Revised Discretionary Spending Limits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s901/c">2 U.S.C. 901(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraphs (5) and (6) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><chapeau>for fiscal year 2018—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for the revised security category, $629,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for the revised nonsecurity category $579,000,000,000 in new budget authority;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/123">132 STAT. 123</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><chapeau>for fiscal year 2019—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for the revised security category, $647,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for the revised nonsecurity category, $597,000,000,000 in new budget authority;”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Direct Spending Adjustments for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s901a">2 U.S.C. 901a</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (5)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (11)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, (11), and (12)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e2fa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf3e56ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementing direct spending reductions for fiscal years 2018 and 2019<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="inline" id="ycf3e56bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>OMB shall make the calculations necessary to implement the direct spending reductions calculated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf3e56bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3e56bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Direct Spending Reductions Through Fiscal Year 2027<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s901a/6">2 U.S.C. 901a(6)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e56be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2022, for fiscal year 2023, for fiscal year 2024, and for fiscal year 2025</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3e56bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2025</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2027</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30102">SEC. 30102. </num><heading>BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Effective on<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3e56c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote> the date of enactment of this Act, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s933/d">2 U.S.C. 933(d)</ref>) shall be zero.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30103">SEC. 30103. </num><heading>AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE SENATE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbf1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3ecbf2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3ecbf3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Fiscal Year 2019<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s621/etseq">2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</ref>) after April 15, 2018, and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbf4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3ecbf5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3ecbf6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>After April 15, 2018, but not later than May 15, 2018, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall file—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbf7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2019 consistent with discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by this Act, for the purposes of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s633">2 U.S.C. 633</ref>);<page identifier="/us/stat/132/124">132 STAT. 124</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbf8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2019, 2019 through 2023, and 2019 through 2028 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purposes of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s633">2 U.S.C. 633</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbf9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2019 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s642">2 U.S.C. 642</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2019, 2019 through 2023, and 2019 through 2028 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s642">2 U.S.C. 642</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal years 2019, 2019 through 2023, and 2019 through 2028 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s633">2 U.S.C. 633</ref> and 642).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional Matter<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The filing referred to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2019 the deficit-neutral reserve funds contained in title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress) updated by one fiscal year.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3ecbfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expiration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>This section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019 is agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s632">2 U.S.C. 632</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30104">SEC. 30104. </num><heading>AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f683e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f683f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Fiscal Year 2019<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019 has not been adopted by April 15, 2018, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f6840-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f6841-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote> apply in the House of Representatives after April 15, 2018, in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2019 and for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f6842-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f6843-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Congressional Record, publication.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f6844-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f6845-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the House of Representatives, the Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record after April 15, 2018, but not later than May 15, 2018, containing—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f6846-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2019 for discretionary budget authority at the total level set forth in section 251(c)(6) of the Balanced <page identifier="/us/stat/132/125">132 STAT. 125</page> Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and committee allocations for fiscal year 2019 for current law mandatory budget authority and outlays, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f6847-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2019 and for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028 at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f6848-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2019 and aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2019 and for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028, at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f6849-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional Matter<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The statement referred to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2019, the matter contained in the provisions referred to in subsection (f)(1).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f684a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Fiscal Year 2019 Allocation to the Committee on Appropriations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the statement<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f684b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf3f684c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Congressional Record, publication.</p></sidenote> referred to in subsection (b) is not filed by May 15, 2018, then the matter referred to in subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget for publication in the Congressional Record on the next day that the House of Representatives is in session.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f684d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adjustments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the levels included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 115th Congress that reduces the deficit or as otherwise necessary.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f684e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Upon submission of the statement referred to in subsection (b)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f684f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>all references in sections 5101 through 5112, sections 5201 through 5205, section 5301, and section 5401 of House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Congress) to a fiscal year shall be considered for all purposes in the House to be references to the succeeding fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f8f60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>all references in the provisions referred to in paragraph (1) to allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels in “this concurrent resolution”, “the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget”, or “this resolution” shall be considered for all purposes in the House to be references to the allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels contained in the statement referred to in subsection (b), as adjusted.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3f8f61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expiration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsections (a) through (f) shall no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/126">132 STAT. 126</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30105">SEC. 30105. </num><heading>EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf3f8f62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Sections 30103 and 30104 are enacted by the Congress—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f8f63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3f8f64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House.</content></paragraph></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>OFFSETS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30201">SEC. 30201. </num><heading>CUSTOMS USER FEES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3fb675-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s58c/j/3">19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3fdd86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 14, 2026</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>February 24, 2027</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf3fdd87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (B)(i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2025</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2027</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf3fdd88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rate for Merchandise Processing Fees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/41">Public Law 112–41</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t19/s3805">19 U.S.C. 3805 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 14, 2026</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>February 24, 2027</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30202">SEC. 30202. </num><heading>AVIATION SECURITY SERVICE FEES.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf3fdd89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Paragraph (4) of <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44940/i">section 44940(i) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraphs:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf3fdd8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="M">“(M) </num><content>$1,640,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf3fdd8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><content>$1,680,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30203">SEC. 30203. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CERTAIN IMMIGRATION FEES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf40049c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Visa Waiver Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 217(h)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1187/h/3/B/iii">8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(iii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2020</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2027</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf40049d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">L–1 and H–1b Visas<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 411 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t49/s40101">49 U.S.C. 40101 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2025</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>September 30, 2027</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30204">SEC. 30204. </num><heading>STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4052be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4052bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 USC 6241 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Drawdown and Sale<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 U.S.C. 6241</ref>), except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>30,000,000 barrels of crude oil during the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2025;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>35,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2026; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>35,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2027.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/127">132 STAT. 127</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deposit of amounts received from sale<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Amounts received from a sale under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury during the fiscal year in which the sale occurs.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4052c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4052c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 USC 6241 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Emergency Protection<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Energy may not draw down and sell crude oil under this section in quantities that would limit the authority to sell petroleum products under subsection (h) of section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 U.S.C. 6241</ref>) in the full quantity authorized by that subsection.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4052c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Strategic Petroleum Drawdown Conditions and Limitations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4052c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conditions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 161(h)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241/h/1">42 U.S.C. 6241(h)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in subparagraph (B) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shortage; and</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>Secretary of</quotedText>” in subparagraph (C) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“shortage;<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4079d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the Secretary has found that action taken under this subsection will not impair the ability of the United States to carry out obligations of the United States under the international energy program; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4079da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the Secretary of”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4079db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 161(h)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241/h/2">42 U.S.C. 6241(h)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>450,000,000</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>350,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30205">SEC. 30205. </num><heading>ELIMINATION OF SURPLUS FUNDS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 7(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s289/a/3/A">12 U.S.C. 289(a)(3)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$10,000,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$7,500,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30206">SEC. 30206. </num><heading>REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf418b4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Title III of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s501/etseq">42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="ycf429cbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="306">“SEC. 306. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf429cbe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s506">42 USC 506</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize12">GRANTS TO STATES FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf429cbf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Labor (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall award grants under this section for a fiscal year to eligible States to conduct a program of reemployment services and eligibility assessments for individuals referred to reemployment services as described in section 303(j) for weeks in such fiscal year for which such individuals receive unemployment compensation.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf429cc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Purposes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The purposes of this section are to accomplish the following goals:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>To improve employment outcomes of individuals that receive unemployment compensation and to reduce the average duration of receipt of such compensation through employment.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>To strengthen program integrity and reduce improper payments of unemployment compensation by States through the detection and prevention of such payments to individuals who are not eligible for such compensation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>To promote alignment with the broader vision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s3101">29 U.S.C. 3101</ref> <page identifier="/us/stat/132/128">132 STAT. 128</page> et seq.) of increased program integration and service delivery for job seekers, including claimants for unemployment compensation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>To establish reemployment services and eligibility assessments as an entry point for individuals receiving unemployment compensation into other workforce system partner programs.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf429cc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evidence-based Standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out a State program of reemployment services and eligibility assessments using grant funds awarded to the State under this section, a State shall use such funds only for interventions demonstrated to reduce the number of weeks for which program participants receive unemployment compensation by improving employment outcomes for program participants.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf429cc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expanding evidence-based interventions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In addition to the requirement imposed by paragraph (1), a State shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, use no less than 25 percent of the grant funds awarded to the State under this section for interventions with a high or moderate causal evidence rating that show a demonstrated capacity to improve employment and earnings outcomes for program participants;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, use no less than 40 percent of such grant funds for interventions described in subparagraph (A); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429ccb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf429ccc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 2026, use no less than 50 percent of such grant funds for interventions described in subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf429ccd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Required evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any intervention without a high or moderate causal evidence rating used by a State in carrying out a State program of reemployment services and eligibility assessments under this section shall be under evaluation at the time of use.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429ccf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A State shall use not more than 10 percent of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to conduct or cause to be conducted evaluations of interventions used in carrying out a program under this section (including evaluations conducted pursuant to paragraph (1)).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf429cd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Plan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>As a condition of eligibility to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year, a State shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, a State plan that outlines how the State intends to conduct a program of reemployment services and eligibility assessments under this section, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>assurances that, and a description of how, the program will provide—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf429cd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>proper notification to participating individuals of the program’s eligibility conditions, requirements, and benefits, including the issuance of warnings and simple, clear notifications to ensure that participating individuals are fully aware of the consequences of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/129">132 STAT. 129</page> failing to adhere to such requirements, including policies related to non-attendance or non-fulfillment of work search requirements; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>reasonable scheduling accommodations to maximize participation for eligible individuals;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>assurances that, and a description of how, the program will conform with the purposes outlined in subsection (b) and satisfy the requirement to use evidence-based standards under subsection (c), including—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a description of the evidence-based interventions the State plans to use to speed reemployment;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>an explanation of how such interventions are appropriate to the population served; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>if applicable, a description of the evaluation structure the State plans to use for interventions without at least a moderate or high causal evidence rating, which may include national evaluations conducted by the Department of Labor or by other entities; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>a description of any reemployment activities and evaluations conducted in the prior fiscal year, and any data collected on—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>characteristics of program participants;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the number of weeks for which program participants receive unemployment compensation; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>employment and other outcomes for program participants consistent with State performance accountability measures provided by the State unemployment compensation program and in section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s3141/b">29 U.S.C. 3141(b)</ref>).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Approval<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall approve any State plan, that is timely submitted to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary may require, that satisfies the conditions described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Disapproval and revision<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the Secretary determines that a State plan submitted pursuant to this subsection fails to satisfy the conditions described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>disapprove such plan;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote><content>provide to the State, not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of the State plan, a written notice of such disapproval that includes a description of any portion of the plan that was not approved and the reason for the disapproval of each such portion; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>provide the State with an opportunity to correct any such failure and submit a revised State plan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Allocation of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Base funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each fiscal year after fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall allocate a percentage equal to the base funding percentage for such fiscal year of the funds made available for grants under this section among the States awarded such a grant for such fiscal year using a formula prescribed by the Secretary based on the rate of insured unemployment (as defined in section 203(e)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>)) in the State for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/130">132 STAT. 130</page> a period to be determined by the Secretary. In developing such formula with respect to a State, the Secretary shall consider the importance of avoiding sharp reductions in grant funding to a State over time.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c3fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Base funding percentage<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>base funding percentage</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal years 2021 through 2026, 89 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for fiscal years after 2026, 84 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation for outcome payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c3ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Of the amounts made available for grants under this section for each fiscal year after 2020, the Secretary shall reserve a percentage equal to the outcome reservation percentage for such fiscal year for outcome payments to increase the amount otherwise awarded to a State under paragraph (1). Such outcome payments shall be paid to States conducting reemployment services and eligibility assessments under this section that, during the previous fiscal year, met or exceeded the outcome goals provided in subsection (b)(1) related to reducing the average duration of receipt of unemployment compensation by improving employment outcomes.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c400-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c401-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Outcome reservation percentage<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>outcome reservation percentage</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c402-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal years 2021 through 2026, 10 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c403-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for fiscal years after 2026, 15 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c404-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation for research and technical assistance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Of the amounts made available for grants under this section for each fiscal year after 2020, the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent to conduct research and provide technical assistance to States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c405-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c406-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation and public comment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than September 30, 2019, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c407-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>consult with the States and seek public comment in developing the allocation formula under paragraph (1) and the criteria for carrying out the reservations under paragraph (2); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c408-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c409-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote><content>make publicly available the allocation formula and criteria developed pursuant to subclause (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c40a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf42c40b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification to Congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 90 days prior to making any changes to the allocation formula or the criteria developed pursuant to subsection (f)(5)(A), the Secretary shall submit to Congress, including to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a notification of any such change.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c40c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supplement Not Supplant<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds made available to carry out this section shall be used to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that, in the absence of such availability, would be expended to provide reemployment services and eligibility assessments to individuals receiving unemployment compensation, and in no case to supplant such Federal, State, or local public funds.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c40d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/131">132 STAT. 131</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c40e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Causal evidence rating<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The terms ‘high causal evidence rating’ and ‘moderate causal evidence rating’ shall have the meaning given such terms by the Secretary of Labor.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c40f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible state<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>eligible State</term>’ means a State that has in effect a State plan approved by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (e).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c410-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Intervention<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>intervention</term>’ means a service delivery strategy for the provision of State reemployment services and eligibility assessment activities under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c411-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>State</term>’ has the meaning given the term in section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf42c412-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Unemployment compensation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term unemployment compensation means ‘regular compensation’, ‘extended compensation’, and ‘additional compensation’ (as such terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s3304">26 U.S.C. 3304 note</ref>)).”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c413-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report to describe promising interventions used by States to provide reemployment assistance.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42c414-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adjustment to Discretionary Spending Limits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s901/b/2">2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf42ea25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reemployment services and eligibility assessments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an amount for grants to States under section 306 of the Social Security Act, then the adjustment for that fiscal year shall be the additional new budget authority provided in that Act for such grants for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, $0;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, $33,000,000;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>for fiscal year 2020, $58,000,000; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>for fiscal year 2021, $83,000,000.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf42ea2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>As used in this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>additional new budget authority</term>’ means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $117,000,000, in an appropriation Act and specified to pay for grants to States under section 306 of the Social Security Act.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf42ea2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other Budgetary Adjustments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s645">2 U.S.C. 645</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf43384d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adjustment for Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43384e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43384f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adjustments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Committee on Appropriations of either House reports an appropriation measure for any of fiscal years 2022 through 2027 that provides budget authority for grants under section 306 of the Social <page identifier="/us/stat/132/132">132 STAT. 132</page> Security Act, or if a conference committee submits a conference report thereon, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate shall make the adjustments referred to in subparagraph (B) to reflect the additional new budget authority provided for such grants in that measure or conference report and the outlays resulting therefrom, consistent with subparagraph (D).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf433850-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Types of adjustments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The adjustments referred to in this subparagraph consist of adjustments to—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf433851-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the discretionary spending limits for that fiscal year as set forth in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf433852-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the allocations to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives for that fiscal year under section 302(a); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the appropriate budget aggregates for that fiscal year in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Enforcement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The adjusted discretionary spending limits, allocations, and aggregates under this paragraph shall be considered the appropriate limits, allocations, and aggregates for purposes of congressional enforcement of this Act and concurrent budget resolutions under this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>No adjustment may be made under this subsection in excess of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for fiscal year 2022, $133,000,000;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2023, $258,000,000;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2024, $433,000,000;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>for fiscal year 2025, $533,000,000;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>for fiscal year 2026, $608,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>for fiscal year 2027, $633,000,000.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf435f6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>As used in this subsection, the term ‘<term>additional new budget authority</term>’ means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $117,000,000, in an appropriation measure or conference report (as the case may be) and specified to pay for grants to States under section 306 of the Social Security Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf435f6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report on 302(b) level<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Following any adjustment made under paragraph (1), the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives may report appropriately revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) to carry out this subsection.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30301">SEC. 30301. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf435f6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101">31 USC 3101 note</ref>.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf435f6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading>TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf43ad90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101/b">Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on March 1, 2019.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf43ad91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf43ad92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During Extension Period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Effective on March 2, 2019, the limitation <page identifier="/us/stat/132/133">132 STAT. 133</page> in effect under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101/b">section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be increased to the extent that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43ad93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on March 2, 2019, exceeds</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43ad94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf43ad95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Restoring Congressional Authority Over the National Debt<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43ad96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension limited to necessary obligations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An obligation shall not be taken into account under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government that required payment before March 2, 2019.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43ad97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prohibition on creation of cash reserve during extension period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of the Treasury shall not issue obligations during the period specified in subsection (a) for the purpose of increasing the cash balance above normal operating balances in anticipation of the expiration of such period.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30421">SEC. 30421. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf43d4a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this subtitle—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43d4a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the term “<term>joint committee</term>” means the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans established under section 30422(a); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf43d4aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>joint committee bill</term>” means a bill consisting of the proposed legislative language of the joint committee recommended in accordance with section 30422(b)(2)(B)(ii) and introduced under section 30424(a).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30422">SEC. 30422. </num><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45825b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Establishment of Joint Select Committee<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is established a joint select committee of Congress to be known as the “Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45825c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45825d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Goal<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The goal of the joint committee is to improve the solvency of multiemployer pension plans and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45825e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duties<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45825f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf458260-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf458261-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall provide recommendations and legislative language that will significantly improve the solvency of multiemployer pension plans and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf458262-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report, recommendations, and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/134">132 STAT. 134</page> <clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf458263-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf458264-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than November 30, 2018, the joint committee shall vote on—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf458265-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>a report that contains a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the joint committee; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf458266-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>proposed legislative language to carry out the recommendations described in subclause (I).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf458267-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Approval of report and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf458268-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The report of the joint committee and the proposed legislative language described in clause (i) shall only be approved upon receiving the votes of—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf458269-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>a majority of joint committee members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf45826a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>a majority of joint committee members appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate.</content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45826b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a97c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a97d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The text of any report and proposed legislative language shall be publicly available in electronic form at least 24 hours prior to its consideration.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a97e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional views<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A member of the joint committee who gives notice of an intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views at the time of the final joint committee vote on the approval of the report and legislative language under clause (ii) shall be entitled to 2 calendar days after the day of such notice in which to file such views in writing with the co-chairs. Such views shall then be included in the joint committee report and printed in the same volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion shall be noted on the cover of the report. In the absence of timely notice, the joint committee report may be printed and transmitted immediately without such views.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a97f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transmission of report and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the report and legislative language are approved by the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), the joint committee shall submit the joint committee report and legislative language described in clause (i) to the President, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of each House of Congress not later than 15 calendar days after such approval.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a980-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a981-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report and legislative language to be made public<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon the approval of the joint committee report and legislative language pursuant to clause (ii), the joint committee shall promptly make the full report and legislative language, and a record of any vote, available to the public.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a982-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Membership<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a983-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/135">132 STAT. 135</page> <subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a984-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall be composed of 16 members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a985-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Members of the joint committee shall be appointed as follows:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a986-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the House of Representatives.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a987-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the House of Representatives.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a988-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the Senate.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a989-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the Senate.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a98a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Co-chairs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Two of the appointed members of the joint committee will serve as co-chairs. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall jointly appoint one co-chair, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall jointly appoint the second co-chair. The co-chairs shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a98b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members of the joint committee shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a98c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Period of appointment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members shall be appointed for the life of the joint committee. Any vacancy in the joint committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled not later than 14 calendar days after the date on which the vacancy occurs, in the same manner as the original appointment was made. If a member of the joint committee ceases to be a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, the member is no longer a member of the joint committee and a vacancy shall exist.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a98d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a98e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a98f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">General authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of enabling the joint committee to exercise its powers, functions, and duties under this subtitle, and consistent with the Standing Rules of the Senate, there is authorized from the date of enactment of this Act through February 28, 2019, $500,000 to be allocated—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a990-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in total during the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a991-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any remaining amounts shall be carried forward for the period October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a992-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expenses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the co-chairs, subject to the rules and regulations of the Senate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a993-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Quorum<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nine members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of voting and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/136">132 STAT. 136</page> meeting, and 5 members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum for holding hearings.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a994-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Voting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No proxy voting shall be allowed on behalf of the members of the joint committee.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a995-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a996-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Meetings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a997-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Initial meeting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 30 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act, the joint committee shall hold its first meeting.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a998-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Agenda<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs of the joint committee shall provide an agenda to the joint committee members not less than 48 hours in advance of any meeting.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a999-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Hearings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a99a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, require attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, and documents, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the joint committee considers advisable.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a99b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf45a99c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Hearing procedures and responsibilities of co-chairs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a99d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Announcement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs of the joint committee shall make a public announcement of the date, place, time, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted, not less than 7 days in advance of such hearing, unless the co-chairs determine that there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a99e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Equal representation of witnesses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Each co-chair shall be entitled to select an equal number of witnesses for each hearing held by the joint committee.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a99f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Written statement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A witness appearing before the joint committee shall file a written statement of proposed testimony at least 2 calendar days before the appearance of the witness, unless the requirement is waived by the co-chairs, following their determination that there is good cause for failure to comply with such requirement.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Minimum number of public meetings and hearings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The joint committee shall hold—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>not less than a total of 5 public meetings or public hearings; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>not less than 3 public hearings, which may include field hearings.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical assistance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon written request of the co-chairs, a Federal agency, including legislative branch agencies, shall provide technical assistance to the joint committee in order for the joint committee to carry out its duties.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Staffing<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Details<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Employees of the legislative branch may be detailed to the joint committee on a nonreimbursable basis, consistent with the rules and regulations of the Senate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/137">132 STAT. 137</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Staff director<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs, acting jointly, may designate one such employee as staff director of the joint committee.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ethical Standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members on the joint committee who serve in the House of Representatives shall be governed by the ethics rules and requirements of the House. Members of the Senate who serve on the joint committee shall comply with the ethics rules of the Senate.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45a9a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Termination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall terminate on December 31, 2018 or 30 days after submission of its report and legislative recommendations pursuant to this section whichever occurs first.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30423">SEC. 30423. </num><heading>FUNDING.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45d0b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Reserve<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>To enable the joint committee to exercise its powers, functions, and duties under this subtitle, within the funds in the account for “Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations” of the Senate, not more than $500,000 shall be allocated from the special reserve established in S. Res. 62, agreed to February 28, 2017 (115th Congress), for use by the joint committee.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45d0ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expiration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this section may be available for obligation by the joint committee after January 2, 2019.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf45d0bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of the joint committee, section 20(b) of S. Res. 62, agreed to February 28, 2017 (115th Congress), shall not apply.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30424">SEC. 30424. </num><heading>CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL IN THE SENATE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf466cfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Introduction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon receipt of proposed legislative language approved in accordance with section 30422(b)(2)(B)(ii), the language shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on which the Senate is in session by the Majority Leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf466cfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf466cfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Committee Consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A joint committee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection (a) shall be jointly referred to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which committees shall report the bill without any revision and with a favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or without recommendation, no later than 7 session days after introduction of the bill. If either committee fails to report the bill within that period, that committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf466cff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Motion to Proceed to Consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf466d01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the date on which a joint committee bill is reported or discharged from the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, for the Majority Leader of the Senate or the Majority Leader’s designee to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also be in order for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day period.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/138">132 STAT. 138</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration of motion<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Consideration of the motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order, shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debatable.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Vote threshold<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill shall only be agreed to upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members duly chosen and sworn.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. All points of order against the motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are waived. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than the last day of the 115th Congress, the Senate shall vote on a motion to proceed to the joint committee bill.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf466d07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Companion measures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term>joint committee bill</term>” includes a bill of the House of Representatives that is a companion measure to the joint committee bill introduced in the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf466d08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rules of Senate<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This section is enacted by Congress—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a joint committee bill, and supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf466d0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30441">SEC. 30441. </num><heading>DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf46941b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In this subtitle—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf46941c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the term “<term>joint committee</term>” means the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform established under section 30442(a); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf46941d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>joint committee bill</term>” means a bill consisting of the proposed legislative language of the joint committee recommended in accordance with section 30442(b)(2)(B)(ii) and introduced under section 30444(a).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30442">SEC. 30442. </num><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4841ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Establishment of Joint Select Committee<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is established a joint select committee of Congress to be known as the “Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/139">132 STAT. 139</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4841cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Goal<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The goal of the joint committee is to reform the budget and appropriations process.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duties<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall provide recommendations and legislative language that will significantly reform the budget and appropriations process.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report, recommendations, and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than November 30, 2018, the joint committee shall vote on—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>a report that contains a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the joint committee; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>proposed legislative language to carry out the recommendations described in subclause (I).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Approval of report and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The report of the joint committee and the proposed legislative language described in clause (i) shall only be approved upon receiving the votes of—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">(aa) </num><content>a majority of joint committee members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">(bb) </num><content>a majority of joint committee members appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate.</content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4841dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4841dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The text of any report and proposed legislative language shall be publicly available in electronic form at least 24 hours prior to its consideration.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4841df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional views<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A member of the joint committee who gives notice of an intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views at the time of the final joint committee vote on the approval of the report and legislative language under clause (ii) shall be entitled to 2 calendar days after the day of such notice in which to file such views in writing with the co-chairs. Such views shall then be included in the joint committee report and printed in the same volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion shall be noted on the cover of the report. In the absence of timely notice, the joint committee report may be printed and transmitted immediately without such views.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transmission of report and legislative language<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the report and legislative language are approved by the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), the joint committee shall submit the joint committee report and legislative language described in clause (i) to the President, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/140">132 STAT. 140</page> majority and minority leaders of each House of Congress not later than 15 calendar days after such approval.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report and legislative language to be made public<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon the approval of the joint committee report and legislative language pursuant to clause (ii), the joint committee shall promptly make the full report and legislative language, and a record of any vote, available to the public.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4841e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Membership<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall be composed of 16 members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Members of the joint committee shall be appointed as follows:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the House of Representatives.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the House of Representatives.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the Senate.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 4 members from among Members of the Senate.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Co-chairs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Two of the appointed members of the joint committee will serve as co-chairs. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall jointly appoint one co-chair, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall jointly appoint the second co-chair. The co-chairs shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members of the joint committee shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4841ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Period of appointment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members shall be appointed for the life of the joint committee. Any vacancy in the joint committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled not later than 14 calendar days after the date on which the vacancy occurs, in the same manner as the original appointment was made. If a member of the joint committee ceases to be a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, the member is no longer a member of the joint committee and a vacancy shall exist.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4868fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4868fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4868ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">General authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of enabling the joint committee to exercise its powers, functions, and duties under this subtitle, and consistent with the Standing Rules of the Senate, there is authorized from the date of enactment of this Act through February 28, 2019, $500,000 to be allocated—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/141">132 STAT. 141</page> <clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486900-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in total during the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486901-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any remaining amounts shall be carried forward for the period October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486902-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expenses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the co-chairs, subject to the rules and regulations of the Senate.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486903-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Quorum<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nine members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of voting and meeting, and 5 members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum for holding hearings.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486904-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Voting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No proxy voting shall be allowed on behalf of the members of the joint committee.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486905-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Meetings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486906-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf486907-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Initial meeting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 30 calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act, the joint committee shall hold its first meeting.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486908-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf486909-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Agenda<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs of the joint committee shall provide an agenda to the joint committee members not less than 48 hours in advance of any meeting.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf48690a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Hearings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf48690b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, require attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, and documents, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the joint committee considers advisable.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf48690c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf48690d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Hearing procedures and responsibilities of co-chairs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf48690e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf48690f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Announcement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs of the joint committee shall make a public announcement of the date, place, time, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted, not less than 7 days in advance of such hearing, unless the co-chairs determine that there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486910-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Equal representation of witnesses<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Each co-chair shall be entitled to select an equal number of witnesses for each hearing held by the joint committee.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486911-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Written statement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A witness appearing before the joint committee shall file a written statement of proposed testimony at least 2 calendar days before the appearance of the witness, unless the requirement is waived by the co-chairs, following their determination that there is good cause for failure to comply with such requirement.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486912-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Minimum number of public meetings and hearings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The joint committee shall hold—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486913-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>not less than a total of 5 public meetings or public hearings; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>not less than 3 public hearings, which may include field hearings.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/142">132 STAT. 142</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486915-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical assistance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon written request of the co-chairs, a Federal agency, including legislative branch agencies, shall provide technical assistance to the joint committee in order for the joint committee to carry out its duties.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf486916-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Staffing<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486917-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Details<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Employees of the legislative branch may be detailed to the joint committee on a nonreimbursable basis, consistent with the rules and regulations of the Senate.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf486918-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Staff director<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The co-chairs, acting jointly, may designate one such employee as staff director of the joint committee.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf486919-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ethical Standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members on the joint committee who serve in the House of Representatives shall be governed by the ethics rules and requirements of the House. Members of the Senate who serve on the joint committee shall comply with the ethics rules of the Senate.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf48691a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Termination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The joint committee shall terminate on December 31, 2018 or 30 days after submission of its report and legislative recommendations pursuant to this section whichever occurs first.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30443">SEC. 30443. </num><heading>FUNDING.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf48902b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Reserve<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>To enable the joint committee to exercise its powers, functions, and duties under this subtitle, within the funds in the account for “Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations” of the Senate, not more than $500,000 shall be allocated from the special reserve established in S. Res. 62, agreed to February 28, 2017 (115th Congress), for use by the joint committee.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf48902c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expiration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this section may be available for obligation by the joint committee after January 2, 2019.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf48902d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of the joint committee, section 20(b) of S. Res. 62, agreed to February 28, 2017 (115th Congress), shall not apply.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="30444">SEC. 30444. </num><heading>CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL IN THE SENATE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49055e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Introduction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon receipt of proposed legislative language approved in accordance with section 30442(b)(2)(B)(ii), the language shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on which the Senate is in session by the Majority Leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49055f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf490560-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Committee Consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A joint committee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection (a) shall be referred to the Committee on the Budget, which shall report the bill without any revision and with a favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or without recommendation, no later than 7 session days after introduction of the bill. If the Committee on the Budget fails to report the bill within that period, the committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf490561-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Motion to Proceed to Consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf490562-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf490563-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the date on which a joint committee <page identifier="/us/stat/132/143">132 STAT. 143</page> bill is reported or discharged from the Committee on the Budget, for the Majority Leader of the Senate or the Majority Leader’s designee to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also be in order for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day period.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf490564-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf490565-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration of motion<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Consideration of the motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order, shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debatable.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf490566-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Vote threshold<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill shall only be agreed to upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members duly chosen and sworn.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf490567-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf490568-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver.</p></sidenote> All points of order against the motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are waived. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf490569-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than the last day of the 115th Congress, the Senate shall vote on a motion to proceed to the joint committee bill.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49056a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rules of Senate<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This section is enacted by Congress—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf49056b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a joint committee bill, and supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf49056c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> DIVISION D—REVENUE MEASURES
SECTION 40001. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  The table of contents for this division is as follows:

DIVISION D— Sec. 40001.  TITLE I— Sec. 40101.  Subtitle A— Sec. 40201.  Sec. 40202.  Sec. 40203.  Subtitle B— Sec. 40301.  Sec. 40302.  Sec. 40303.  Sec. 40304.  Sec. 40305.  Sec. 40306.  Sec. 40307.  Sec. 40308.  Sec. 40309.  Sec. 40310.  Sec. 40311.  Sec. 40312.  Subtitle C— Sec. 40401.  Sec. 40402.  Sec. 40403.  Sec. 40404.  Sec. 40405.  Sec. 40406.  Sec. 40407.  Sec. 40408.  Sec. 40409.  Sec. 40410.  Sec. 40411.  Sec. 40412.  Sec. 40413.  Sec. 40414.  Sec. 40415.  Sec. 40416.  Subtitle D— Sec. 40501.  TITLE II— Sec. 41101.  Sec. 41102.  Sec. 41103.  Sec. 41104.  Sec. 41105.  Sec. 41106.  Sec. 41107.  Sec. 41108.  Sec. 41109.  Sec. 41110.  Sec. 41111.  Sec. 41112.  Sec. 41113.  Sec. 41114.  Sec. 41115.  Sec. 41116.  Sec. 41117.  Sec. 41118.  Sec. 41119.  132 STAT. 145
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>EXTENSION OF<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf49a1ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> EXPIRING PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40101">SEC. 40101. </num><heading>AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></section> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Tax Relief for Families and Individuals</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40201">SEC. 40201. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF DISCHARGE OF QUALIFIED PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49c8bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 108(a)(1)(E)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf49c8c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s108">26 USC 108</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49c8c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf49c8c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s108">26 USC 108 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40202">SEC. 40202. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS TREATED AS QUALIFIED RESIDENCE INTEREST.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49c8c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subclause (I) of section 163(h)(3)(E)(iv) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49c8c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf49c8c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s163">26 USC 163 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40203">SEC. 40203. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49efd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 222(e) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf49efd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf49efd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s222">26 USC 222 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Incentives for Growth, Jobs, Investment, and Innovation</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40301">SEC. 40301. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF INDIAN EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a16e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45A(f) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a16ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a16eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45A">26 USC 45A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40302">SEC. 40302. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a3dfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45G(f) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a3dfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a3dfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45G">26 USC 45G note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4a3dff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/146">132 STAT. 146</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4a3e00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a3e01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a3e02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Safe harbor assignments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Assignments, including related expenditures paid or incurred, under paragraph (2) of section 45G(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years ending after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, shall be treated as effective as of the close of such taxable year if made pursuant to a written agreement entered into no later than 90 days following the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40303">SEC. 40303. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF MINE RESCUE TEAM TRAINING CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a3e03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45N(e)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a3e04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45N">26 USC 45N</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a3e05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a6516-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45N">26 USC 45N note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40304">SEC. 40304. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN RACE HORSES AS 3-YEAR PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a6517-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 168(e)(3)(A)(i) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4a6518-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” in subclause (I) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4a6519-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” in subclause (II) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a8c2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a8c2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s168">26 USC 168 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40305">SEC. 40305. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF 7-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEXES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a8c2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 168(i)(15)(D) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4a8c2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4a8c2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s168">26 USC 168 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40306">SEC. 40306. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ab33f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 168(j)(9) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ab340-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4ab341-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s168">26 USC 168 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40307">SEC. 40307. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO EXPENSE MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ab342-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 179E(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ab343-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4ab344-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s179E">26 USC 179E note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40308">SEC. 40308. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF SPECIAL EXPENSING RULES FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ad955-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 181(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4ad956-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4ad957-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s181">26 USC 181 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to productions commencing after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40309">SEC. 40309. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4ad958-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s199">26 USC 199 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION ALLOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf4b0069-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For purposes of applying section 199(d)(8)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to taxable years beginning during 2017, such section shall be applied—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/147">132 STAT. 147</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b006a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by substituting “first 12 taxable years” for “first 11 taxable years”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b006b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by substituting “January 1, 2018” for “January 1, 2017”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40310">SEC. 40310. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b006c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1201">26 USC 1201 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO QUALIFIED TIMBER GAIN.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For purposes of applying section 1201(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to taxable years beginning during 2017, such section shall be applied by substituting “2016 or 2017” for “2016”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40311">SEC. 40311. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF EMPOWERMENT ZONE TAX INCENTIVES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b277d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b277e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1391(d)(1)(A)(i)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b277f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1391">26 USC 1391</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b2780-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b2781-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1391">26 USC 1391 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of certain termination dates specified in nominations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a designation of an empowerment zone the nomination for which included a termination date which is contemporaneous with the date specified in subparagraph (A)(i) of section 1391(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect before the enactment of this Act), subparagraph (B) of such section shall not apply with respect to such designation if, after the date of the enactment of this section, the entity which made such nomination amends the nomination to provide for a new termination date in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee) may provide.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b2782-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b2783-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1391">26 USC 1391 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40312">SEC. 40312. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF AMERICAN SAMOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b75a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 119 of division A of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b75a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30A">26 USC 30A note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b75a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b75a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b75a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>first 11 taxable years</quotedText>” in paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>first 12 taxable years</quotedText>”, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b75a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>first 5 taxable years</quotedText>” in paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>first 6 taxable years</quotedText>”, and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4b75aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (e), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>References in this subsection to section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as references to such section as in effect before its repeal.</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b75ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b75ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30A">26 USC 30A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/148">132 STAT. 148</page></content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Incentives for Energy Production and Conservation</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40401">SEC. 40401. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b9cbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 25C(g)(2)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b9cbe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4b9cbf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4b9cc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25C">26 USC 25C note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40402">SEC. 40402. </num><heading>EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4bc3d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 25D(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2021.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4bc3d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Phaseout<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4bc3d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 25D(a) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the sum of—</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“the sum of the applicable percentages of—<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beae4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the qualified solar electric property expenditures,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beae5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the qualified solar water heating property expenditures,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beae6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>the qualified fuel cell property expenditures,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beae7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>the qualified small wind energy property expenditures, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beae8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>the qualified geothermal heat pump property expenditures,</content></paragraph><continuation class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="xcf4beae9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">made by the taxpayer during such year.”</continuation></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4beaea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 25D(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (1) and (2) of</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4beaeb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4beaec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s25D">26 USC 25D note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40403">SEC. 40403. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR NEW QUALIFIED FUEL CELL MOTOR VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c11fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 30B(k)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c11fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4c11ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30B">26 USC 30B note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property purchased after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40404">SEC. 40404. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE REFUELING PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c1200-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 30C(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c1201-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4c1202-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30C">26 USC 30C note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40405">SEC. 40405. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR 2-WHEELED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c3913-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 30D(g)(3)(E)(ii) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c3914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4c3915-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s30D">26 USC 30D note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to vehicles acquired after December 31, 2016.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/149">132 STAT. 149</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40406">SEC. 40406. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PRODUCER CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c6026-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 40(b)(6)(J)(i)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4c6027-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s40">26 USC 40</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4c6028-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4c6029-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s40">26 USC 40 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to qualified second generation biofuel production after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40407">SEC. 40407. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL INCENTIVES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4cae4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Income Tax Credit<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (g) of section 40A <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s40A">26 USC 40A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2016.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4cae4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Excise Tax Incentives<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6426(c)(6) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6427(e)(6)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6426">26 USC 6426 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2016.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4cae53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6426">26 USC 6426 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule for 2017<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any biodiesel mixture credit properly determined under section 6426(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2017, such credit shall be allowed, and any refund or payment attributable to such credit (including any payment under section 6427(e) of such Code) shall be made, only in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall provide. Such Secretary<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cae58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Claims.</p></sidenote> shall issue guidance within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act providing for a one-time submission of claims covering periods described in the preceding sentence. Such guidance shall provide for a 180-day period for the submission of such claims (in such manner as prescribed by such Secretary) to begin not later than 30 days after such guidance is issued. Such claims shall be paid by such Secretary not later than 60 days after receipt. If such Secretary has not paid pursuant to a claim filed under this subsection within 60 days after the date of the filing of such claim, the claim shall be paid with interest from such date determined by using the overpayment rate and method under section 6621 of such Code.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40408">SEC. 40408. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR INDIAN COAL FACILITIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4cd569-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45(e)(10)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>11-year period</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>12-year period</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4cd56a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4cd56b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45">26 USC 45 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to coal produced after December 31, 2016.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/150">132 STAT. 150</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40409">SEC. 40409. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDITS WITH RESPECT TO FACILITIES PRODUCING ENERGY FROM CERTAIN RENEWABLE RESOURCES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4d238c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The following provisions of section 45(d)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4d238d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45">26 USC 45</ref>.</p></sidenote> are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d238e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Paragraph (2)(A).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d238f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Paragraph (3)(A).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d2390-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Paragraph (4)(B).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d2391-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Paragraph (6).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d2392-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Paragraph (7).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d2393-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Paragraph (9).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4d2394-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Paragraph (11)(B).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4d2395-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Election To Treat Qualified Facilities as Energy Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(a)(5)(C)(ii) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4d2396-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4d2397-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45">26 USC 45 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40410">SEC. 40410. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT NEW HOMES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4d4aa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45L(g) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4d4aa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4d4aaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45L">26 USC 45L note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to homes acquired after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40411">SEC. 40411. </num><heading>EXTENSION AND PHASEOUT OF ENERGY CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4de6eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Solar and Thermal Energy Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 48(a)(3)(A) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>periods ending before January 1, 2017</quotedText>” in clause (ii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>property the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>periods ending before January 1, 2017</quotedText>” in clause (vii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>property the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4de6ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Phaseout of 30-Percent Credit Rate for Fiber-optic Solar, Qualified Fuel Cell, and Qualified Small Wind Energy Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(a) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Phaseout for fiber-optic solar, qualified fuel cell, and qualified small wind energy property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4de6f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of any qualified fuel cell property, qualified small wind property, or energy property described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the energy percentage determined under paragraph (2) shall be equal to—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of any property the construction of which begins after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, 26 percent, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of any property the construction of which begins after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, 22 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Placed in service deadline<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of any energy property described in subparagraph (A) which is not placed in service before January 1, 2024, the energy <page identifier="/us/stat/132/151">132 STAT. 151</page> percentage determined under paragraph (2) shall be equal to 0 percent.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4de6f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(a)(2)(A)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e0e07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48">26 USC 48</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (6)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (6) and (7)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarification relating to phaseout for wind facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(a)(5)(E) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>which is treated as energy property by reason of this paragraph</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>using wind to produce electricity</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Qualified Fuel Cell Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(c)(1)(D) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for any period after December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the construction of which does not begin before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Qualified Microturbine Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(c)(2)(D) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for any period after December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the construction of which does not begin before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Combined Heat and Power System Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(c)(3)(A)(iv) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>which is placed in service before January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the construction of which begins before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Qualified Small Wind Energy Property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 48(c)(4)(C) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for any period after December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the construction of which does not begin before January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e0e0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s48">26 USC 48 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to periods after December 31, 2016, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of combined heat and power system property<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (e) shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Phaseouts and terminations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40412">SEC. 40412. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PLANT PROPERTY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 168(l)(2)(D) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e0e13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e0e14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s168">26 USC 168 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40413">SEC. 40413. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e3525-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 179D(h) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e3526-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e3527-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s179D">26 USC 179D note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2016.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/152">132 STAT. 152</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40414">SEC. 40414. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULE FOR SALES OR DISPOSITIONS TO IMPLEMENT FERC OR STATE ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING POLICY FOR QUALIFIED ELECTRIC UTILITIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e5c38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 451(k)(3), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/97/s13221">section 13221 of Public Law 115–97</ref>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e5c39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s451">26 USC 451</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e5c3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e5c3b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s451">26 USC 451 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to dispositions after December 31, 2016.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40415">SEC. 40415. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF EXCISE TAX CREDITS RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE FUELS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e834c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Alternative Fuels Excise Tax Credits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e834d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Sections 6426(d)(5) and 6426(e)(3) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e834e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Outlay payments for alternative fuels<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6427(e)(6)(C) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4e834f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e8350-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6426">26 USC 6426 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2016.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4e8351-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e8352-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e8353-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4e8354-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6426">26 USC 6426 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rule for 2017<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any alternative fuel credit properly determined under section 6426(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2017, such credit shall be allowed, and any refund or payment attributable to such credit (including any payment under section 6427(e) of such Code) shall be made, only in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall provide. Such Secretary shall issue guidance within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act providing for a one-time submission of claims covering periods described in the preceding sentence. Such<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4eaa65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Guidance.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4eaa66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Claims.</p></sidenote> guidance shall provide for a 180-day period for the submission of such claims (in such manner as prescribed by such Secretary) to begin not later than 30 days after such guidance is issued. Such claims shall be paid by such Secretary not later than 60 days after receipt. If such Secretary has not paid pursuant to a claim filed under this subsection within 60 days after the date of the filing of such claim, the claim shall be paid with interest from such date determined by using the overpayment rate and method under section 6621 of such Code.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40416">SEC. 40416. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FINANCING RATE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4eaa67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 4611(f)(2) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>December 31, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4eaa68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4eaa69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4611">26 USC 4611 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply on and after the first day of the first calendar month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/153">132 STAT. 153</page></content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="D">Subtitle D—</num><heading>Modifications of Energy Incentives</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="40501">SEC. 40501. </num><heading>MODIFICATIONS OF CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION FROM ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER FACILITIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4f6dba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of Unutilized Limitation Amounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 45J(b)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4f6dbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45J">26 USC 45J</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f6dbc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or any amendment to</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>enactment of</quotedText>” in paragraph (4), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f6dbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf4f94ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Allocation of unutilized limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any unutilized national megawatt capacity limitation shall be allocated by the Secretary under paragraph (3) as rapidly as is practicable after December 31, 2020—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>first to facilities placed in service on or before such date to the extent that such facilities did not receive an allocation equal to their full nameplate capacity, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>then to facilities placed in service after such date in the order in which such facilities are placed in service.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Unutilized national megawatt capacity limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf4f94d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote> ‘unutilized national megawatt capacity limitation’ means the excess (if any) of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>6,000 megawatts, over</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the aggregate amount of national megawatt capacity limitation allocated by the Secretary before January 1, 2021, reduced by any amount of such limitation which was allocated to a facility which was not placed in service before such date.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Coordination with other provisions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of any unutilized national megawatt capacity limitation allocated by the Secretary pursuant to this paragraph—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>such allocation shall be treated for purposes of this section in the same manner as an allocation of national megawatt capacity limitation, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>subsection (d)(1)(B) shall not apply to any facility which receives such allocation.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf4f94d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of Credit by Certain Public Entities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 45J <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (e) as subsection (f), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf4f94dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (d) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf500a0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of Credit by Certain Public Entities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If, with respect to a credit under subsection (a) for any taxable year—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a qualified public entity would be the taxpayer (but for this paragraph), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>such entity elects the application of this paragraph for such taxable year with respect to all (or any portion specified in such election) of such credit,</content></subparagraph><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf500a11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">the eligible project partner specified in such election, and not the qualified public entity, shall be treated as the taxpayer <page identifier="/us/stat/132/154">132 STAT. 154</page> for purposes of this title with respect to such credit (or such portion thereof).</continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified public entity<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified public entity</term>’ means—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a Federal, State, or local government entity, or any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a mutual or cooperative electric company described in section 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2), or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>a not-for-profit electric utility which had or has received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible project partner<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>eligible project partner</term>’ means any person who—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is responsible for, or participates in, the design or construction of the advanced nuclear power facility to which the credit under subsection (a) relates,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>participates in the provision of the nuclear steam supply system to such facility,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>participates in the provision of nuclear fuel to such facility,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>is a financial institution providing financing for the construction or operation of such facility, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>has an ownership interest in such facility.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to partnerships<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a credit under subsection (a) which is determined at the partnership level—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>for purposes of paragraph (1)(A), a qualified public entity shall be treated as the taxpayer with respect to such entity’s distributive share of such credit, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a20-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the term ‘<term>eligible project partner</term>’ shall include any partner of the partnership.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Taxable year in which credit taken into account<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of any credit (or portion thereof) with respect to which an election is made under paragraph (1), such credit shall be taken into account in the first taxable year of the eligible project partner ending with, or after, the qualified public entity’s taxable year with respect to which the credit was determined.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of transfer under private use rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of section 141(b)(1), any benefit derived by an eligible project partner in connection with an election under this subsection shall not be taken into account as a private business use.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule for proceeds of transfers for mutual or cooperative electric companies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 501(c)(12)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf500a24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s501">26 USC 501</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>In the case of a mutual or cooperative electric company described in this paragraph or an organization described in section 1381(a)(2), income received or accrued in connection with an election under section 45J(e)(1) shall be treated as an amount collected from members for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenses.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf500a26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf500a27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45J">26 USC 45J note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Dates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/155">132 STAT. 155</page> <paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of unutilized limitation amounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf500a29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of credit by certain public entities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf500a2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading>MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41101">SEC. 41101. </num><heading>AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41102">SEC. 41102. </num><heading>MODIFICATIONS TO RUM COVER OVER.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf50584b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf50584c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 7652(f)(1)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf50584d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7652">26 USC 7652</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2022</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf50584e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf50584f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7652">26 USC 7652 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits brought into the United States after December 31, 2016.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf505850-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of Taxes on Rum<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf505851-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 7652(e) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf505852-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of amount of taxes collected<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the amount of taxes collected under section 5001(a)(1) shall be determined without regard to section 5001(c).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf505853-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf505854-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7652">26 USC 7652 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits brought into the United States after December 31, 2017.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41103">SEC. 41103. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EXCLUDING FROM GROSS INCOME AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf507f65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 304(d) of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s139F">26 U.S.C. 139F note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1-year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>3-year</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf507f66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf507f67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s139F">26 USC 139F note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41104">SEC. 41104. </num><heading>INDIVIDUALS HELD HARMLESS ON IMPROPER LEVY ON RETIREMENT PLANS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf50cd88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6343 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf511ba9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Individuals Held Harmless on Wrongful Levy, etc. on Retirement Plan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511baa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf511bab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the Secretary determines that an individual’s account or benefit under an eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B)) has been levied upon in a case to which subsection (b) or (d)(2)(A) applies and property or an amount of money is returned to the individual—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/156">132 STAT. 156</page> <subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>the individual may contribute such property or an amount equal to the sum of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of money so returned by the Secretary, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>interest paid under subsection (c) on such amount of money,</content></clause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf511baf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">into such eligible retirement plan if such contribution is permitted by the plan, or into an individual retirement plan (other than an endowment contract) to which a rollover contribution of a distribution from such eligible retirement plan is permitted, but only if such contribution is made not later than the due date (not including extensions) for filing the return of tax for the taxable year in which such property or amount of money is returned, and</continuation></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the Secretary shall, at the time such property or amount of money is returned, notify such individual that a contribution described in subparagraph (A) may be made.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment as rollover<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The distribution on account of the levy and any contribution under paragraph (1) with respect to the return of such distribution shall be treated for purposes of this title as if such distribution and contribution were described in section 402(c), 402A(c)(3), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), 408A(d)(3), or 457(e)(16), whichever is applicable; except that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the contribution shall be treated as having been made for the taxable year in which the distribution on account of the levy occurred, and the interest paid under subsection (c) shall be treated as earnings within the plan after the contribution and shall not be included in gross income, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>such contribution shall not be taken into account under section 408(d)(3)(B).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Refund, etc., of income tax on levy<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If any amount is includible in gross income for a taxable year by reason of a distribution on account of a levy referred to in paragraph (1) and any portion of such amount is treated as a rollover contribution under paragraph (2), any tax imposed by chapter 1 on such portion shall not be assessed, and if assessed shall be abated, and if collected shall be credited or refunded as an overpayment made on the due date for filing the return of tax for such taxable year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a rollover contribution under this subsection which is made from an eligible retirement plan which is not a Roth IRA or a designated Roth account (within the meaning of section 402A) to a Roth IRA or a designated Roth account under an eligible retirement plan.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Interest<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (d), interest shall be allowed under subsection (c) in a case in which the Secretary makes a determination described in subsection (d)(2)(A) with respect to a levy upon an individual retirement plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf511bb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of inherited accounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), section 408(d)(3)(C) shall be disregarded in determining whether an individual retirement plan is a <page identifier="/us/stat/132/157">132 STAT. 157</page> plan to which a rollover contribution of a distribution from the plan levied upon is permitted.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf511bb9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf511bba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6343">26 USC 6343 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid under subsections (b), (c), and (d)(2)(A) of section 6343 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41105">SEC. 41105. </num><heading>MODIFICATION OF USER FEE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5142cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6159<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5142cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6159">26 USC 6159</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (e) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5169dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Installment Agreement Fees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5169de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on fee amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amount of any fee imposed on an installment agreement under this section may not exceed the amount of such fee as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5169df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Waiver or reimbursement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of any taxpayer with an adjusted gross income, as determined for the most recent year for which such information is available, which does not exceed 250 percent of the applicable poverty level (as determined by the Secretary)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5169e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>if the taxpayer has agreed to make payments under the installment agreement by electronic payment through a debit instrument, no fee shall be imposed on an installment agreement under this section, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5169e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>if the taxpayer is unable to make payments under the installment agreement by electronic payment through a debit instrument, the Secretary shall, upon completion of the installment agreement, pay the taxpayer an amount equal to any such fees imposed.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5169e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5169e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6159">26 USC 6159 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to agreements entered into on or after the date which is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41106">SEC. 41106. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5169e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7805">26 USC 7805 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>FORM 1040SR FOR SENIORS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf51b805-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall make available a form, to be known as “Form 1040SR”, for use by individuals to file the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b806-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the form shall be available only to individuals who have attained age 65 as of the close of the taxable year,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b807-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>the form may be used even if income for the taxable year includes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b808-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>social security benefits (as defined in section 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b809-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>distributions from qualified retirement plans (as defined in section 4974(c) of such Code), annuities or other such deferred payment arrangements,</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b80a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>interest and dividends, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b80b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>capital gains and losses taken into account in determining adjusted net capital gain (as defined in section 1(h)(3) of such Code), and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf51b80c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the form shall be available without regard to the amount of any item of taxable income or the total amount of taxable income for the taxable year.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/158">132 STAT. 158</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf51b80d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The form required by subsection (a) shall be made available for taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41107">SEC. 41107. </num><heading>ATTORNEYS FEES RELATING TO AWARDS TO WHISTLEBLOWERS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf52062e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (21) of section 62(a)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf52062f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s62">26 USC 62</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">“(21) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Attorneys’ fees relating to awards to whistleblowers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any deduction allowable under this chapter for attorney fees and court costs paid by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer in connection with any award under—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>section 7623(b), or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>in the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, any action brought under—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s78u–6">15 U.S.C. 78u–6</ref>),</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>a State false claims act, including a State false claims act with qui tam provisions, or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s26">7 U.S.C. 26</ref>).</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf522d47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">May not exceed award<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any deduction in excess of the amount includible in the taxpayer’s gross income for the taxable year on account of such award.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf522d48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf522d49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s62">26 USC 62 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41108">SEC. 41108. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER AWARDS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf52545a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of Proceeds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf52545b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 7623 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf527b6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Proceeds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>proceeds</term>’ includes—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf527b6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>penalties, interest, additions to tax, and additional amounts provided under the internal revenue laws, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf527b6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>any proceeds arising from laws for which the Internal Revenue Service is authorized to administer, enforce, or investigate, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf527b6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>criminal fines and civil forfeitures, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf527b70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>violations of reporting requirements.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf527b71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 7623(b) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>collected proceeds (including penalties, interest, additions to tax, and additional amounts) resulting from the action</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>proceeds collected as a result of the action</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf527b72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount of Proceeds Determined Without Regard to Availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 7623(b) are each amended by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(determined without regard to whether such proceeds are available to the Secretary)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>in response to such action</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf527b73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Disputed Amount Threshold<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 7623(b)(5)(B) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tax, penalties, interest, additions to tax, and additional amounts</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>proceeds</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf527b74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf527b75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7623">26 USC 7623 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to information provided before, on, or after the date <page identifier="/us/stat/132/159">132 STAT. 159</page> of the enactment of this Act with respect to which a final determination for an award has not been made before such date of enactment.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41109">SEC. 41109. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION REGARDING EXCISE TAX BASED ON INVESTMENT INCOME OF PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf52a186-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (b)(1) of section 4968, as added by <ref href="/us/pl/115/97/s13701/a">section 13701(a) of Public Law 115–97</ref>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf52a187-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4968">26 USC 4968</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf52a188-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tuition-paying</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>500</quotedText>” in subparagraph (A), and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf52a189-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tuition-paying</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>50 percent of the</quotedText>” in subparagraph (B).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf52a18a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf52a18b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4968">26 USC 4968 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41110">SEC. 41110. </num><heading>EXCEPTION FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATION EXCESS BUSINESS HOLDING TAX FOR INDEPENDENTLY-OPERATED PHILANTHROPIC BUSINESS HOLDINGS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf52efac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 4943 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5364dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception for Certain Holdings Limited to Independently-operated Philanthropic Business<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the holdings of a private foundation in any business enterprise which meets the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) for the taxable year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ownership<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The requirements of this paragraph are met if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>100 percent of the voting stock in the business enterprise is held by the private foundation at all times during the taxable year, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>all the private foundation’s ownership interests in the business enterprise were acquired by means other than by purchase.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">All profits to charity<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The requirements of this paragraph are met if the business enterprise, not later than 120 days after the close of the taxable year, distributes an amount equal to its net operating income for such taxable year to the private foundation.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Net operating income<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the net operating income of any business enterprise for any taxable year is an amount equal to the gross income of the business enterprise for the taxable year, reduced by the sum of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the deductions allowed by chapter 1 for the taxable year which are directly connected with the production of such income,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the tax imposed by chapter 1 on the business enterprise for the taxable year, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>an amount for a reasonable reserve for working capital and other business needs of the business enterprise.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Independent operation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The requirements of this paragraph are met if, at all times during the taxable year—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>no substantial contributor (as defined in section 4958(c)(3)(C)) to the private foundation or family member <page identifier="/us/stat/132/160">132 STAT. 160</page> (as determined under section 4958(f)(4)) of such a contributor is a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee, or contractor of the business enterprise (or an individual having powers or responsibilities similar to any of the foregoing),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>at least a majority of the board of directors of the private foundation are persons who are not—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>directors or officers of the business enterprise, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>family members (as so determined) of a substantial contributor (as so defined) to the private foundation, and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>there is no loan outstanding from the business enterprise to a substantial contributor (as so defined) to the private foundation or to any family member of such a contributor (as so determined).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certain deemed private foundations excluded<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>This subsection shall not apply to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>any fund or organization treated as a private foundation for purposes of this section by reason of subsection (e) or (f),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>any trust described in section 4947(a)(1) (relating to charitable trusts), and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5364f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>any trust described in section 4947(a)(2) (relating to split-interest trusts).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5364f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5364f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s4943">26 USC 4943 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41111">SEC. 41111. </num><heading>RULE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR CRAFT BEVERAGE MODERNIZATION AND TAX REFORM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf538c04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subpart A of part IX of subtitle C of <ref href="/us/pl/115/97/tI">title I of Public Law 115–97</ref> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="ycf538c05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="13809">“SEC. 13809. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf538c06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s263A">26 USC 263A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize12">RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.</heading><content class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  “Nothing in this subpart, the amendments made by this subpart, or any regulation promulgated under this subpart or the amendments made by this subpart, shall be construed to preempt, supersede, or otherwise limit or restrict any State, local, or tribal law that prohibits or regulates the production or sale of distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages.”</content></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf538c07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf538c08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s263A">26 USC 263A note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in <ref href="/us/pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41112">SEC. 41112. </num><heading>SIMPLIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING RECORDS, STATEMENTS, AND RETURNS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf53b319-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf53b31a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) of section 5555 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>For calendar quarters beginning after the date of the enactment of this sentence, and before January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall permit a person to employ a unified system for any records, statements, and returns required to be kept, rendered, or made under this section for any beer produced in the brewery for which the tax imposed by section 5051 has been determined, including any beer which has been removed for consumption on the premises of the brewery.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf53b31b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf53b31c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s5555">26 USC 5555 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/161">132 STAT. 161</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41113">SEC. 41113. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf53b31d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s401">26 USC 401 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>MODIFICATION OF RULES GOVERNING HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf53da2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf53da2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Treasury Regulation section 1.401(k)–1(d)(3)(iv)(E) to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf53da30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>delete the 6-month prohibition on contributions imposed by paragraph (2) thereof, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf53da31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>make any other modifications necessary to carry out the purposes of section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf53da32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The revised regulations under this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2018.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41114">SEC. 41114. </num><heading>MODIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS FROM CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf540143-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 401(k)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf540144-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s401">26 USC 401</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf542855-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rules relating to hardship withdrawals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (2)(B)(i)(IV)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf542856-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amounts which may be withdrawn<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The following amounts may be distributed upon hardship of the employee:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf542857-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>Contributions to a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan to which section 402(e)(3) applies.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf542858-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Qualified nonelective contributions (as defined in subsection (m)(4)(C)).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf542859-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>Qualified matching contributions described in paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(I).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf54285a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>Earnings on any contributions described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf54285b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No requirement to take available loan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A distribution shall not be treated as failing to be made upon the hardship of an employee solely because the employee does not take any available loan under the plan.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf54285c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp4 fontsize10" id="ycf54285d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>subject to the provisions of paragraph (14), upon hardship of the employee, or”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf54285e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf54285f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s401">26 USC 401 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2018.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41115">SEC. 41115. </num><heading>OPPORTUNITY ZONES RULE FOR PUERTO RICO.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf544f70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (b) of section 1400Z–1 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf544f71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf544f72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf544f73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule for puerto rico<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Each population census tract in Puerto Rico that is a low- income community shall be deemed to be certified and designated as a qualified opportunity zone, effective on the date of the enactment of <ref href="/us/pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</ref>.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf544f74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1400Z–1(d)(1) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and subsection (b)(3)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>paragraph (2)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41116">SEC. 41116. </num><heading>TAX HOME OF CERTAIN CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES LIVING ABROAD.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf547685-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (3) of section 911(d) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end of the second sentence the following: “<quotedText>, unless such individual is serving in an area designated by the President of the United States by Executive order <page identifier="/us/stat/132/162">132 STAT. 162</page> as a combat zone for purposes of section 112 in support of the Armed Forces of the United States</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf547686-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf547687-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s911">26 USC 911 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41117">SEC. 41117. </num><heading>TREATMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONS FOR RETURNS RELATING TO PAYMENTS MADE IN SETTLEMENT OF PAYMENT CARD AND THIRD PARTY NETWORK TRANSACTIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf549d98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6050W(d)(1)(B)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf549d99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6050W">26 USC 6050W</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a person with only a foreign address shall not be treated as a participating payee with respect to any payment settlement entity solely because such person receives payments from such payment settlement entity in dollars.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf549d9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf549d9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6050W">26 USC 6050W note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall apply to returns for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41118">SEC. 41118. </num><heading>REPEAL OF SHIFT IN TIME OF PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED TAXES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> section 803<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf549d9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6655">26 USC 6655 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> (relating to time for payment of corporate estimated taxes).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="41119">SEC. 41119. </num><heading>ENHANCEMENT OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION CREDIT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf55af0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 45Q <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="ycf57aade-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="45Q">“SEC. 45Q. </num><heading class="fontsize12">CREDIT FOR CARBON OXIDE SEQUESTRATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57aadf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">General Rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of section 38, the carbon oxide sequestration credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to the sum of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>$20 per metric ton of qualified carbon oxide which is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>captured by the taxpayer using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage and not used by the taxpayer as described in paragraph (2)(B),</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>$10 per metric ton of qualified carbon oxide which is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>captured by the taxpayer using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycf57aae6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>used by the taxpayer as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project and disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf57aae7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>utilized by the taxpayer in a manner described in subsection (f)(5),</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57aae8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57aae9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><chapeau>the applicable dollar amount (as determined under subsection (b)(1)) per metric ton of qualified carbon oxide which is—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/163">132 STAT. 163</page> <subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d1fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>captured by the taxpayer using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, during the 12-year period beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d1fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage and not used by the taxpayer as described in paragraph (4)(B), and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d1fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>the applicable dollar amount (as determined under subsection (b)(1)) per metric ton of qualified carbon oxide which is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d1fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>captured by the taxpayer using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, during the 12-year period beginning on the date the equipment was originally placed in service, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d1fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycf57d1ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>used by the taxpayer as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project and disposed of by the taxpayer in secure geological storage, or</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d200-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>utilized by the taxpayer in a manner described in subsection (f)(5).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d201-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d202-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable Dollar Amount; Additional Equipment; Election<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d203-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable dollar amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d204-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The applicable dollar amount shall be an amount equal to—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d205-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>for any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2016 and before 2027—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d206-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for purposes of paragraph (3) of subsection (a), the dollar amount established by linear interpolation between $22.66 and $50 for each calendar year during such period, and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d207-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for purposes of paragraph (4) of such subsection, the dollar amount established by linear interpolation between $12.83 and $35 for each calendar year during such period, and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d208-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>for any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2026—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d209-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for purposes of paragraph (3) of subsection (a), an amount equal to the product of $50 and the inflation adjustment factor for such calendar year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined by substituting ‘2025’ for ‘1990’, and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for purposes of paragraph (4) of such subsection, an amount equal to the product of $35 and the inflation adjustment factor for such calendar year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined by substituting ‘2025’ for ‘1990’.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rounding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The applicable dollar amount determined under subparagraph (A) shall be rounded to the nearest cent.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/164">132 STAT. 164</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Installation of additional carbon capture equipment on existing qualified facility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a qualified facility placed in service before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, for which additional carbon capture equipment is placed in service on or after the date of the enactment of such Act, the amount of qualified carbon oxide which is captured by the taxpayer shall be equal to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>for purposes of paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of subsection (a), the lesser of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the total amount of qualified carbon oxide captured at such facility for the taxable year, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d20f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the total amount of the carbon dioxide capture capacity of the carbon capture equipment in service at such facility on the day before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d210-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>for purposes of paragraphs (3)(A) and (4)(A) of such subsection, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the excess of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d211-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), over</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d212-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amount described in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d213-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of determining the carbon oxide sequestration credit under this section, a taxpayer may elect to have the dollar amounts applicable under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) apply in lieu of the dollar amounts applicable under paragraph (3) or (4) of such subsection for each metric ton of qualified carbon oxide which is captured by the taxpayer using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d214-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d215-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified Carbon Oxide<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d216-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>qualified carbon oxide</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d217-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>any carbon dioxide which—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d218-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is captured from an industrial source by carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d219-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>would otherwise be released into the atmosphere as industrial emission of greenhouse gas or lead to such release, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is measured at the source of capture and verified at the point of disposal, injection, or utilization,</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>any carbon dioxide or other carbon oxide which—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is captured from an industrial source by carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>would otherwise be released into the atmosphere as industrial emission of greenhouse gas or lead to such release, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>is measured at the source of capture and verified at the point of disposal, injection, or utilization, or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/165">132 STAT. 165</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d21f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>in the case of a direct air capture facility, any carbon dioxide which—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d220-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is captured directly from the ambient air, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d221-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is measured at the source of capture and verified at the point of disposal, injection, or utilization.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d222-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d223-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Recycled carbon oxide<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified carbon oxide</term>’ includes the initial deposit of captured carbon oxide used as a tertiary injectant. Such term does not include carbon oxide that is recaptured, recycled, and re-injected as part of the enhanced oil and natural gas recovery process.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d224-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d225-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified Facility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>qualified facility</term>’ means any industrial facility or direct air capture facility—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d226-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>the construction of which begins before January 1, 2024, and—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d227-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>construction of carbon capture equipment begins before such date, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d228-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the original planning and design for such facility includes installation of carbon capture equipment, and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d229-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>which captures—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d22a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the case of a facility which emits not more than 500,000 metric tons of carbon oxide into the atmosphere during the taxable year, not less than 25,000 metric tons of qualified carbon oxide during the taxable year which is utilized in a manner described in subsection (f)(5),</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d22b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of an electricity generating facility which is not described in subparagraph (A), not less than 500,000 metric tons of qualified carbon oxide during the taxable year, or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d22c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of a direct air capture facility or any facility not described in subparagraph (A) or (B), not less than 100,000 metric tons of qualified carbon oxide during the taxable year.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d22d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d22e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Direct air capture facility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d22f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘<term>direct air capture facility</term>’ means any facility which uses carbon capture equipment to capture carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d230-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>direct air capture facility</term>’ shall not include any facility which captures carbon dioxide—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d231-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>which is deliberately released from naturally occurring subsurface springs, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d232-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>using natural photosynthesis.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d233-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project</term>’ has the meaning given the term ‘<term>qualified enhanced oil recovery project</term>’ by section 43(c)(2), by substituting ‘crude oil or natural gas’ for ‘crude oil’ in subparagraph (A)(i) thereof.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d234-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tertiary injectant<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>tertiary injectant</term>’ has the same meaning as when used within section 193(b)(1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57d235-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rules<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d236-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Only qualified carbon oxide captured and disposed of or used within the united states taken into <page identifier="/us/stat/132/166">132 STAT. 166</page> account<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d237-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>The credit under this section shall apply only with respect to qualified carbon oxide the capture and disposal, use, or utilization of which is within—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d238-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the United States (within the meaning of section 638(1)), or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d239-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a possession of the United States (within the meaning of section 638(2)).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d23a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d23b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secure geological storage<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish regulations for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of qualified carbon oxide under subsection (a) such that the qualified carbon oxide does not escape into the atmosphere. Such term shall include storage at deep saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unminable coal seams under such conditions as the Secretary may determine under such regulations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d23c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Credit attributable to taxpayer<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d23d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or in any regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any credit under this section shall be attributable to—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d23e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of qualified carbon oxide captured using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the person that captures and physically or contractually ensures the disposal, utilization, or use as a tertiary injectant of such qualified carbon oxide, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d23f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of qualified carbon oxide captured using carbon capture equipment which is originally placed in service at a qualified facility on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the person that owns the carbon capture equipment and physically or contractually ensures the capture and disposal, utilization, or use as a tertiary injectant of such qualified carbon oxide.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d240-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the person described in subparagraph (A) makes an election under this subparagraph in such time and manner as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations, the credit under this section—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d241-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>shall be allowable to the person that disposes of the qualified carbon oxide, utilizes the qualified carbon oxide, or uses the qualified carbon oxide as a tertiary injectant, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d242-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>shall not be allowable to the person described in subparagraph (A).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d243-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Recapture<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for recapturing the benefit of any credit allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any qualified carbon oxide which ceases to be captured, disposed of, or used as a tertiary injectant in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d244-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Utilization of qualified carbon oxide<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d245-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d246-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section, utilization of qualified carbon oxide means—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d247-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the fixation of such qualified carbon oxide through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, such as through the growing of algae or bacteria,<page identifier="/us/stat/132/167">132 STAT. 167</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d248-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the chemical conversion of such qualified carbon oxide to a material or chemical compound in which such qualified carbon oxide is securely stored, or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d249-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the use of such qualified carbon oxide for any other purpose for which a commercial market exists (with the exception of use as a tertiary injectant in a qualified enhanced oil or natural gas recovery project), as determined by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d24a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Measurement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d24b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d24c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57d24d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of determining the amount of qualified carbon oxide utilized by the taxpayer under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) or (4)(B)(ii) of subsection (a), such amount shall be equal to the metric tons of qualified carbon oxide which the taxpayer demonstrates, based upon an analysis of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and subject to such requirements as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, determines appropriate, were—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d24e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>captured and permanently isolated from the atmosphere, or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d24f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>displaced from being emitted into the atmosphere,</content></subclause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf57d250-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">through use of a process described in subparagraph (A).</continuation></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57d251-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f962-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions</term>’ has the same meaning given such term under subparagraph (H) of section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7545/o/1">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)</ref>), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, except that ‘product’ shall be substituted for ‘fuel’ each place it appears in such subparagraph.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f963-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election for applicable facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f964-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this section, in the case of an applicable facility, for any taxable year in which such facility captures not less than 500,000 metric tons of qualified carbon oxide during the taxable year, the person described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) may elect to have such facility, and any carbon capture equipment placed in service at such facility, deemed as having been placed in service on the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f965-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f966-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable facility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>applicable facility</term>’ means a qualified facility—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f967-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>which was placed in service before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f968-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for which no taxpayer claimed a credit under this section in regards to such facility for any taxable year ending before the date of the enactment of such Act.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f969-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inflation adjustment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2009, there shall be substituted for each dollar amount contained in paragraphs <page identifier="/us/stat/132/168">132 STAT. 168</page> (1) and (2) of subsection (a) an amount equal to the product of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f96a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>such dollar amount, multiplied by</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f96b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the inflation adjustment factor for such calendar year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined by substituting ‘2008’ for ‘1990’.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57f96c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application of Section for Certain Carbon Capture Equipment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f96d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f96e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f96f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>In the case of any carbon capture equipment placed in service before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the credit under this section shall apply with respect to qualified carbon oxide captured using such equipment before the end of the calendar year in which the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, certifies that, during the period beginning after October 3, 2008, a total of 75,000,000 metric tons of qualified carbon oxide have been taken into account in accordance with—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f970-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>subsection (a) of this section, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f971-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57f972-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Regulations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary may prescribe such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section, including regulations or other guidance to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f973-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>ensure proper allocation under subsection (a) for qualified carbon oxide captured by a taxpayer during the taxable year ending after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf57f974-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f975-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>determine whether a facility satisfies the requirements under subsection (d)(1) during such taxable year.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf57f976-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f977-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf57f978-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s45Q">26 USC 45Q note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.</content></subsection></section> DIVISION E—

Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS
SEC. 50100. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a)

42 USC 1305 note.

Short Title.—This division may be cited as the “Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act”(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this division is as follows: DIVISION E— Sec. 50100.  TITLE I— Sec. 50101.  Sec. 50102.  Sec. 50103.  TITLE II— Sec. 50201.  Sec. 50202.  Sec. 50203.  Sec. 50204.  Sec. 50205.  Sec. 50206.  Sec. 50207.  Sec. 50208.  TITLE III— Subtitle A— Sec. 50301.  Sec. 50302.  Subtitle B— Sec. 50311.  Subtitle C— Sec. 50321.  Sec. 50322.  Sec. 50323.  Sec. 50324.  Sec. 50325.  Subtitle D— Sec. 50331.  Subtitle E— Sec. 50341.  Sec. 50342.  Subtitle F— Sec. 50351.  Sec. 50352.  Sec. 50353.  Sec. 50354.  TITLE IV— Subtitle A— Sec. 50401.  Sec. 50402.  Sec. 50403.  Sec. 50404.  Subtitle B— Sec. 50411.  Sec. 50412.  Sec. 50413.  Sec. 50414.  TITLE V— Sec. 50501.  Sec. 50502.  Sec. 50503.  TITLE VI— Subtitle A— Sec. 50601.  Sec. 50602.  Sec. 50603.  Sec. 50604.  Sec. 50605.  Sec. 50606.  Sec. 50607.  Subtitle B— Sec. 50611.  TITLE VII— Subtitle A— Sec. 50701.  Sec. 50702.  PART I— Sec. 50711.  Sec. 50712.  Sec. 50713.  PART II— Sec. 50721.  Sec. 50722.  Sec. 50723.  PART III— Sec. 50731.  Sec. 50732.  Sec. 50733.  Sec. 50734.  PART IV— Sec. 50741.  Sec. 50742.  Sec. 50743.  Sec. 50744.  Sec. 50745.  Sec. 50746.  PART V— Sec. 50751.  Sec. 50752.  Sec. 50753.  PART VI— Sec. 50761.  PART VII— Sec. 50771.  Sec. 50772.  PART VIII— Sec. 50781.  Sec. 50782.  TITLE VIII— Sec. 50801.  Sec. 50802.  TITLE IX— Sec. 50901.  Sec. 50902.  TITLE X— Sec. 51001.  Sec. 51002.  Sec. 51003.  Sec. 51004.  Sec. 51005.  Sec. 51006.  Sec. 51007.  Sec. 51008.  Sec. 51009.  TITLE XI— Sec. 52001.  TITLE XII— Sec. 53101.  Sec. 53102.  Sec. 53103.  Sec. 53104.  Sec. 53105.  Sec. 53106.  Sec. 53107.  Sec. 53108.  Sec. 53109.  Sec. 53110.  Sec. 53111.  Sec. 53112.  Sec. 53113.  Sec. 53114.  Sec. 53115.  Sec. 53116.  Sec. 53117.  Sec. 53118.  Sec. 53119.  132 STAT. 172
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>CHIP</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50101">SEC. 50101. </num><heading>FUNDING EXTENSION OF THE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5a918d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/a">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(a) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5a918e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (25), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5a918f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (26), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5a9190-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="27">“(27) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026, such sums as are necessary to fund allotments to States under subsections (c) and (m); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="28">“(28) </num><chapeau>for fiscal year 2027, for purposes of making two semi-annual allotments—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>$7,650,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on March 31, 2027; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>$7,650,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2027, and ending on September 30, 2027.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Allotments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/m">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(b) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)(B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(25)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(27)</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, 2023, and 2027</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in clause (ii)(I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, under paragraph (4))</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, in the case of fiscal year 2018 or 2024, under paragraph (4) or (10), respectively)</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or (10)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(10), or (11)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 2023,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023, or 2027,</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (7)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027,</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the matter following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or fiscal year 2022</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2022, fiscal year 2024, or fiscal year 2026</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (9)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or (10)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(10), or (11)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 2023,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023, or 2027,</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ab8b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf5b06d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5b06d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Computations.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5b06d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">States.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">For fiscal year </inline>2027.—</heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">First half<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) <page identifier="/us/stat/132/173">132 STAT. 173</page> of paragraph (28) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 50101(b)(2) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Second half<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (28) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Full year amount based on rebased amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2026 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2026 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2026), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2027.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">First half ratio<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the amount made available under subsection (a)(28)(A); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 50101(b)(2) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act; to</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>the sum of—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the amount described in clause (i); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the amount made available under subsection (a)(28)(B).”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">One-time appropriation for fiscal year <inline class="noSmallCaps">2027</inline><inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to fund allotments to States under subsections (c) and (m) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 U.S.C. 1397dd</ref>) for fiscal year 2027, taking into account the full year amounts calculated for States under paragraph (11)(C) of subsection (m) of such section (as added by paragraph (1)) and the amounts appropriated under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(28) of such section (as added by subsection (a)). Such amount shall accompany the allotment <page identifier="/us/stat/132/174">132 STAT. 174</page> made for the period beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on March 31, 2027, under paragraph (28)(A) of section 2104(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/a">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)</ref>), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (11) of section 2104(m) of such Act for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2027 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(28)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(28)(A).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd/n">42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(c) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2018 through 2022</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018 through 2022, and 2024 through 2026</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023, and 2027</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2018 through 2022</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018 through 2022, and 2024 through 2026</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023, and 2027</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or in any of fiscal years 2018 through 2022</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2018 through 2022, or fiscal years 2024 through 2026</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023, or 2027</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Qualifying States Option<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/g/4">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(4)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(d) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through </headingText>2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through </headingText>2027</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Express Lane Eligibility Option<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1902(e)(13)(I) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e/13/I">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(I)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(e) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assurance of Eligibility Standard for Children and Families<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397ee/d/3">42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(f)(1) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through september 30, 2023</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through september </headingText>30<headingText class="smallCaps">, </headingText>2027</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/175">132 STAT. 175</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/gg/2">42 U.S.C. 1396a(gg)(2)</ref>), as amended by section 3002(f)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through september </headingText>30, 2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">through september </headingText>30<headingText class="smallCaps">, </headingText>2027</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b06fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023,</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50102">SEC. 50102. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF PEDIATRIC QUALITY MEASURES PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1139A(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320b–9a/i/1">42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(i)(1)</ref>), as amended by section 3003(b) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5b7b30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, $60,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Making Reporting Mandatory<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1139A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320b–9a">42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading for paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">and mandatory reporting</headingText></quotedText>” after “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">reporting</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Not later than</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Voluntary reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5b7b37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf5ba248-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5ba249-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mandatory reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Beginning with the annual State report on fiscal year 2024 required under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall require States to use the initial core measurement set and any updates or changes to that set to report information regarding the quality of pediatric health care under titles XIX and XXI using the standardized format for reporting information and procedures developed under subparagraph (A).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ba24a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (6)(B), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and, beginning with the report required on January 1, 2025, and for each annual report thereafter, the status of mandatory reporting by States under titles XIX and XXI, utilizing the initial core quality measurement set and any updates or changes to that set</quotedText>” before the semicolon; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5ba24b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5ba24c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><content>in subsection (c)(1)(A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and, beginning with the annual report on fiscal year 2024, all of the core measures described in subsection (a) and any updates or changes to those measures</quotedText>” before the semicolon.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/176">132 STAT. 176</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50103">SEC. 50103. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5ba24d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading>EXTENSION OF OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5bf06e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2113 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397mm">42 U.S.C. 1397mm</ref>), as amended by section 3004(a) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/120/dC">division C of Public Law 115–120</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5bf06f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2027</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1780-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (g)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1781-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and $120,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, $120,000,000</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1782-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, and $48,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2027</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5c1783-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional Reserved Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2113(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397mm/a">42 U.S.C. 1397mm(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1784-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (2)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1785-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf5c1786-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ten percent set aside for evaluating and providing technical assistance to grantees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, an amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts shall be used by the Secretary for the purpose of evaluating and providing technical assistance to eligible entities awarded grants under this section.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5c1787-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Use of Reserved Funds for National Enrollment and Retention Strategies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2113(h) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397mm/h">42 U.S.C. 1397mm(h)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1788-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c1789-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5c178a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf5c178b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>the development of materials and toolkits and the provision of technical assistance to States regarding enrollment and retention strategies for eligible children under this title and title XIX; and”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>MEDICARE EXTENDERS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50201">SEC. 50201. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF WORK GPCI FLOOR.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/e/1/E">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2020</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50202">SEC. 50202. </num><heading>REPEAL OF MEDICARE PAYMENT CAP FOR THERAPY SERVICES; LIMITATION TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE THERAPY.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf5cb3cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1833(g) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395l/g">42 U.S.C. 1395l(g)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cb3cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cb3ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cb3cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the subparagraph (A), as inserted and designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>The preceding sentence shall not apply to expenses incurred with respect to services furnished after December 31, 2017.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cb3d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/177">132 STAT. 177</page> <quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>With respect to services furnished during 2018 or a subsequent year, in the case of physical therapy services of the type described in section 1861(p), speech-language pathology services of the type described in such section through the application of section 1861(ll)(2), and physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services of such type which are furnished by a physician or as incident to physicians’ services, with respect to expenses incurred in any calendar year, any amount that is more than the amount specified in paragraph (2) for the year shall not be considered as incurred expenses for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) unless the applicable requirements of paragraph (7) are met.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the subparagraph (A), as inserted and designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>The preceding sentence shall not apply to expenses incurred with respect to services furnished after December 31, 2017.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:.<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>With respect to services furnished during 2018 or a subsequent year, in the case of occupational therapy services (of the type that are described in section 1861(p) through the operation of section 1861(g) and of such type which are furnished by a physician or as incident to physicians’ services), with respect to expenses incurred in any calendar year, any amount that is more than the amount specified in paragraph (2) for the year shall not be considered as incurred expenses for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) unless the applicable requirements of paragraph (7) are met.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (D) as paragraph (8) and moving such paragraph to immediately follow paragraph (7), as added by paragraph (4) of this section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdae9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (E)(iv), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, except as such process is applied under paragraph (7)(B)</quotedText>” before the period at the end; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5cdaea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5d290b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><chapeau>For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B) and (3)(B), with respect to services described in such paragraphs, the requirements described in this paragraph are as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d290c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inclusion of appropriate modifier<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The claim for such services contains an appropriate modifier (such as the KX modifier described in paragraph (5)(B)) indicating that such services are medically necessary as justified by appropriate documentation in the medical record involved.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d290d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Targeted medical review for certain services above threshold<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d290e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case where expenses that would be incurred for such services would exceed the threshold described in clause (ii) for the year, such services shall be subject to the process for medical review implemented under paragraph (5)(E).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d290f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Threshold<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The threshold under this clause for—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/178">132 STAT. 178</page></chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2910-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>a year before 2028, is $3,000;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2911-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>2028, is the amount specified in subclause (I) increased by the percentage increase in the MEI (as defined in section 1842(i)(3)) for 2028; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2912-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>a subsequent year, is the amount specified in this clause for the preceding year increased by the percentage increase in the MEI (as defined in section 1842(i)(3)) for such subsequent year;</content></subclause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf5d2913-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124">except that if an increase under subclause (II) or (III) for a year is not a multiple of $10, it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10.</continuation></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The threshold under clause (ii) shall be applied separately—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2915-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2916-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>for occupational therapy services.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5d2917-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5d2918-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary shall provide for the transfer, from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account, of $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended. Such funds may not be used by a contractor under section 1893(h) for medical reviews under this subparagraph.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50203">SEC. 50203. </num><heading>MEDICARE AMBULANCE SERVICES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5dc559-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Certain Ground Ambulance Add-on Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5dc55a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ground ambulance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/l/13/A">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>” each place it appears.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5dc55b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Super rural ambulance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/l/12/A">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2023</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5dc55c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requiring Ground Ambulance Providers of Services and Suppliers to Submit Cost and Other Information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/l">42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">“(17) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission of cost and other information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Development of data collection system<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall develop a data collection system (which may include use of a cost survey) to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other information determined appropriate by the Secretary with respect to providers of services (in this paragraph referred to as ‘providers’) and suppliers of ground ambulance services. Such system shall be designed to collect information—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><content>needed to evaluate the extent to which reported costs relate to payment rates under this subsection;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>on the utilization of capital equipment and ambulance capacity, including information consistent with the type of information described in section 1121(a); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>on different types of ground ambulance services furnished in different geographic locations, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/179">132 STAT. 179</page> including rural areas and low population density areas described in paragraph (12).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Specification of data collection system<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>not later than December 31, 2019, specify the data collection system under subparagraph (A); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>identify the providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services that would be required to submit information under such data collection system, including the representative sample described in clause (ii).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of representative sample<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than December 31, 2019, with respect to the data collection for the first year under such system, and for each subsequent year through 2024, the Secretary shall determine a representative sample to submit information under the data collection system.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The sample under subclause (I) shall be representative of the different types of providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services (such as those providers and suppliers that are part of an emergency service or part of a government organization) and the geographic locations in which ground ambulance services are furnished (such as urban, rural, and low population density areas).</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall not include an individual provider or supplier of ground ambulance services in the sample under subclause (I) in 2 consecutive years, to the extent practicable.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reporting of cost information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each year, a provider or supplier of ground ambulance services identified by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(i)(II) as being required to submit information under the data collection system with respect to a period for the year shall submit to the Secretary information specified under the system. Such information shall be submitted in a form and manner, and at a time, specified by the Secretary for purposes of this subparagraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment reduction for failure to report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Beginning January 1, 2022, subject to clause (ii), a 10 percent reduction to payments under this subsection shall be made for the applicable period (as defined in clause (ii)) to a provider or supplier of ground ambulance services that—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>is required to submit information under the data collection system with respect to a period under subparagraph (C); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>does not sufficiently submit such information, as determined by the Secretary.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable period defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘<term>applicable period</term>’ means, with respect to a provider or supplier of ground ambulance <page identifier="/us/stat/132/180">132 STAT. 180</page> services, a year specified by the Secretary not more than 2 years after the end of the period with respect to which the Secretary has made a determination under clause (i)(II) that the provider or supplier of ground ambulance services failed to sufficiently submit information under the data collection system.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Hardship exemption<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may exempt a provider or supplier from the payment reduction under clause (i) with respect to an applicable period in the event of significant hardship, such as a natural disaster, bankruptcy, or other similar situation that the Secretary determines interfered with the ability of the provider or supplier of ground ambulance services to submit such information in a timely manner for the specified period.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Informal review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall establish a process under which a provider or supplier of ground ambulance services may seek an informal review of a determination that the provider or supplier is subject to the payment reduction under clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ongoing data collection<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Revision of data collection system<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may, as the Secretary determines appropriate and, if available, taking into consideration the report (or reports) under subparagraph (F), revise the data collection system under subparagraph (A).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Subsequent data collection<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In order to continue to evaluate the extent to which reported costs relate to payment rates under this subsection and for other purposes the Secretary deems appropriate, the Secretary shall require providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services to submit information for years after 2024 as the Secretary determines appropriate, but in no case less often than once every 3 years.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Ground ambulance data collection system study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2023, and as determined necessary by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission thereafter, such Commission shall assess, and submit to Congress a report on, information submitted by providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services through the data collection system under subparagraph (A), the adequacy of payments for ground ambulance services under this subsection, and geographic variations in the cost of furnishing such services.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Contents<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A report under clause (i) shall contain the following:</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>An analysis of information submitted through the data collection system.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>An analysis of any burden on providers and suppliers of ground ambulance services associated with the data collection system.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-tion.</p></sidenote><content>A recommendation as to whether information should continue to be submitted through such data collection system or if such<page identifier="/us/stat/132/181">132 STAT. 181</page> system should be revised under subparagraph (E)(i).</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>Other information determined appropriate by the Commission.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall post information on the results of the data collection under this paragraph on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5e88d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall implement this paragraph through notice and comment rulemaking.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch35">Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, shall not apply to the collection of information required under this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations on review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise of the data collection system or identification of respondents under this paragraph.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5e88da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding for implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide for the transfer, from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841, of $15,000,000 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account for fiscal year 2018. Amounts transferred under this subparagraph shall remain available until expended.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50204">SEC. 50204. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/d/12">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2023</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2017</quotedText>” the first place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2022</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText> and has less than 800 discharges</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following <quotedContent>“and has—<subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>with respect to each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010, less than 800 discharges during the fiscal year;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>with respect to each of fiscal years 2011 through 2018, less than 1,600 discharges of individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A during the fiscal year or portion of fiscal year;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>with respect to each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, less than 3,800 discharges during the fiscal year; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent fiscal year, less than 800 discharges during the fiscal year.”</content></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in clause (ii)—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/182">132 STAT. 182</page></chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (B)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (B) and (D)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(except as provided in clause (i)(II) and subparagraph (D)(i))</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>regardless</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (D)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2022</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f4c3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>hospitals with 200 or fewer</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“hospitals—<clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f734b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>with respect to each of fiscal years 2011 through 2018, with 200 or fewer”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f734c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or portion of fiscal year; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f734d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f734e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf5f734f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>with respect to each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, with 500 or fewer discharges in the fiscal year to 0 percent for low-volume hospitals with greater than 3,800 discharges in the fiscal year.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf5f7350-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">MedPAC Report on Extension of Increased Inpatient Hospital Payment Adjustment for Certain Low-volume Hospitals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7351-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2022, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the extension of the increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for certain low-volume hospitals under section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/d/12">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)</ref>) under the provisions of, and amendments made by, this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7352-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Contents<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The report under paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation of the effects of such extension on the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7353-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Beneficiary utilization of inpatient hospital services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</ref>).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7354-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The financial status of hospitals with a low volume of Medicare or total inpatient admissions.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7355-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Program spending under such title XVIII.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf5f7356-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Other matters relevant to evaluating the effects of such extension.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50205">SEC. 50205. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf600f97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/d/5/G">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf600f98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2022</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf600f99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (ii)(II), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2022</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf600f9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in clause (iv), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subclause (I) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new subclause:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf6036ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>that is located in—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>a rural area; or</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>a State with no rural area (as defined in paragraph (2)(D)) and satisfies any of the criteria in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of paragraph (8)(E)(ii),”</content></item></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subclause (IV) the following new flush sentences:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/183">132 STAT. 183</page> <quotedContent><p class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf6036af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">“Subclause<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6036b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> (I)(bb) shall apply for purposes of payment under clause (ii) only for discharges of a hospital occurring on or after the effective date of a determination of medicare-dependent small rural hospital status made by the Secretary with respect to the hospital after the date of the enactment of this sentence. For purposes of applying subclause (II) of paragraph (8)(E)(ii) under subclause (I)(bb), such subclause (II) shall be applied by inserting ‘as of January 1, 2018,’ after ‘such State’ each place it appears.”</p></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6036b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of target amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/b/3/D">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>October 1, 2022</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (iv), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through fiscal year 2022</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww">42 U.S.C. 1395ww note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through fiscal year 2022</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6036b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO Study and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States (in this subsection referred to as the “Comptroller General”) shall conduct a study on the medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/d">42 U.S.C. 1395x(d)</ref>).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6036b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> Such study shall include an analysis of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The payor mix of medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals (as defined in paragraph (5)(G)(iv) of such section 1886(d)), how such mix will trend in future years (based on current trends and projections), and whether or not the requirement under subclause (IV) of such paragraph should be revised.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The characteristics of medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals that meet the requirement of such subclause (IV) through the application of paragraph (a)(iii)(A) or (a)(iii)(B) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s412.108">section 412.108 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, including Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization, payor mix, and financial status (including Medicare and total margins), and whether or not Medicare payments for such hospitals should be revised.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Such other items related to medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6036bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6036bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6036be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50206">SEC. 50206. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf61211f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395aaa/d/2">42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/184">132 STAT. 184</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf612120-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in the first sentence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf612121-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2014 and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2014,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf612122-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following before the period: “<quotedText>, and $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf612123-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>Amounts transferred for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 shall be in addition to any unobligated funds transferred for a preceding fiscal year that are available under the preceding sentence.</quotedText>”</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf612124-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Annual Report by Secretary to Congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1890 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395aaa">42 U.S.C. 1395aaa</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf614835-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf614836-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Annual Report by Secretary to Congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>By not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2019), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf614837-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf614838-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plan.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf614839-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><content>A comprehensive plan that identifies the quality measurement needs of programs and initiatives of the Secretary and provides a strategy for using the entity with a contract under subsection (a) and any other entity the Secretary has contracted with or may contract with to perform work associated with section 1890A to help meet those needs, specifically with respect to the programs under this title and title XIX. In<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf61483a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p></sidenote> years after the first plan under this paragraph is submitted, the requirements of this paragraph may be met by providing an update to the plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61483b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The amount of funding provided under subsection (d) for purposes of carrying out this section and section 1890A that has been obligated by the Secretary, the amount of funding provided that has been expended, and the amount of funding provided that remains unobligated.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61483c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>With respect to the activities described under this section or section 1890A, a description of how the funds described in paragraph (2) have been obligated or expended, including how much of that funding has been obligated or expended for work performed by the Secretary, the entity with a contract under subsection (a), and any other entity the Secretary has contracted with to perform work.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61483d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A description of the activities for which the funds described in paragraph (2) were used, including task orders and activities assigned to the entity with a contract under subsection (a), activities performed by the Secretary, and task orders and activities assigned to any other entity the Secretary has contracted with to perform work related to carrying out section 1890A.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61483e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The amount of funding described in paragraph (2) that has been obligated or expended for each of the activities described in paragraph (4).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61483f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf614840-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Estimate.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf614841-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>Estimates for, and descriptions of, obligations and expenditures that the Secretary anticipates will be needed in the succeeding two year period to carry out each of the quality measurement activities required under this section and section 1890A, including any obligations that will require funds to be expended in a future year.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf614842-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Revisions to Annual Report From Consensus-based Entity to Congress and the Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/185">132 STAT. 185</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf614843-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1890(b)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395aaa/b/5/A">42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(b)(5)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf614844-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (i) through (vi) as subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively, and moving the margins accordingly;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf614845-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>containing a description of—</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“containing the following:<clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf616f56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>A description of—”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf616f57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf619668-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>An itemization of financial information for the fiscal year ending September 30 of the preceding year, including—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf619669-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>annual revenues of the entity (including any government funding, private sector contributions, grants, membership revenues, and investment revenue);</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>annual expenses of the entity (including grants paid, benefits paid, salaries or other compensation, fundraising expenses, and overhead costs); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>a breakdown of the amount awarded per contracted task order and the specific projects funded in each task order assigned to the entity.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>Any updates or modifications of internal policies and procedures of the entity as they relate to the duties of the entity under this section, including—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>specifically identifying any modifications to the disclosure of interests and conflicts of interests for committees, work groups, task forces, and advisory panels of the entity; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>information on external stakeholder participation in the duties of the entity under this section (including complete rosters for all committees, work groups, task forces, and advisory panels funded through government contracts, descriptions of relevant interests and any conflicts of interest for members of all committees, work groups, task forces, and advisory panels, and the total percentage by health care sector of all convened committees, work groups, task forces, and advisory panels.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61966f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf619670-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf619671-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395aaa">42 USC 1395aaa note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to reports submitted for years beginning with 2019.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf619672-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO Study and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619673-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf619674-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on health care quality measurement efforts funded under sections 1890 and 1890A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395aaa">42 U.S.C. 1395aaa</ref>; 1395aaa–1). Such study shall include an examination of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619675-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The extent to which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subsection referred to as the “Secretary”) has set and prioritized objectives to be achieved for each of the quality measurement activities required under such sections 1890 and 1890A.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/186">132 STAT. 186</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619676-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The efforts that the Secretary has undertaken to meet quality measurement objectives associated with such sections 1890 and 1890A, including division of responsibilities for those efforts within the Department of Health and Human Services and through contracts with a consensus-based entity under subsection (a) of such section 1890 (in this subsection referred to as the “consensus-based entity”) and other entities, and the extent of any overlap among the work performed by the Secretary, the consensus-based entity, the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) convened by such entity to provide input to the Secretary on the selection of quality and efficiency measures, and any other entities the Secretary has contracted with to perform work related to carrying out such sections 1890 and 1890A.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619677-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The total amount of funding provided to the Secretary for purposes of carrying out such sections 1890 and 1890A, the amount of such funding that has been obligated or expended by the Secretary, and the amount of such funding that remains unobligated.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619678-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>How the funds described in subparagraph (C) have been allocated, including how much of the funding has been allocated for work performed by the Secretary, the consensus-based entity, and any other entity the Secretary has contracted with to perform work related to carrying out such sections 1890 and 1890A, respectively, and descriptions of such work.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf619679-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>The extent to which the Secretary has developed a comprehensive and long-term plan to ensure that it can achieve quality measurement objectives related to carrying out such sections 1890 and 1890A in a timely manner and with efficient use of available resources, including the roles of the consensus-based entity, the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), and any other entity the Secretary has contracted with to perform work related to such sections 1890 and 1890A in helping the Secretary achieve those objectives.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf61967a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf61967b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf61967c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50207">SEC. 50207. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS; STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6259cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding Extensions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional funding for state health insurance programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395b–3">42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note</ref>), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/240">Public Law 112–240</ref>), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/67">Public Law 113–67</ref>), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/93">Public Law 113–93</ref>), and section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/187">132 STAT. 187</page> 208 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/10">Public Law 114–10</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (vii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, of $13,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, of $13,000,000.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional funding for area agencies on aging<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (vii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (vii) the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, of $7,500,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, of $7,500,000.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional funding for aging and disability resource centers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (vii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (vii) the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, of $5,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, of $5,000,000.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional funding for contract with the national center for benefits and outreach enrollment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (vii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6259e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (vii) the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6280f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, of $12,000,000; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6280f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, of $12,000,000.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6280f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Health Insurance Assistance Program Reporting Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6280f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6280f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6280f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6280fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395b–3">42 USC 1395b–3 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>Beginning not later than April 1, 2019, and biennially thereafter, the Agency for Community Living shall electronically post on its website the following information, with respect to grants to States for State health insurance assistance programs, (such information to be presented by State and by entity receiving funds from the State to carry out such a program funded by such grant):</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6280fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The amount of Federal funding provided to each such State for such program for the period involved and the amount of Federal funding provided by each such State for such program to each such entity for the period involved.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6280fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Information as the Secretary may specify, with respect to such programs carried out through such grants, consistent with the terms and conditions for receipt of such grants.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50208">SEC. 50208. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF HOME HEALTH RURAL ADD-ON.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf631d3d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/188">132 STAT. 188</page> <paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf631d3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 421 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/173">Public Law 108–173</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/117/2283">117 Stat. 2283</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff">42 U.S.C. 1395fff note</ref>), as amended by section 5201(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/120/46">120 Stat. 46</ref>), section 3131(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/124/428">124 Stat. 428</ref>), and section 210 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/10">Public Law 114–10</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/129/151">129 Stat. 151</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf631d3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>January 1, 2019</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf631d40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf631d41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in each of subsections (c) and (d), as so redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a) or (b)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf631d42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (a) the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf639173-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Subsequent Temporary Increase<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639174-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf639175-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall increase the payment amount otherwise made under such section 1895 for home health services furnished in a county (or equivalent area) in a rural area (as defined in such section 1886(d)(2)(D)) that, as determined by the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639176-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>is in the highest quartile of all counties (or equivalent areas) based on the number of Medicare home health episodes furnished per 100 individuals who are entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act or enrolled for benefits under part B of such title (but not enrolled in a plan under part C of such title)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639177-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2019, by 1.5 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639178-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2020, by 0.5 percent;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639179-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>has a population density of 6 individuals or fewer per square mile of land area and is not described in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2019, by 4 percent;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2020, by 3 percent;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2021, by 2 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2022, by 1 percent; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>is not described in either subparagraph (A) or (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf63917f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2019, by 3 percent;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639180-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2020, by 2 percent; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639181-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>in the case of episodes and visits ending during 2021, by 1 percent.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639182-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf639183-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rules for determinations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/189">132 STAT. 189</page> <subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639184-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No switching<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, the determination by the Secretary as to which subparagraph of paragraph (1) applies to a county (or equivalent area) shall be made a single time and shall apply for the duration of the period to which this subsection applies.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639185-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Utilization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In determining which counties (or equivalent areas) are in the highest quartile under paragraph (1)(A), the following rules shall apply:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639186-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The Secretary shall use data from 2015.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639187-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The Secretary shall exclude data from the territories (and the territories shall not be described in such paragraph).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf639188-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>The Secretary may exclude data from counties (or equivalent areas) in rural areas with a low volume of home health episodes (and if data is so excluded with respect to a county (or equivalent area), such county (or equivalent area) shall not be described in such paragraph).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639189-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Population density<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In determining population density under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall use data from the 2010 decennial Census.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63918a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations on review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise of determinations under paragraph (1).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63918b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement to submit county data on claim form<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1895(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/c">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63918c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63918d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf63918e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf63918f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>in the case of home health services furnished on or after January 1, 2019, the claim contains the code for the county (or equivalent area) in which the home health service was furnished.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf639190-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">HHS OIG Analysis<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf639191-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote>Not later than January 1, 2023, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639192-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an analysis of the home health claims and utilization of home health services by county (or equivalent area) under the Medicare program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf639193-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf639194-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf639195-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><content>recommendations the Inspector General determines appropriate based on such analysis.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/190">132 STAT. 190</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>CREATING HIGH-QUALITY RESULTS AND OUTCOMES NECESSARY TO IMPROVE CHRONIC (CHRONIC) CARE</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Receiving High Quality Care in the Home</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50301">SEC. 50301. </num><heading>EXTENDING THE INDEPENDENCE AT HOME DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6406c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1866E of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395cc–5">42 U.S.C. 1395cc–5</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (e)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>An agreement</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Agreements</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>5-year</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>7-year</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>10,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15,000</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>An applicable beneficiary that participates in the demonstration program by reason of the increase from 10,000 to 15,000 in the preceding sentence pursuant to the amendment made by section 50301(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act shall be considered in the spending target estimates under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) and the incentive payment calculations under paragraph (2) of such subsection for the sixth and seventh years of such program.</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including, to the extent practicable, with respect to the use of electronic health information systems, as described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(vi)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>under the demonstration program</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6406cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (i)(1)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>will not receive an incentive payment for the second of 2</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>did not achieve savings for the third of 3</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6406d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6406d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395cc–5">42 USC 1395cc–5 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a)(3) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of <ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50302">SEC. 50302. </num><heading>EXPANDING ACCESS TO HOME DIALYSIS THERAPY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf64ca22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1881(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395rr/b/3">42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (ii), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on a comprehensive</quotedText>” and insert “<quotedText>subject to subparagraph (B), on a comprehensive</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>With respect to</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(A) With respect to</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/191">132 STAT. 191</page> <quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf64ca27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycf64ca28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), subject to clause (ii), an individual determined to have end stage renal disease receiving home dialysis may choose to receive monthly end stage renal disease-related clinical assessments furnished on or after January 1, 2019, via telehealth.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf64ca29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf64ca2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf64ca2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Clause (i) shall apply to an individual only if the individual receives a face-to-face clinical assessment, without the use of telehealth—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in the case of the initial 3 months of home dialysis of such individual, at least monthly; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>after such initial 3 months, at least once every 3 consecutive months.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf64ca2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Originating Site Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64ca2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f140-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subclauses:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf64f141-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IX">“(IX) </num><content>A renal dialysis facility, but only for purposes of section 1881(b)(3)(B).</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf64f142-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="X">“(X) </num><content>The home of an individual, but only for purposes of section 1881(b)(3)(B).”</content></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f143-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf64f144-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of home dialysis monthly esrd-related visit<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The geographic requirements described in paragraph (4)(C)(i) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2019, for purposes of section 1881(b)(3)(B), at an originating site described in subclause (VI), (IX), or (X) of paragraph (4)(C)(ii).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f145-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No facility fee if originating site for home dialysis therapy is the home<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1834(m)(2)(B) of the Social Security (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/m/2/B">42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(2)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f146-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), and indenting appropriately;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f147-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subclause (II), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clause (i) or this clause</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subclause (I) or this subclause</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f148-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">site</headingText>.—With respect to</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“<headingText class="smallCaps">site</headingText>.—<clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f149-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to clause (ii), with respect to”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f14a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f14b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No facility fee if originating site for home dialysis therapy is the home<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No facility fee shall be paid under this subparagraph to an originating site described in paragraph (4)(C)(ii)(X).”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf64f14c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarification Regarding Telehealth Provided to Beneficiaries<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1128A(i)(6) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7a/i/6">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(6)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f14d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (H), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f14e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; or</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf64f14f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf651860-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><chapeau>the provision of telehealth technologies (as defined by the Secretary) on or after January 1, 2019, by a provider of services or a renal dialysis facility (as such terms are defined for purposes of title XVIII) to an individual with end stage renal disease who is receiving home dialysis <page identifier="/us/stat/132/192">132 STAT. 192</page> for which payment is being made under part B of such title, if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf651861-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the telehealth technologies are not offered as part of any advertisement or solicitation;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf651862-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the telehealth technologies are provided for the purpose of furnishing telehealth services related to the individual’s end stage renal disease; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf651863-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the provision of the telehealth technologies meets any other requirements set forth in regulations promulgated by the Secretary.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf651864-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1881(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395rr/b/1">42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (3)(A)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (3)(A)(i)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Advancing Team-Based Care</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50311">SEC. 50311. </num><heading>PROVIDING CONTINUED ACCESS TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SPECIAL NEEDS PLANS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf671435-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1859(f)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/f/1">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and for periods before January 1, 2019</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf671436-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased Integration of Dual SNPs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf671437-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1859(f) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/f">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf671438-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf671439-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>The plan meets the requirements applicable under paragraph (8).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67143a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf67d78b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased integration of dual snps<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d78c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Designated contact<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary, acting through the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office established under <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s2602">section 2602 of Public Law 111–148</ref>, shall serve as a dedicated point of contact for States to address misalignments that arise with the integration of specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) under this paragraph and, consistent with such role, shall establish—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d78d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a uniform process for disseminating to State Medicaid agencies information under this title impacting contracts between such agencies and such plans under this subsection; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d78e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>basic resources for States interested in exploring such plans as a platform for integration, such as a model contract or other tools to achieve those goals.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d78f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Unified grievances and appeals process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d790-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d791-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d792-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Procedures.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than April 1, 2020, the Secretary shall establish procedures, to the extent feasible as determined by the Secretary, unifying grievances and appeals procedures under sections 1852(f), 1852(g), 1902(a)(3), 1902(a)(5), and 1932(b)(4) for items and services provided by specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) under this title and title XIX.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d793-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> With respect <page identifier="/us/stat/132/193">132 STAT. 193</page> to items and services described in the preceding sentence, procedures established under this clause shall apply in place of otherwise applicable grievances and appeals procedures. The Secretary shall solicit comment in developing such procedures from States, plans, beneficiaries and their representatives, and other relevant stakeholders.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d794-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Procedures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The procedures established under clause (i) shall be included in the plan contract under paragraph (3)(D) and shall—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d795-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>adopt the provisions for the enrollee that are most protective for the enrollee and, to the extent feasible as determined by the Secretary, are compatible with unified timeframes and consolidated access to external review under an integrated process;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d796-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>take into account differences in State plans under title XIX to the extent necessary;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d797-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>be easily navigable by an enrollee; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d798-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>include the elements described in clause (iii), as applicable.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d799-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Elements described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Both unified appeals and unified grievance procedures shall include, as applicable, the following elements described in this clause:</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d79a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d79b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notification.</p></sidenote><content>Single written notification of all applicable grievances and appeal rights under this title and title XIX.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d79c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver authority.</p></sidenote> For purposes of this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the requirements under section 1852(g)(1)(B) when the specialized MA plan covers items or services under this part or under title XIX.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d79d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>Single pathways for resolution of any grievance or appeal related to a particular item or service provided by specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) under this title and title XIX.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d79e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d79f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notices.</p></sidenote><content>Notices written in plain language and available in a language and format that is accessible to the enrollee, including in non-English languages that are prevalent in the service area of the specialized MA plan.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>Unified timeframes for grievances and appeals processes, such as an individual’s filing of a grievance or appeal, a plan’s acknowledgment and resolution of a grievance or appeal, and notification of decisions with respect to a grievance or appeal.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>Requirements for how the plan must process, track, and resolve grievances and appeals, to ensure beneficiaries are notified on a timely basis of decisions that are made throughout the grievance or appeals process and are able to easily determine the status of a grievance or appeal.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Continuation of benefits pending appeal<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The unified procedures under clause (i) shall, with respect to all benefits under parts A and B and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/194">132 STAT. 194</page> title XIX subject to appeal under such procedures, incorporate provisions under current law and implementing regulations that provide continuation of benefits pending appeal under this title and title XIX.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement for unified grievances and appeals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For 2021 and subsequent years, the contract of a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) with a State Medicaid agency under paragraph (3)(D) shall require the use of unified grievances and appeals procedures as described in subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d7a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67d7a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements for integration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For 2021 and subsequent years, a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) shall meet one or more of the following requirements, to the extent permitted under State law, for integration of benefits under this title and title XIX:</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The specialized MA plan must meet the requirements of contracting with the State Medicaid agency described in paragraph (3)(D) in addition to coordinating long-term services and supports or behavioral health services, or both, by meeting an additional minimum set of requirements determined by the Secretary through the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office established under section 2602 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act based on input from stakeholders, such as notifying the State in a timely manner of hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and hospital or nursing home discharges of enrollees, assigning one primary care provider for each enrollee, or sharing data that would benefit the coordination of items and services under this title and the State plan under title XIX. Such minimum set of requirements must be included in the contract of the specialized MA plan with the State Medicaid agency under such paragraph.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67d7a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>The specialized MA plan must meet the requirements of a fully integrated plan described in section 1853(a)(1)(B)(iv)(II) (other than the requirement that the plan have similar average levels of frailty, as determined by the Secretary, as the PACE program), or enter into a capitated contract with the State Medicaid agency to provide long-term services and supports or behavioral health services, or both.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67feba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>In the case of a specialized MA plan that is offered by a parent organization that is also the parent organization of a Medicaid managed care organization providing long term services and supports or behavioral services under a contract under section 1903(m), the parent organization must assume clinical and financial responsibility for benefits provided under this title and title XIX with respect to any individual who <page identifier="/us/stat/132/195">132 STAT. 195</page> is enrolled in both the specialized MA plan and the Medicaid managed care organization.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67febb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Suspension of enrollment for failure to meet requirements during initial period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67febc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>During the period of plan years 2021 through 2025, if the Secretary determines that a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) has failed to comply with clause (i), the Secretary may provide for the application against the Medicare Advantage organization offering the plan of the remedy described in section 1857(g)(2)(B) in the same manner as the Secretary may apply such remedy, and in accordance with the same procedures as would apply, in the case of an MA organization determined by the Secretary to have engaged in conduct described in section 1857(g)(1).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67febd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote> If the Secretary applies such remedy to a Medicare Advantage organization under the preceding sentence, the organization shall submit to the Secretary (at a time, and in a form and manner, specified by the Secretary) information describing how the plan will come into compliance with clause (i).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67febe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study and report to congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67febf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67fec0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67fec1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67fec2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67fec3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than March 15, 2022, and, subject to clause (iii), biennially thereafter through 2032, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission established under section 1805, in consultation with the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission established under section 1900, shall conduct (and submit to the Secretary and the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on) a study to determine how specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) perform among each other based on data from Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures, reported on the plan level, as required under section 1852(e)(3) (or such other measures or data sources that are available and appropriate, such as encounter data and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data, as specified by such Commissions as enabling an accurate evaluation under this subparagraph). Such study shall include, as feasible, the following comparison groups of specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii):</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>A comparison group of such plans that are described in subparagraph (D)(i)(I).</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>A comparison group of such plans that are described in subparagraph (D)(i)(II).</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>A comparison group of such plans operating within the Financial Alignment Initiative demonstration for the period for which such plan is so operating and the demonstration is in effect, and, in the case that an integration option that is not with respect to specialized MA plans for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/196">132 STAT. 196</page> special needs individuals is established after the conclusion of the demonstration involved.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>A comparison group of such plans that are described in subparagraph (D)(i)(III).</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>A comparison group of MA plans, as feasible, not described in a previous subclause of this clause, with respect to the performance of such plans for enrollees who are special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fec9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67feca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective dates.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf67fecb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional reports<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Beginning with 2033 and every five years thereafter, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, in consultation with the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, shall conduct a study described in clause (i).”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fecc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment to responsibilities of federal coordinated health care office<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s2602/d">Section 2602(d) of Public Law 111–148</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1315b/d">42 U.S.C. 1315b(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf67fecd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>To act as a designated contact for States under subsection (f)(8)(A) of section 1859 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28</ref>) with respect to the integration of specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) of such section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf67fece-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>To be responsible, subject to the final approval of the Secretary, for developing regulations and guidance related to the implementation of a unified grievance and appeals process as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1859(f)(8) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/f/8">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(8)</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf67fecf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>To be responsible, subject to the final approval of the Secretary, for developing regulations and guidance related to the integration or alignment of policy and oversight under the Medicare program under title XVIII of such Act and the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act regarding specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(ii) of such section 1859.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf67fed0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Improvements to Severe or Disabling Chronic Condition SNPs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fed1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Care management requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1859(f)(5) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/f/5">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf67fed2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">all snps.</headingText>—The requirements</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“<headingText class="smallCaps">all snps.—</headingText><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf6825e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B), the requirements”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6825e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6825e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in clause (ii), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (i) through (iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6825e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf684cf7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Improvements to care management requirements for severe or disabling chronic condition snps<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For 2020 and subsequent years, in the case of a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals described <page identifier="/us/stat/132/197">132 STAT. 197</page> in subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii), the requirements described in this paragraph include the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cf8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The interdisciplinary team under subparagraph (A)(ii)(III) includes a team of providers with demonstrated expertise, including training in an applicable specialty, in treating individuals similar to the targeted population of the plan.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cf9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Requirements developed by the Secretary to provide face-to-face encounters with individuals enrolled in the plan not less frequently than on an annual basis.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>As part of the model of care under clause (i) of subparagraph (A), the results of the initial assessment and annual reassessment under clause (ii)(I) of such subparagraph of each individual enrolled in the plan are addressed in the individual’s individualized care plan under clause (ii)(II) of such subparagraph.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>As part of the annual evaluation and approval of such model of care, the Secretary shall take into account whether the plan fulfilled the previous year’s goals (as required under the model of care).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>The Secretary shall establish a minimum benchmark for each element of the model of care of a plan. The Secretary shall only approve a plan’s model of care under this paragraph if each element of the model of care meets the minimum benchmark applicable under the preceding sentence.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Revisions to the definition of a severe or disabling chronic conditions specialized needs individual<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1859(b)(6)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/b/6/B/iii">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(b)(6)(B)(iii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684cff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who have</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“who—<subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684d00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>before January 1, 2022, have”</content></subclause></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684d01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subclause (I), as added by clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684d02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subclause:<quotedContent><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf684d03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>on or after January 1, 2022, have one or more comorbid and medically complex chronic conditions that is life threatening or significantly limits overall health or function, have a high risk of hospitalization or other adverse health outcomes, and require intensive care coordination and that is listed under subsection (f)(9)(A).”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf684d04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Panel of clinical advisors<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1859(f) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/f">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)</ref>), as amended by subsection (b), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf687415-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">List of conditions for clarification of the definition of a severe or disabling chronic conditions specialized needs individual<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf687416-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf687417-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than December 31, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall convene a panel of clinical <page identifier="/us/stat/132/198">132 STAT. 198</page> advisors to establish and update a list of conditions that meet each of the following criteria:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf687418-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>Conditions that meet the definition of a severe or disabling chronic condition under subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) on or after January 1, 2022.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf687419-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>Conditions that require prescription drugs, providers, and models of care that are unique to the specific population of enrollees in a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals described in such subsection on or after such date and—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68741a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>as a result of access to, and enrollment in, such a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals, individuals with such condition would have a reasonable expectation of slowing or halting the progression of the disease, improving health outcomes and decreasing overall costs for individuals diagnosed with such condition compared to available options of care other than through such a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68741b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>have a low prevalence in the general population of beneficiaries under this title or a disproportionally high per-beneficiary cost under this title.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68741c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inclusion of certain conditions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The conditions listed under subparagraph (A) shall include HIV/AIDS, end stage renal disease, and chronic and disabling mental illness.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68741d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In establishing and updating the list under subparagraph (A), the panel shall take into account the availability of varied benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits under the model described in paragraph (2) of section 1859(h), including the expansion under paragraph (1) of such section.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf68741e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Quality Measurement at the Plan Level for SNPs and Determination of Feasability of Quality Measurement at the Plan Level for All MA Plans<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1853(o) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23/o">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(o)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraphs:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c23f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Quality measurement at the plan level for snps<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c240-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may require reporting of data under section 1852(e) for, and apply under this subsection, quality measures at the plan level for specialized MA plans for special needs individuals instead of at the contract level.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c241-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Considerations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Prior to applying quality measurement at the plan level under this paragraph, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c242-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>take into consideration the minimum number of enrollees in a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals in order to determine if a statistically significant or valid measurement of quality at the plan level is possible under this paragraph;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c243-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>take into consideration the impact of such application on plans that serve a disproportionate number of individuals dually eligible for benefits under this title and under title XIX;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/199">132 STAT. 199</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c244-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>if quality measures are reported at the plan level, ensure that MA plans are not required to provide duplicative information; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c245-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>ensure that such reporting does not interfere with the collection of encounter data submitted by MA organizations or the administration of any changes to the program under this part as a result of the collection of such data.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c246-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the Secretary applies quality measurement at the plan level under this paragraph—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c247-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>such quality measurement may include Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS), Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) measures and quality measures under part D; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c248-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the Secretary shall consider applying administrative actions, such as remedies described in section 1857(g)(2), at the plan level.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c249-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of feasibility of quality measurement at the plan level for all ma plans<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c24a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of feasibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall determine the feasibility of requiring reporting of data under section 1852(e) for, and applying under this subsection, quality measures at the plan level for all MA plans under this part.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c24b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration of change<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>After making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider requiring such reporting and applying such quality measures at the plan level as described in such subparagraph”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf68c24c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO Study and Report on State-Level Integration Between Dual SNPs and Medicaid<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c24d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States (in this subsection referred to as the “Comptroller General”) shall conduct a study on State-level integration between specialized MA plans for special needs individuals described in subsection (b)(6) (B)(ii) of section 1859 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28</ref>) and the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf68c24e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> Such study shall include an analysis of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c24f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The characteristics of States in which the State agency responsible for administering the State plan under such title XIX has a contract with such a specialized MA plan and that delivers long-term services and supports under the State plan under such title XIX through a managed care program, including the requirements under such State plan with respect to long-term services and supports.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c250-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>The types of such specialized MA plans, which may include the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c251-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>A plan described in section 1853(a)(1)(B)(iv)(II) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23/a/1/B/iv/II">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(a)(1)(B)(iv)(II)</ref>).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c252-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>A plan that meets the requirements described in subsection (f)(3)(D) of such section 1859.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c253-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>A plan described in clause (ii) that also meets additional requirements established by the State.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/200">132 STAT. 200</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c254-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>The characteristics of individuals enrolled in such specialized MA plans.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c255-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>As practicable, the following with respect to State programs for the delivery of long-term services and supports under such title XIX through a managed care program:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68c256-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>Which populations of individuals are eligible to receive such services and supports.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf68e967-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>Whether all such services and supports are provided on a capitated basis or if any of such services and supports are carved out and provided through fee-for service.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68e968-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>As practicable, how the availability and variation of integration arrangements of such specialized MA plans offered in States affects spending, service delivery options, access to community-based care, and utilization of care.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68e969-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>The efforts of State Medicaid programs to transition dually-eligible beneficiaries receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS) from institutional settings to home and community-based settings and related financial impacts of such transitions.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68e96a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf68e96b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf68e96c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><content>Barriers and opportunities for making further progress on dual integration, as well as recommendations for legislation or administrative action to expedite or refine pathways toward fully integrated care.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf68e96d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf68e96e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf68e96f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="C">Subtitle C—</num><heading>Expanding Innovation and Technology</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50321">SEC. 50321. </num><heading>ADAPTING BENEFITS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CHRONICALLY ILL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ENROLLEES.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf68e970-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1859 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf691081-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">National Testing of Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf691082-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf691083-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Revision.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf691084-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In implementing the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model that is being tested under section 1115A(b), the Secretary shall revise the testing of the model under such section to cover, effective not later than January 1, 2020, all States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf691085-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Termination and modification provision not applicable until january 1, 2022<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The provisions of section 1115A(b)(3)(B) shall apply to the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model, including such model as revised under paragraph (1), beginning January 1, 2022, but shall not apply to such model, as so revised, prior to such date.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf691086-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall allocate funds made available under section 1115A(f)(1) to design, implement, and evaluate the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model, as revised under paragraph (1).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/201">132 STAT. 201</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50322">SEC. 50322. </num><heading>EXPANDING SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CHRONICALLY ILL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ENROLLEES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf69acc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1852(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–22/a/3">42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(a)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69acc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Each</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to subparagraph (D), each</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69acc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expanding supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill enrollees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For plan year 2020 and subsequent plan years, in addition to any supplemental health care benefits otherwise provided under this paragraph, an MA plan, including a specialized MA plan for special needs individuals (as defined in section 1859(b)(6)), may provide supplemental benefits described in clause (ii) to a chronically ill enrollee (as defined in clause (iii)).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supplemental benefits described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Supplemental benefits described in this clause are supplemental benefits that, with respect to a chronically ill enrollee, have a reasonable expectation of improving or maintaining the health or overall function of the chronically ill enrollee and may not be limited to being primarily health related benefits.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf69d3df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority to waive uniformity requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may, only with respect to supplemental benefits provided to a chronically ill enrollee under this subparagraph, waive the uniformity requirements under this part, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Chronically ill enrollee defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>chronically ill enrollee</term>’ means an enrollee in an MA plan that the Secretary determines—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>has one or more comorbid and medically complex chronic conditions that is life threatening or significantly limits the overall health or function of the enrollee;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>has a high risk of hospitalization or other adverse health outcomes; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>requires intensive care coordination.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO Study and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States (in this subsection referred to as the “Comptroller General”) shall conduct a study on supplemental benefits provided to enrollees in Medicare Advantage plans under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including specialized MA plans for special needs individuals (as defined in section 1859(b)(6) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–28/b/6">42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(b)(6)</ref>)).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf69d3e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> To the extend data are available, such study shall include an analysis of the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The type of supplemental benefits provided to such enrollees, the total number of enrollees receiving each <page identifier="/us/stat/132/202">132 STAT. 202</page> supplemental benefit, and whether the supplemental benefit is covered by the standard benchmark cost of the benefit or with an additional premium.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The frequency in which supplemental benefits are utilized by such enrollees.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>The impact supplemental benefits have on—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>indicators of the quality of care received by such enrollees, including overall health and function of the enrollees;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the utilization of items and services for which benefits are available under the original Medicare fee-for-service program option under parts A and B of such title XVIII by such enrollees; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the amount of the bids submitted by Medicare Advantage Organizations for Medicare Advantage plans under such part C.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall, as necessary, consult with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare Advantage organizations offering Medicare Advantage plans.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf69d3ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf69d3ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf69d3f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50323">SEC. 50323. </num><heading>INCREASING CONVENIENCE FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ENROLLEES THROUGH TELEHEALTH.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6a4921-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1852 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–22">42 U.S.C. 1395w–22</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6a4922-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1)(B)(i), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, subject to subsection (m),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>means</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6a4923-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6abe54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Provision of Additional Telehealth Benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">MA plan option<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For plan year 2020 and subsequent plan years, subject to the requirements of paragraph (3), an MA plan may provide additional telehealth benefits (as defined in paragraph (2)) to individuals enrolled under this part.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional telehealth benefits defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection and section 1854:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>additional telehealth benefits</term>’ means services—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>for which benefits are available under part B, including services for which payment is not made under section 1834(m) due to the conditions for payment under such section; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>that are identified for such year as clinically appropriate to furnish using electronic information and telecommunications technology when a physician (as defined in section 1861(r)) or practitioner (described in section 1842(b)(18)(C)) providing the service is not at the same location as the plan enrollee.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/203">132 STAT. 203</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusion of capital and infrastructure costs and investments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>additional telehealth benefits</term>’ does not include capital and infrastructure costs and investments relating to such benefits.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6abe5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public comment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than November 30, 2018, the Secretary shall solicit comments on—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>what types of items and services (including those provided through supplemental health care benefits, such as remote patient monitoring, secure messaging, store and forward technologies, and other non-face-to-face communication) should be considered to be additional telehealth benefits; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the requirements for the provision or furnishing of such benefits (such as training and coordination requirements).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements for additional telehealth benefits<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall specify requirements for the provision or furnishing of additional telehealth benefits, including with respect to the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Physician or practitioner qualifications (other than licensure) and other requirements such as specific training.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Factors necessary for the coordination of such benefits with other items and services including those furnished in-person.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6abe64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>Such other areas as determined by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Enrollee choice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If an MA plan provides a service as an additional telehealth benefit (as defined in paragraph (2))—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the MA plan shall also provide access to such benefit through an in-person visit (and not only as an additional telehealth benefit); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an individual enrollee shall have discretion as to whether to receive such service through the in-person visit or as an additional telehealth benefit.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment under ma<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection and section 1854, if a plan provides additional telehealth benefits, such additional telehealth benefits shall be treated as if they were benefits under the original Medicare fee-for-service program option.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6abe69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as affecting the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that MA plans provide enrollees with items and services (other than hospice care) for which benefits are available under parts A and B, including benefits available under section 1834(m).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6abe6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarification Regarding Inclusion in Bid Amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1854(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–24/a/6/A/ii/I">42 U.S.C. 1395w–24(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including, for plan year 2020 and subsequent plan years, the provision of additional telehealth benefits as described in section 1852(m)</quotedText>” before the semicolon at the end.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50324">SEC. 50324. </num><heading>PROVIDING ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE USE OF TELEHEALTH.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6b0b8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1899 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj">42 U.S.C. 1395jjj</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/204">132 STAT. 204</page> <quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6b59ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">“(l) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Providing ACOs the Ability To Expand the Use of Telehealth Services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of telehealth services for which payment would otherwise be made under this title furnished on or after January 1, 2020, for purposes of this subsection only, the following shall apply with respect to such services furnished by a physician or practitioner participating in an applicable ACO (as defined in paragraph (2)) to a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary assigned to the applicable ACO:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inclusion of home as originating site<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to paragraph (3), the home of a beneficiary shall be treated as an originating site described in section 1834(m)(4)(C)(ii).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No application of geographic limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The geographic limitation under section 1834(m)(4)(C)(i) shall not apply with respect to an originating site described in section 1834(m)(4)(C)(ii) (including the home of a beneficiary under subparagraph (A)), subject to State licensing requirements.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable aco<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>applicable ACO</term>’ means an ACO participating in a model tested or expanded under section 1115A or under this section—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>that operates under a two-sided model—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s425.600/a">section 425.600(a) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>tested or expanded under section 1115A; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>for which Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are assigned to the ACO using a prospective assignment method, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Home<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>home</term>’ means, with respect to a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary, the place of residence used as the home of the beneficiary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Telehealth services received in the home<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of telehealth services described in paragraph (1) where the home of a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary is the originating site, the following shall apply:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No facility fee<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There shall be no facility fee paid to the originating site under section 1834(m)(2)(B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusion of certain services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No payment may be made for such services that are inappropriate to furnish in the home setting such as services that are typically furnished in inpatient settings such as a hospital.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6b59bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj">42 USC 1395jjj note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subsection referred to as the “Secretary”) shall conduct a study on the implementation of section 1899(l) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> Such study shall include an analysis of the utilization of, and expenditures for, telehealth services under such section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Collection of data<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may collect such data as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the study under this paragraph.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/205">132 STAT. 205</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6b59c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6b59c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj">42 USC 1395jjj note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50325">SEC. 50325. </num><heading>EXPANDING THE USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH STROKE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf6ba7e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)</ref>), as amended by section 50302(b)(1), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (4)(C)(i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The term</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Except as provided in paragraph (6), the term</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of stroke telehealth services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Non-application of originating site requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6ba7ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>The requirements described in paragraph (4)(C) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2019, for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of symptoms of an acute stroke, as determined by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6ba7ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inclusion of certain sites<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to telehealth services described in subparagraph (A), the term ‘<term>originating site</term>’ shall include any hospital (as defined in section 1861(e)) or critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1)), any mobile stroke unit (as defined by the Secretary), or any other site determined appropriate by the Secretary, at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6ba7ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No originating site facility fee for new sites<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No facility fee shall be paid under paragraph (2)(B) to an originating site with respect to a telehealth service described in subparagraph (A) if the originating site does not otherwise meet the requirements for an originating site under paragraph (4)(C).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="D">Subtitle D—</num><heading>Identifying the Chronically Ill Population</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50331">SEC. 50331. </num><heading>PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR BENEFICIARIES TO BE PART OF AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf6bf60e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1899(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj/c">42 U.S.C. 1395jjj(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6bf60f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6bf610-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">ACOs</headingText>.—The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“<headingText class="smallCaps">ACOs</headingText>.—<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf6bf611-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6bf612-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Providing flexibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6c1d25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Choice of prospective assignment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each agreement period (effective for agreements entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2020), in the case where an ACO established under the program is in a Track that <page identifier="/us/stat/132/206">132 STAT. 206</page> provides for the retrospective assignment of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to the ACO, the Secretary shall permit the ACO to choose to have Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries assigned prospectively, rather than retrospectively, to the ACO for an agreement period.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assignment based on voluntary identification by medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6c1d28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>For performance year 2018 and each subsequent performance year, if a system is available for electronic designation, the Secretary shall permit a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary to voluntarily identify an ACO professional as the primary care provider of the beneficiary for purposes of assigning such beneficiary to an ACO, as determined by the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall establish a process under which a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary is—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c1d2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>notified of their ability to make an identification described in clause (i); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c443b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>informed of the process by which they may make and change such identification.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6c443c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6c443d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Superseding claims-based assignment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A voluntary identification by a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary under this subparagraph shall supersede any claims-based assignment otherwise determined by the Secretary.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="E">Subtitle E—</num><heading>Empowering Individuals and Caregivers in Care Delivery</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50341">SEC. 50341. </num><heading>ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO CARE COORDINATION UNDER ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6d078e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1899 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj">42 U.S.C. 1395jjj</ref>), as amended by section 50324(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d078f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b)(2), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d0790-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6d0791-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Application.</p></sidenote><content>An ACO that seeks to operate an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program pursuant to subsection (m) shall apply to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and with such information as the Secretary may require.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d0792-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority To Provide Incentive Payments to Beneficiaries With Respect to Qualifying Primary Care Services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In order to encourage Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to obtain medically necessary primary care services, an ACO participating under this section under a payment model described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B) may apply to establish an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program to provide incentive payments to such beneficiaries who are furnished qualifying services in accordance with this subsection. The Secretary shall permit such an ACO to establish such a program at the Secretary’s discretion and subject to such requirements, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/207">132 STAT. 207</page> including program integrity requirements, as the Secretary determines necessary.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cc6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6d7cc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall implement this subsection on a date determined appropriate by the Secretary.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6d7cc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> Such date shall be no earlier than January 1, 2019, and no later than January 1, 2020.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conduct of program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (H), an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection shall be conducted for such period (of not less than 1 year) as the Secretary may approve.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7ccb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6d7ccc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Scope<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection shall provide incentive payments to all of the following Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who are furnished qualifying services by the ACO:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7ccd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>With respect to the Track 2 and Track 3 payment models described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s425.600/a">section 425.600(a) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or in any successor regulation), Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who are preliminarily prospectively or prospectively assigned (or otherwise assigned, as determined by the Secretary) to the ACO.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>With respect to any future payment models involving two-sided risk, Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who are assigned to the ACO, as determined by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7ccf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualifying service<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, a qualifying service is a primary care service, as defined in <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s425.20">section 425.20 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or in any successor regulation), with respect to which coinsurance applies under part B, furnished through an ACO by—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>an ACO professional described in subsection (h)(1)(A) who has a primary care specialty designation included in the definition of primary care physician under <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s425.20">section 425.20 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or any successor regulation);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>an ACO professional described in subsection (h)(1)(B); or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>a Federally qualified health center or rural health clinic (as such terms are defined in section 1861(aa)).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Incentive payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An incentive payment made by an ACO pursuant to an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection shall be—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6d7cd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6da3e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>in an amount up to $20, with such maximum amount updated annually by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (United States city average) for the 12-month period ending with June of the previous year;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>in the same amount for each Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) without regard to enrollment of such a beneficiary in a medicare supplemental policy (described in section 1882(g)(1)), in a State Medicaid plan under title XIX or a waiver of such a plan, or <page identifier="/us/stat/132/208">132 STAT. 208</page> in any other health insurance policy or health benefit plan;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>made for each qualifying service furnished to such a beneficiary described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) during a period specified by the Secretary; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6da3e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>made no later than 30 days after a qualifying service is furnished to such a beneficiary described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No separate payments from the secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall not make any separate payment to an ACO for the costs, including incentive payments, of carrying out an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as prohibiting an ACO from using shared savings received under this section to carry out an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No application to shared savings calculation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Incentive payments made by an ACO under this subsection shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating benchmarks, estimated average per capita Medicare expenditures, and shared savings under this section.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reporting requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An ACO conducting an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program under this subsection shall, at such times and in such format as the Secretary may require, report to the Secretary such information and retain such documentation as the Secretary may require, including the amount and frequency of incentive payments made and the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries receiving such payments.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Termination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may terminate an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection at any time for reasons determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusion of incentive payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any payment made under an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under this subsection shall not be considered income or resources or otherwise taken into account for purposes of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>determining eligibility for benefits or assistance (or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance) under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>any Federal or State laws relating to taxation.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (e), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program under subsections (b)(2)(I) and (m)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the program</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (g)(6), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or of an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program under subsections (b)(2)(I) and (m)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>under subsection (d)(4)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amendment to Section 1128B<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1128B(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b/b/3">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(b)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (I);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of subparagraph (J) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/209">132 STAT. 209</page> <quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><content>an incentive payment made to a Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary by an ACO under an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under subsection (m) of section 1899, if the payment is made in accordance with the requirements of such subsection and meets such other conditions as the Secretary may establish.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluation and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subsection referred to as the “Secretary”) shall conduct an evaluation of the ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program established under subsections (b)(2)(I) and (m) of section 1899 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395jjj">42 U.S.C. 1395jjj</ref>), as added by subsection (a).<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6da3fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> The evaluation shall include an analysis of the impact of the implementation of the Program on expenditures and beneficiary health outcomes under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6da3fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6da3fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6da3fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50342">SEC. 50342. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON LONGITUDINAL COMPREHENSIVE CARE PLANNING SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE PART B.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6eb56e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the establishment under part B of the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act of a payment code for a visit for longitudinal comprehensive care planning services.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6edc7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> Such study shall include an analysis of the following to the extent such information is available:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The frequency with which services similar to longitudinal comprehensive care planning services are furnished to Medicare beneficiaries, which providers of services and suppliers are furnishing those services, whether Medicare reimbursement is being received for those services, and, if so, through which codes those services are being reimbursed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Whether, and the extent to which, longitudinal comprehensive care planning services would overlap, and could therefore result in duplicative payment, with services covered under the hospice benefit as well as the chronic care management code, evaluation and management codes, or other codes that already exist under part B of the Medicare program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Any barriers to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospice programs, home health agencies, and other applicable providers working with a Medicare beneficiary to engage in the care planning process and complete the necessary documentation to support the treatment and care plan of the beneficiary and provide such documentation to other providers and the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s representative.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Any barriers to providers, other than the provider furnishing longitudinal comprehensive care planning services, accessing the care plan and associated documentation for use related to the care of the Medicare beneficiary.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Potential options for ensuring that applicable providers are notified of a patient’s existing longitudinal care plan and that applicable providers consider that plan in making their <page identifier="/us/stat/132/210">132 STAT. 210</page> treatment decisions, and what the challenges might be in implementing such options.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>Stakeholder’s views on the need for the development of quality metrics with respect to longitudinal comprehensive care planning services, such as measures related to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the process of eliciting input from the Medicare beneficiary or from a legally authorized representative and documenting in the medical record the patient-directed care plan;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the effectiveness and patient-centeredness of the care plan in organizing delivery of services consistent with the plan;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the availability of the care plan and associated documentation to other providers that care for the beneficiary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the extent to which the beneficiary received services and support that is free from discrimination based on advanced age, disability status, or advanced illness.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau>Stakeholder’s views on how such quality metrics would provide information on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the goals, values, and preferences of the beneficiary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the documentation of the care plan;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>services furnished to the beneficiary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>outcomes of treatment.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><chapeau>Stakeholder’s views on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the type of training and education needed for applicable providers, individuals, and caregivers in order to facilitate longitudinal comprehensive care planning services;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the types of providers of services and suppliers that should be included in the interdisciplinary team of an applicable provider; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries that would be most appropriate to receive longitudinal comprehensive care planning services, such as individuals with advanced disease and individuals who need assistance with multiple activities of daily living.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>Stakeholder’s views on the frequency with which longitudinal comprehensive care planning services should be furnished.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6edc94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6edc95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6edc96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6edc97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicable provider<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>applicable provider</term>” means a hospice program (as defined in subsection (dd)(2) of section 1861 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww">42 U.S.C. 1395ww</ref>)) or other provider of services (as defined in subsection (u) of such section) or supplier (as defined in subsection (d) of such section) that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>furnishes longitudinal comprehensive care planning services through an interdisciplinary team; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>meets such other requirements as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/211">132 STAT. 211</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Comptroller general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Comptroller General</term>” means the Comptroller General of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Interdisciplinary team<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>interdisciplinary team</term>” means a group that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>includes the personnel described in subsection (dd)(2)(B)(i) of such section 1861;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>may include a chaplain, minister, or other clergy; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edc9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>may include other direct care personnel.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edca0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Longitudinal comprehensive care planning services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>longitudinal comprehensive care planning services</term>” means a voluntary shared decisionmaking process that is furnished by an applicable provider through an interdisciplinary team and includes a conversation with Medicare beneficiaries who have received a diagnosis of a serious or life-threatening illness. The purpose of such services is to discuss a longitudinal care plan that addresses the progression of the disease, treatment options, the goals, values, and preferences of the beneficiary, and the availability of other resources and social supports that may reduce the beneficiary’s health risks and promote self-management and shared decisionmaking.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6edca1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="F">Subtitle F—</num><heading>Other Policies to Improve Care for the Chronically Ill</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50351">SEC. 50351. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON IMPROVING MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the “Comptroller General”) shall conduct a study on the extent to which Medicare prescription drug plans (MA–PD plans and stand alone prescription drug plans) under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and private payors use programs that synchronize pharmacy dispensing so that individuals may receive multiple prescriptions on the same day to facilitate comprehensive counseling and promote medication adherence.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6f2ac3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> The study shall include a analysis of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The extent to which pharmacies have adopted such programs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The common characteristics of such programs, including how pharmacies structure counseling sessions under such programs and the types of payment and other arrangements that Medicare prescription drug plans and private payors employ under such programs to support the efforts of pharmacies.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>How such programs compare for Medicare prescription drug plans and private payors.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>What is known about how such programs affect patient medication adherence and overall patient health outcomes, including if adherence and outcomes vary by patient subpopulations, such as disease state and socioeconomic status.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f2ac8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>What is known about overall patient satisfaction with such programs and satisfaction with such programs, including within patient subpopulations, such as disease state and socioeconomic status.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/212">132 STAT. 212</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f51d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The extent to which laws and regulations of the Medicare program support such programs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6f51da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Barriers to the use of medication synchronization programs by Medicare prescription drug plans.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6f51db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6f51dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6f51dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50352">SEC. 50352. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON IMPACT OF OBESITY DRUGS ON PATIENT HEALTH AND SPENDING.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6fc70e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the “Comptroller General”) shall, to the extent data are available, conduct a study on the use of prescription drugs to manage the weight of obese patients and the impact of coverage of such drugs on patient health and on health care spending. Such study shall examine the use and impact of these obesity drugs in the non-Medicare population and for Medicare beneficiaries who have such drugs covered through an MA–PD plan (as defined in section 1860D–1(a)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–101/a/3/C">42 U.S.C. 1395w–101(a)(3)(C)</ref>)) as a supplemental health care benefit.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fc70f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote> The study shall include an analysis of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc710-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The prevalence of obesity in the Medicare and non-Medicare population.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc711-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The utilization of obesity drugs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc712-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The distribution of Body Mass Index by individuals taking obesity drugs, to the extent practicable.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc713-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>What is known about the use of obesity drugs in conjunction with the receipt of other items or services, such as behavioral counseling, and how these compare to items and services received by obese individuals who do not take obesity drugs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc714-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Physician considerations and attitudes related to prescribing obesity drugs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc715-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>The extent to which coverage policies cease or limit coverage for individuals who fail to receive clinical benefit.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc716-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>What is known about the extent to which individuals who take obesity drugs adhere to the prescribed regimen.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc717-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>What is known about the extent to which individuals who take obesity drugs maintain weight loss over time.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc718-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>What is known about the subsequent impact such drugs have on medical services that are directly related to obesity, including with respect to subpopulations determined based on the extent of obesity.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf6fc719-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>What is known about the spending associated with the care of individuals who take obesity drugs, compared to the spending associated with the care of individuals who do not take such drugs.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6fc71a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fc71b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fc71c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/213">132 STAT. 213</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50353">SEC. 50353. </num><heading>HHS STUDY AND REPORT ON LONG-TERM RISK FACTORS FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6fee2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall conduct a study on long-term cost drivers to the Medicare program, including obesity, tobacco use, mental health conditions, and other factors that may contribute to the deterioration of health conditions among individuals with chronic conditions in the Medicare population. The <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fee2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote>study shall include an analysis of any barriers to collecting and analyzing such information and how to remove any such barriers (including through legislation and administrative actions).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf6fee2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fee30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fee31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf6fee32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall also post such report on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50354">SEC. 50354. </num><heading>PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS WITH PARTS A AND B CLAIMS DATA TO PROMOTE THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MEDICATIONS AND IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf701543-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1860D–4(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–104/c">42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf706364-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Providing prescription drug plans with parts a and b claims data to promote the appropriate use of medications and improve health outcomes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf706365-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall establish a process under which a PDP sponsor of a prescription drug plan may submit a request for the Secretary to provide the sponsor, on a periodic basis and in an electronic format, beginning in plan year 2020, data described in subparagraph (D) with respect to enrollees in such plan. Such data shall be provided without regard to whether such enrollees are described in clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf706366-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Purposes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A PDP sponsor may use the data provided to the sponsor pursuant to subparagraph (A) for any of the following purposes:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf706367-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>To optimize therapeutic outcomes through improved medication use, as such phrase is used in clause (i) of paragraph (2)(A).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf706368-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>To improving care coordination so as to prevent adverse health outcomes, such as preventable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf706369-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf70636a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>For any other purpose determined appropriate by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf70636b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitations on data use<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A PDP sponsor shall not use data provided to the sponsor pursuant to subparagraph (A) for any of the following purposes:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf70636c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>To inform coverage determinations under this part.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/214">132 STAT. 214</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf70636d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>To conduct retroactive reviews of medically accepted indications determinations.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf70636e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>To facilitate enrollment changes to a different prescription drug plan or an MA–PD plan offered by the same parent organization.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf70636f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>To inform marketing of benefits.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf706370-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf706371-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>For any other purpose that the Secretary determines is necessary to include in order to protect the identity of individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under this title and to protect the security of personal health information.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf706372-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf706373-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The data described in this clause are standardized extracts (as determined by the Secretary) of claims data under parts A and B for items and services furnished under such parts for time periods specified by the Secretary. Such data shall include data as current as practicable.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> </subtitle> <num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading>PART B IMPROVEMENT ACT AND OTHER PART B ENHANCEMENTS</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Medicare Part B Improvement Act</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50401">SEC. 50401. </num><heading>HOME INFUSION THERAPY SERVICES TEMPORARY TRANSITIONAL PAYMENT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf70d8a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1834(u) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/u">42 U.S.C. 1395m(u)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7174e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Home infusion therapy services temporary transitional payment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7174e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Temporary transitional payment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bf7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall, in accordance with the payment methodology described in subparagraph (B) and subject to the provisions of this paragraph, provide a home infusion therapy services temporary transitional payment under this part to an eligible home infusion supplier (as defined in subparagraph (F)) for items and services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1861(iii)(2)) furnished during the period specified in clause (ii) by such supplier in coordination with the furnishing of transitional home infusion drugs (as defined in clause (iii)).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bf8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Period specified<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the period specified in this clause is the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on the day before the date of the implementation of the payment system under paragraph (1)(A).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bf9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transitional home infusion drug defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>transitional home infusion drug</term>’ has the meaning given to the term ‘<term>home infusion drug</term>’ under section 1861(iii)(3)(C)), except that clause (ii) of such section shall not apply if a drug described in such clause <page identifier="/us/stat/132/215">132 STAT. 215</page> is identified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of subparagraph (C) as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment methodology<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish a payment methodology, with respect to items and services described in subparagraph (A)(i). Under such payment methodology the Secretary shall—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>create the three payment categories described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (C);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>assign drugs to such categories, in accordance with such clauses;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>assign appropriate Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes to each payment category; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>establish a single payment amount for each such payment category, in accordance with subparagraph (D), for each infusion drug administration calendar day in the individual’s home for drugs assigned to such category.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719bff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment categories<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment category 1<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall create a payment category 1 and assign to such category drugs which are covered under the Local Coverage Determination on External Infusion Pumps (LCD number L33794) and billed with the following HCPCS codes (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary): J0133, J0285, J0287, J0288, J0289, J0895, J1170, J1250, J1265, J1325, J1455, J1457, J1570, J2175, J2260, J2270, J2274, J2278, J3010, or J3285.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment category 2<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall create a payment category 2 and assign to such category drugs which are covered under such local coverage determination and billed with the following HCPCS codes (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary): J1555 JB, J1559 JB, J1561 JB, J1562 JB, J1569 JB, or J1575 JB.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment category 3<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall create a payment category 3 and assign to such category drugs which are covered under such local coverage determination and billed with the following HCPCS codes (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary): J9000, J9039, J9040, J9065, J9100, J9190, J9200, J9360, or J9370.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Infusion drugs not otherwise included<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>With <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf719c04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>respect to drugs that are not included in payment category 1, 2, or 3 under clause (i), (ii), or (iii), respectively, the Secretary shall assign to the most appropriate of such categories, as determined by the Secretary, drugs which are—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>covered under such local coverage determination and billed under HCPCS codes J7799 or J7999 (as identified as of July 1, 2017, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary); or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/216">132 STAT. 216</page></content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>billed under any code that is implemented after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and included in such local coverage determination or included in subregulatory guidance as a home infusion drug described in subparagraph (A)(i).</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment amounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Under the payment methodology, the Secretary shall pay eligible home infusion suppliers, with respect to items and services described in subparagraph (A)(i) furnished during the period described in subparagraph (A)(ii) by such supplier to an individual, at amounts equal to the amounts determined under the physician fee schedule established under section 1848 for services furnished during the year for codes and units of such codes described in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) with respect to drugs included in the payment category under subparagraph (C) specified in the respective clause, determined without application of the geographic adjustment under subsection (e) of such section.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment amount for category 1<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the codes and units described in this clause, with respect to drugs included in payment category 1 described in subparagraph (C)(i), are one unit of HCPCS code 96365 plus three units of HCPCS code 96366 (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment amount for category 2<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the codes and units described in this clause, with respect to drugs included in payment category 2 described in subparagraph (C)(i), are one unit of HCPCS code 96369 plus three units of HCPCS code 96370 (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment amount for category 3<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the codes and units described in this clause, with respect to drugs included in payment category 3 described in subparagraph (C)(i), are one unit of HCPCS code 96413 plus three units of HCPCS code 96415 (as identified as of January 1, 2018, and as subsequently modified by the Secretary).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarifications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Infusion drug administration day<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this subsection, with respect to the furnishing of transitional home infusion drugs or home infusion drugs to an individual by an eligible home infusion supplier or a qualified home infusion therapy supplier, a reference to payment to such supplier for an infusion drug administration calendar day in the individual’s home shall refer to payment only for the date on which professional services (as described in section 1861(iii)(2)(A)) were furnished to administer such drugs to such individual. For purposes of the previous sentence, an infusion drug administration calendar day shall include all such drugs administered to such individual on such day.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/217">132 STAT. 217</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of multiple drugs administered on same infusion drug administration day<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case that an eligible home infusion supplier, with respect to an infusion drug administration calendar day in an individual’s home, furnishes to such individual transitional home infusion drugs which are not all assigned to the same payment category under subparagraph (C), payment to such supplier for such infusion drug administration calendar day in the individual’s home shall be a single payment equal to the amount of payment under this paragraph for the drug, among all such drugs so furnished to such individual during such calendar day, for which the highest payment would be made under this paragraph.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf719c10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible home infusion suppliers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this paragraph, the term ‘<term>eligible home infusion supplier</term>’ means a supplier that is enrolled under this part as a pharmacy that provides external infusion pumps and external infusion pump supplies and that maintains all pharmacy licensure requirements in the State in which the applicable infusion drugs are administered.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf719c11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may implement this paragraph by program instruction or otherwise.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf719c12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="inline" id="ycf719c13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 1842(b)(6)(I) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395u/b/6/I">42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(I)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or, in the case of items and services described in clause (i) of section 1834(u)(7)(A) furnished to an individual during the period described in clause (ii) of such section, payment shall be made to the eligible home infusion therapy supplier</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>payment shall be made to the qualified home infusion therapy supplier</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf719c14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf719c15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf719c16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395">42 USC 1395</ref><i>l</i> note.</p></sidenote><content>Section 5012(d) of the 21st Century Cures Act <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following before the period at the end: “<quotedText>, except that the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2019</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50402">SEC. 50402. </num><heading>ORTHOTIST’S AND PROSTHETIST’S CLINICAL NOTES AS PART OF THE PATIENT’S MEDICAL RECORD.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf71c327-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1834(h) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/h">42 U.S.C. 1395m(h)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf71c328-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Documentation created by orthotists and prosthetists<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf71c329-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>For purposes of determining the reasonableness and medical necessity of orthotics and prosthetics, documentation created by an orthotist or prosthetist shall be considered part of the individual’s medical record to support documentation created by eligible professionals described in section 1848(k)(3)(B).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50403">SEC. 50403. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf71c32a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading>INDEPENDENT ACCREDITATION FOR DIALYSIS FACILITIES AND ASSURANCE OF HIGH QUALITY SURVEYS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf72114b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Accreditation and Surveys<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72114c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1865 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395bb">42 U.S.C. 1395bb</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72114d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72114e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or the conditions and requirements under section 1881(b)</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/218">132 STAT. 218</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72114f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(including a renal dialysis facility)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>facility</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf721150-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf723861-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><chapeau>With respect to an accreditation body that has received approval from the Secretary under subsection (a)(3)(A) for accreditation of provider entities that are required to meet the conditions and requirements under section 1881(b), in addition to review and oversight authorities otherwise applicable under this title, the Secretary shall (as the Secretary determines appropriate) conduct, with respect to such accreditation body and provider entities, any or all of the following as frequently as is otherwise required to be conducted under this title with respect to other accreditation bodies or other provider entities:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf723862-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Validation surveys referred to in subsection (d).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf723863-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Accreditation program reviews (as defined in section 488.8(c) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, or a successor regulation).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf723864-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Performance reviews (as defined in section 488.8(a) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, or a successor regulation).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf723865-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf723866-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395bb">42 USC 1395bb note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Timing for acceptance of requests from accreditation organizations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall begin accepting requests from national accreditation bodies for a finding described in section 1865(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395bb/a/3/A">42 U.S.C. 1395bb(a)(3)(A)</ref>) for purposes of accrediting provider entities that are required to meet the conditions and requirements under section 1881(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395rr/b">42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf723867-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement for Timing of Surveys of New Dialysis Facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf723868-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf723869-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Survey.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf72386a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>Section 1881(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395rr/b/1">42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new sentence: “<quotedText>Beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sentence, an initial survey of a provider of services or a renal dialysis facility to determine if the conditions and requirements under this paragraph are met shall be initiated not later than 90 days after such date on which both the provider enrollment form (without regard to whether such form is submitted prior to or after such date of enactment) has been determined by the Secretary to be complete and the provider’s enrollment status indicates approval is pending the results of such survey.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50404">SEC. 50404. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf725f7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading>MODERNIZING THE APPLICATION OF THE STARK RULE UNDER MEDICARE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf72ad9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarification of the Writing Requirement and Signature Requirement for Arrangements Pursuant to the Stark Rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72ad9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Writing requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1877(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395nn/h/1">42 U.S.C. 1395nn(h)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf72ad9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf72ad9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Written requirement clarified<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of any requirement pursuant to this section for a compensation arrangement to be in writing, such requirement shall be satisfied by such means as determined by the Secretary, including by a collection of documents, including contemporaneous documents evidencing the course of conduct between the parties involved.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/219">132 STAT. 219</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72ada0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Signature requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1877(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395nn/h/1">42 U.S.C. 1395nn(h)(1)</ref>), as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72ada1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule for signature requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of any requirement pursuant to this section for a compensation arrangement to be in writing and signed by the parties, such signature requirement shall be met if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>not later than 90 consecutive calendar days immediately following the date on which the compensation arrangement became noncompliant, the parties obtain the required signatures; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the compensation arrangement otherwise complies with all criteria of the applicable exception.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Indefinite Holdover for Lease Arrangements and Personal Services Arrangements Pursuant to the Stark Rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1877(e) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395nn/e">42 U.S.C. 1395nn(e)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Holdover lease arrangements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a holdover lease arrangement for the lease of office space or equipment, which immediately follows a lease arrangement described in subparagraph (A) for the use of such office space or subparagraph (B) for the use of such equipment and that expired after a term of at least 1 year, payments made by the lessee to the lessor pursuant to such holdover lease arrangement, if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the lease arrangement met the conditions of subparagraph (A) for the lease of office space or subparagraph (B) for the use of equipment when the arrangement expired;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the holdover lease arrangement is on the same terms and conditions as the immediately preceding arrangement; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the holdover arrangement continues to satisfy the conditions of subparagraph (A) for the lease of office space or subparagraph (B) for the use of equipment.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72d3ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf72facb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Holdover personal service arrangement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a holdover personal service arrangement, which immediately follows an arrangement described in subparagraph (A) that expired after a term of at least 1 year, remuneration from an entity pursuant to such holdover personal service arrangement, if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72facc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the personal service arrangement met the conditions of subparagraph (A) when the arrangement expired;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72facd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the holdover personal service arrangement is on the same terms and conditions as the immediately preceding arrangement; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf72face-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the holdover arrangement continues to satisfy the conditions of subparagraph (A).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/220">132 STAT. 220</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Additional Medicare Provisions</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50411">SEC. 50411. </num><heading>MAKING PERMANENT THE REMOVAL OF THE RENTAL CAP FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER MEDICARE WITH RESPECT TO SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1834(a)(2)(A)(iv) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m/a/2/A/iv">42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(2)(A)(iv)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and before October 1, 2018,</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50412">SEC. 50412. </num><heading>INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND INCREASED SENTENCES FOR FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FRAUD AND ABUSE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf73e52f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased Civil Money Penalties and Criminal Fines<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e530-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased civil money penalties<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1128A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7a">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e531-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph (10)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e532-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$10,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$20,000</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e533-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$15,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$30,000</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e534-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$50,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>” each place it appears; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e535-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e536-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the flush text following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e537-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e538-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$10,000</quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e539-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased criminal fines<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1128B of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph (6)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$10,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$20,000</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the flush text following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e53f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), in the flush text following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e540-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subsection (c), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e541-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in subsection (d), in the flush text following paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$100,000</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e542-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>in subsection (e), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$2,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$4,000</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf73e543-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increased Sentences for Felonies Involving Federal Health Care Program Fraud and Abuse<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/221">132 STAT. 221</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e544-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">False statements and representations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1128B(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b/a">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, in the matter following paragraph (6), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than five years or both, or (ii)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than 10 years or both, or (ii)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e545-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Antikickback<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1128B(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b/b">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e546-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), in the flush text following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than five years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than 10 years</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e547-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), in the flush text following subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than five years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than 10 years</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e548-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">False statement or representation with respect to conditions or operations of facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1128B(c) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b/c">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than five years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than 10 years</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf73e549-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Excess charges<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1128B(d) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b/d">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, in the flush text following paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than five years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>not more than 10 years</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf73e54a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf73e54b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf73e54c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">42 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf73e54d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1320a–7a note.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to acts committed after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50413">SEC. 50413. </num><heading>REDUCING THE VOLUME OF FUTURE EHR-RELATED SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP REQUESTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1848(o)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/o/2/A">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(o)(2)(A)</ref>) and section 1886(n)(3)(A) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/n/3/A">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(n)(3)(A)</ref>) are each amended in the last sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>by requiring</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>this paragraph</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50414">SEC. 50414. </num><heading>STRENGTHENING RULES IN CASE OF COMPETITION FOR DIABETIC TESTING STRIPS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf74818e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Rule in Case of Competition for Diabetic Testing Strips<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74818f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Paragraph (10) of section 1847(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–3/b">42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf748190-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the second sentence and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new sentence: <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf748191-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>“<quotedText>With respect to bids to furnish such types of products on or after January 1, 2019, the volume for such types of products shall be determined by the Secretary through the use of multiple sources of data (from mail order and non-mail order Medicare markets), including market-based data measuring sales of diabetic testing strip products that are not exclusively sold by a single retailer from such markets.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf748192-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraphs:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Demonstration of ability to furnish types of diabetic testing strip products<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>With respect to bids to furnish diabetic testing strip products on or after January 1, 2019, an entity shall attest to the Secretary that the entity has the ability to obtain an inventory of the types and quantities of diabetic testing strip products <page identifier="/us/stat/132/222">132 STAT. 222</page> that will allow the entity to furnish such products in a manner consistent with its bid and—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>demonstrate to the Secretary, through letters of intent with manufacturers, wholesalers, or other suppliers, or other evidence as the Secretary may specify, such ability; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>demonstrate to the Secretary that it made a good faith attempt to obtain such a letter of intent or such other evidence.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Use of unlisted types in calculation of percentage<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to bids to furnish diabetic testing strip products on or after January 1, 2019, in determining under subparagraph (A) whether a bid submitted by an entity under such subparagraph covers 50 percent (or such higher percentage as the Secretary may specify) of all types of diabetic testing strip products, the Secretary may not attribute a percentage to types of diabetic testing strip products that the Secretary does not identify by brand, model, and market share volume.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adherence to demonstration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of an entity that is furnishing diabetic testing strip products on or after January 1, 2019, under a contract entered into under the competition conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a process to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the extent to which such entity continues to cover the product types included in the entity’s bid.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74a8a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf74a8aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Termination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Secretary determines that an entity described in clause (i) fails to maintain in inventory, or otherwise maintain ready access to (through requirements, contracts, or otherwise) a type of product included in the entity’s bid, the Secretary may terminate such contract unless the Secretary finds that the failure of the entity to maintain inventory of, or ready access to, the product is the result of the discontinuation of the product by the product manufacturer, a market-wide shortage of the product, or the introduction of a newer model or version of the product in the market involved.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf74cfbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Codifying and Expanding Anti-switching Rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1847(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–3/b">42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(b)</ref>), as amended by subsection (a)(1), is further amended—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74cfbc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74cfbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf74f6ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional special rules in case of competition for diabetic testing strips<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to an entity that is furnishing diabetic testing strip products to individuals under a contract entered into under the competitive acquisition program established under this section, the entity shall furnish to each individual a brand of such products that is compatible with the home blood glucose monitor selected by the individual.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/223">132 STAT. 223</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prohibition on influencing and incentivizing<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An entity described in subparagraph (A) may not attempt to influence or incentivize an individual to switch the brand of glucose monitor or diabetic testing strip product selected by the individual, including by—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>persuading, pressuring, or advising the individual to switch; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>furnishing information about alternative brands to the individual where the individual has not requested such information.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Provision of information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf74f6d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Standardized information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary shall develop and make available to entities described in subparagraph (A) standardized information that describes the rights of an individual with respect to such an entity. The information described in the preceding sentence shall include information regarding—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the requirements established under subparagraphs (A) and (B);</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the right of the individual to purchase diabetic testing strip products from another mail order supplier of such products or a retail pharmacy if the entity is not able to furnish the brand of such product that is compatible with the home blood glucose monitor selected by the individual; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>the right of the individual to return diabetic testing strip products furnished to the individual by the entity.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to diabetic testing strip products furnished on or after the date on which the Secretary develops the standardized information under clause (i), an entity described in subparagraph (A) may not communicate directly to an individual until the entity has verbally provided the individual with such standardized information.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf74f6db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirement.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf74f6dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Order refills<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to diabetic testing strip products furnished on or after January 1, 2019, the Secretary shall require an entity furnishing diabetic testing strip products to an individual to contact and receive a request from the individual for such products not more than 14 days prior to dispensing a refill of such products to the individual.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf74f6dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf74f6de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–3">42 USC 1395w–3 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation; Non-application of the Paperwork Reduction Act<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the provisions of, and amendments made by, this section by program instruction or otherwise.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf74f6e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Non-application of the paperwork reduction act<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch35">Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code</ref> (commonly referred to as the “Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995”), shall not apply to this section or the amendments made by this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/224">132 STAT. 224</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subtitle> <num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50501">SEC. 50501. </num><heading>EXTENSION FOR FAMILY-TO-FAMILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf754501-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 501(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s701/c">42 U.S.C. 701(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754502-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)(A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754503-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in clause (v), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754504-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754505-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf754506-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019.”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754507-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period the following: “<quotedText>, and with respect to fiscal years 2018 and 2019, such centers shall also be developed in all territories and at least one such center shall be developed for Indian tribes</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf754508-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> paragraph (5) to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf756c19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf756c1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf756c1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the term ‘<term>Indian tribe</term>’ has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf756c1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the term ‘<term>State</term>’ means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf756c1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the term ‘<term>territory</term>’ means Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50502">SEC. 50502. </num><heading>EXTENSION FOR SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf75e14e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 510 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s710">42 U.S.C. 710</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="ycf76f2bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="510">“SEC. 510. </num><heading class="fontsize12">SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Allotments to states<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For the purpose described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, allot to each State which has transmitted an application for the fiscal year under section 505(a) an amount equal to the product of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (e)(1) for the fiscal year, minus the amount reserved under subsection (e)(2) for the fiscal year; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the proportion that the number of low-income children in the State bears to the total of such numbers of children for all the States.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other allotments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other entities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purpose described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, for any State which has not transmitted an application for the fiscal year under section 505(a), allot to one or more entities in the State the amount that would have been allotted to the State under paragraph (1) if the State had submitted such an application.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf76f2c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall select the recipients of allotments under subparagraph (A) by means of a competitive grant process under which—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/225">132 STAT. 225</page> <clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf76f2c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p></sidenote><content>not later than 30 days after the deadline for the State involved to submit an application for the fiscal year under section 505(a), the Secretary publishes a notice soliciting grant applications; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>not later than 120 days after such deadline, all such applications must be submitted.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf76f2cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Purpose<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except for research under paragraph (5) and information collection and reporting under paragraph (6), the purpose of an allotment under subsection (a) to a State (or to another entity in the State pursuant to subsection (a)(2)) is to enable the State or other entity to implement education exclusively on sexual risk avoidance (meaning voluntarily refraining from sexual activity).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Required components<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Education on sexual risk avoidance pursuant to an allotment under this section shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>ensure that the unambiguous and primary emphasis and context for each topic described in paragraph (3) is a message to youth that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding nonmarital sexual activity;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>be medically accurate and complete;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>be age-appropriate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>be based on adolescent learning and developmental theories for the age group receiving the education; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>be culturally appropriate, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities, backgrounds, and experiences.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf76f2d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Topics<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Education on sexual risk avoidance pursuant to an allotment under this section shall address each of the following topics:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The holistic individual and societal benefits associated with personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decisionmaking, and a focus on the future.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The advantage of refraining from nonmarital sexual activity in order to improve the future prospects and physical and emotional health of youth.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The increased likelihood of avoiding poverty when youth attain self-sufficiency and emotional maturity before engaging in sexual activity.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The foundational components of healthy relationships and their impact on the formation of healthy marriages and safe and stable families.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>How other youth risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol usage, increase the risk for teen sex.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>How to resist and avoid, and receive help regarding, sexual coercion and dating violence, recognizing that even with consent teen sex remains a youth risk behavior.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Contraception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Education on sexual risk avoidance pursuant to an allotment under this section shall ensure that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>any information provided on contraception is medically accurate and complete and ensures that students understand that contraception offers physical risk reduction, but not risk elimination; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the education does not include demonstrations, simulations, or distribution of contraceptive devices.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/226">132 STAT. 226</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Research<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A State or other entity receiving an allotment pursuant to subsection (a) may use up to 20 percent of such allotment to build the evidence base for sexual risk avoidance education by conducting or supporting research.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Any research conducted or supported pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>rigorous;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>evidence-based; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>designed and conducted by independent researchers who have experience in conducting and publishing research in peer-reviewed outlets.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Information collection and reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A State or other entity receiving an allotment pursuant to subsection (a) shall, as specified by the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>collect information on the programs and activities funded through the allotment; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>submit reports to the Secretary on the data from such programs and activities.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7719f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">National Evaluation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7719f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><content>in consultation with appropriate State and local agencies, conduct one or more rigorous evaluations of the education funded through this section and associated data; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7719fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><content>submit a report to the Congress on the results of such evaluations, together with a summary of the information collected pursuant to subsection (b)(6).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In conducting the evaluations required by paragraph (1), including the establishment of rigorous evaluation methodologies, the Secretary shall consult with relevant stakeholders and evaluation experts.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7719fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of Certain Provisions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Sections 503, 507, and 508 apply to allotments under subsection (a) to the same extent and in the same manner as such sections apply to allotments under section 502(c).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7719ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Sections 505 and 506 apply to allotments under subsection (a) to the extent determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf771a00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The term ‘<term>age-appropriate</term>’ means suitable (in terms of topics, messages, and teaching methods) to the developmental and social maturity of the particular age or age group of children or adolescents, based on developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>medically accurate and complete</term>’ means verified or supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>published in peer-reviewed journals, where applicable; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>comprising information that leading professional organizations and agencies with relevant expertise in the field recognize as accurate, objective, and complete.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>The term ‘<term>rigorous</term>’, with respect to research or evaluation, means using—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/227">132 STAT. 227</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>established scientific methods for measuring the impact of an intervention or program model in changing behavior (specifically sexual activity or other sexual risk behaviors), or reducing pregnancy, among youth; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>other evidence-based methodologies established by the Secretary for purposes of this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The term ‘<term>youth</term>’ refers to one or more individuals who have attained age 10 but not age 20.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf771a09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>To carry out this section, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf771a0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall reserve, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, not more than 20 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for administering the program under this section, including the conducting of national evaluations and the provision of technical assistance to the recipients of allotments.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf771a0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf771a0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s710">42 USC 710 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50503">SEC. 50503. </num><heading>EXTENSION FOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf77b64e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 513 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s713">42 U.S.C. 713</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)(4)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the subparagraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">3-year grants</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Competitive prep grants</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>solicit applications to award 3-year grants in each of fiscal years 2012 through 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>continue through fiscal year 2019 grants awarded for any of fiscal years 2015 through 2017</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (c)(1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>youth with HIV/AIDS,</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>victims of human trafficking,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf77dd66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (f), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf77dd67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf77dd68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s713">42 USC 713 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/228">132 STAT. 228</page></content></subsection></section> <num value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading>CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS EXTENDERS</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading>Continuing the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50601">SEC. 50601. </num><heading>CONTINUING EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING PROGRAM.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 511(j)(1)(H) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/j/1/H">42 U.S.C. 711(j)(1)(H)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of fiscal years 2017 through 2022</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50602">SEC. 50602. </num><heading>CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE RESULTS TO HELP FAMILIES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf782b89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Require Service Delivery Models To Demonstrate Improvement in Applicable Benchmark Areas<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711">42 U.S.C. 711</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in each of subsections (d)(1)(A) and (h)(4)(A) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf782b8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Demonstration of Improvements in Subsequent Years<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511(d)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/d/1">42 U.S.C. 711(d)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf782b8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf782b8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Demonstration of improvements in subsequent years<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf782b8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf782b8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Continued measurement of improvement in applicable benchmark areas<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The eligible entity, after demonstrating improvements for eligible families as specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall continue to track and report, not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2020 and every 3 years thereafter, information demonstrating that the program results in improvements for the eligible families participating in the program in at least 4 of the areas specified in subparagraph (A) that the service delivery model or models selected by the entity are intended to improve.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf78529f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Corrective action plan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the eligible entity fails to demonstrate improvement in at least 4 of the areas specified in subparagraph (A), as compared to eligible families who do not receive services under an early childhood home visitation program, the entity shall develop and implement a plan to improve outcomes in each of the areas specified in subparagraph (A) that the service delivery model or models selected by the entity are intended to improve, subject to approval by the Secretary. The plan shall include provisions for the Secretary to monitor implementation of the plan and conduct continued oversight of the program, including through submission by the entity of regular reports to the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7852a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical assistance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall provide an eligible entity required to develop and implement an improvement plan under clause (ii) with technical assistance to develop and implement the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/229">132 STAT. 229</page> plan. The Secretary may provide the technical assistance directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7852a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No improvement or failure to submit report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7852a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p></sidenote>If the Secretary determines after a period of time specified by the Secretary that an eligible entity implementing an improvement plan under clause (ii) has failed to demonstrate any improvement in at least 4 of the areas specified in subparagraph (A), or if the Secretary determines that an eligible entity has failed to submit the report required by clause (i), the Secretary shall terminate the grant made to the entity under this section and may include any unexpended grant funds in grants made to nonprofit organizations under subsection (h)(2)(B).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7852a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Including Information on Applicable Benchmarks in Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511(e)(5) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/e/5">42 U.S.C. 711(e)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>that the service delivery model or models selected by the entity are intended to improve</quotedText>” before the period at the end.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50603">SEC. 50603. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7852a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7852a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading>REVIEWING STATEWIDE NEEDS TO TARGET RESOURCES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 511(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/b/1">42 U.S.C. 711(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Not later than</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>section 505(a))</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Each State shall, as a condition of receiving payments from an allotment for the State under section 502, conduct a statewide needs assessment (which may be separate from but in coordination with the statewide needs assessment required under section 505(a) and which shall be reviewed and updated by the State not later than October 1, 2020)</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50604">SEC. 50604. </num><heading>IMPROVING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IN HIGH-RISK COMMUNITIES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 511(d)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/d/4/A">42 U.S.C. 711(d)(4)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, taking into account the staffing, community resource, and other requirements to operate at least one approved model of home visiting and demonstrate improvements for eligible families</quotedText>” before the period.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50605">SEC. 50605. </num><heading>OPTION TO FUND EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING ON A PAY FOR OUTCOME BASIS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf78a0c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/c">42 U.S.C. 711(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (2) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78a0c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority to use grant for a pay for outcomes initiative<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An eligible entity to which a grant is made under paragraph (1) may use up to 25 percent of the grant for outcomes or success payments related to a pay for outcomes initiative that will not result in a reduction of funding for services delivered by the entity under a childhood home visitation program under this section while the eligible entity develops or operates such an initiative.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf78a0c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of Pay for Outcomes Initiative<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511(k) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/k">42 U.S.C. 711(k)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Pay for outcomes initiative<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>pay for outcomes initiative</term>’ means a performance-based grant, contract, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/230">132 STAT. 230</page> cooperative agreement, or other agreement awarded by a public entity in which a commitment is made to pay for improved outcomes achieved as a result of the intervention that result in social benefit and direct cost savings or cost avoidance to the public sector. Such an initiative shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><content>a feasibility study that describes how the proposed intervention is based on evidence of effectiveness;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>a rigorous, third-party evaluation that uses experimental or quasi-experimental design or other research methodologies that allow for the strongest possible causal inferences to determine whether the initiative has met its proposed outcomes as a result of the intervention;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78c7e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirement.</p></sidenote><content>an annual, publicly available report on the progress of the initiative; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>a requirement that payments are made to the recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement only when agreed upon outcomes are achieved, except that this requirement shall not apply with respect to payments to a third party conducting the evaluation described in subparagraph (B).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf78c7e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extended Availability of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 511(j)(3) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/j/3">42 U.S.C. 711(j)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78c7e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(3) <headingText class="smallCaps">Availability.—</headingText>Funds</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf78eef6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78eef7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), funds”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78eef8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf78eef9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf78eefa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Funds for pay for outcomes initiatives</inline>.—</heading><content>Funds made available to an eligible entity under this section for a fiscal year (or portion of a fiscal year) for a pay for outcomes initiative shall remain available for expenditure by the eligible entity for not more than 10 years after the funds are so made available.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50606">SEC. 50606. </num><heading>DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf79160b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 511(h) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/h">42 U.S.C. 711(h)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b3c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data exchange standards for improved interoperability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b3d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Designation and use of data exchange standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf798b3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Designation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The head of the department or agency responsible for administering a program funded under this section shall, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget and considering State government perspectives, designate data exchange standards for necessary categories of information that a State agency operating the program is required to electronically exchange with another State agency under applicable Federal law.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data exchange standards must be nonproprietary and interoperable<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The data exchange standards designated under clause (i) shall, to the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/231">132 STAT. 231</page> extent practicable, be nonproprietary and interoperable.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In designating data exchange standards under this paragraph, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>interoperable standards developed and maintained by an international voluntary consensus standards body, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data exchange standards for federal reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf798b47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Designation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The head of the department or agency responsible for administering a program referred to in this section shall, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, and considering State government perspectives, designate data exchange standards to govern Federal reporting and exchange requirements under applicable Federal law.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The data exchange reporting standards required by clause (i) shall, to the extent practicable—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>incorporate a widely accepted, nonproprietary, searchable, computer-readable format;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>be implemented in a manner that is cost-effective and improves program efficiency and effectiveness; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Incorporation of nonproprietary standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In designating data exchange standards under this paragraph, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Mark up Language.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require a change to existing data exchange standards for Federal reporting about a program referred to in this section, if the head of the department or agency responsible for administering the program finds the standards to be effective and efficient.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf798b4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf798b50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711">42 USC 711 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50607">SEC. 50607. </num><heading>ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf798b51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 511(j) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s711/j">42 U.S.C. 711(j)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/232">132 STAT. 232</page><quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf798b52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf798b53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Allocation of funds</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent that the grant amount awarded under this section to an eligible entity is determined on the basis of relative population or poverty considerations, the Secretary shall make the determination using the most accurate Federal data available for the eligible entity.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> </subtitle> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="B">Subtitle B—</num><heading>Extension of Health Professions Workforce Demonstration Projects</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50611">SEC. 50611. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF HEALTH WORKFORCE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 2008(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397g/c/1">42 U.S.C. 1397g(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”.</content></section> </subtitle> <num value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading>FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT</heading> <subtitle style="-uslm-lc:I658178"><num value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf79b264-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.</p></sidenote>Investing in Prevention and Supporting Families</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50701">SEC. 50701. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf79b265-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1305">42 USC 1305 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This subtitle may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="subtitle">Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018</shortTitle>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50702">SEC. 50702. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf79b266-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622">42 USC 622 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>PURPOSE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The purpose of this subtitle is to enable States to use Federal funds available under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements through the provision of mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, in-home parent skill-based programs, and kinship navigator services.</content></section> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="I">PART I—</num><heading>PREVENTION ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE IV–E</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50711">SEC. 50711. </num><heading>FOSTER CARE PREVENTION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7bae37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Option<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 471 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671">42 U.S.C. 671</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7bae38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” and all that follows through the semicolon and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, adoption assistance in accordance with section 473, and, at the option of the State, services or programs specified in subsection (e)(1) of this section for children who are candidates for foster care or who are pregnant or parenting foster youth and the parents or kin caregivers of the children, in accordance with the requirements of that subsection;</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7bae39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7dd11a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prevention and Family Services and Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd11b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd11c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subsection, the Secretary may make a payment to a State for providing the following services or programs for a child <page identifier="/us/stat/132/233">132 STAT. 233</page> described in paragraph (2) and the parents or kin caregivers of the child when the need of the child, such a parent, or such a caregiver for the services or programs are directly related to the safety, permanence, or well-being of the child or to preventing the child from entering foster care:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd11d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services provided by a qualified clinician for not more than a 12-month period that begins on any date described in paragraph (3) with respect to the child.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd11e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In-home parent skill-based programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In-home parent skill-based programs for not more than a 12-month period that begins on any date described in paragraph (3) with respect to the child and that include parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd11f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Child described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), a child described in this paragraph is the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd120-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A child who is a candidate for foster care (as defined in section 475(13)) but can remain safely at home or in a kinship placement with receipt of services or programs specified in paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd121-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A child in foster care who is a pregnant or parenting foster youth.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd122-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Date described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of paragraph (1), the dates described in this paragraph are the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd123-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The date on which a child is identified in a prevention plan maintained under paragraph (4) as a child who is a candidate for foster care (as defined in section 475(13)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd124-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The date on which a child is identified in a prevention plan maintained under paragraph (4) as a pregnant or parenting foster youth in need of services or programs specified in paragraph (1).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd125-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements related to providing services and programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Services and programs specified in paragraph (1) may be provided under this subsection only if specified in advance in the child’s prevention plan described in subparagraph (A) and the requirements in subparagraphs (B) through (E) are met:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd126-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prevention plan<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The State maintains a written prevention plan for the child that meets the following requirements (as applicable):</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd127-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Candidates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a child who is a candidate for foster care described in paragraph (2)(A), the prevention plan shall—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd128-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>identify the foster care prevention strategy for the child so that the child may remain safely at home, live temporarily with a kin caregiver until reunification can be safely achieved, or live permanently with a kin caregiver;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd129-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>list the services or programs to be provided to or on behalf of the child to ensure the success of that prevention strategy; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd12a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd12b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote>comply with such other requirements as the Secretary shall establish.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/234">132 STAT. 234</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd12c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Pregnant or parenting foster youth<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a child who is a pregnant or parenting foster youth described in paragraph (2)(B), the prevention plan shall—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd12d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>be included in the child’s case plan required under section 475(1);</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd12e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>list the services or programs to be provided to or on behalf of the youth to ensure that the youth is prepared (in the case of a pregnant foster youth) or able (in the case of a parenting foster youth) to be a parent;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd12f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>describe the foster care prevention strategy for any child born to the youth; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd130-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd131-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Compliance.</p></sidenote><content>comply with such other requirements as the Secretary shall establish.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd132-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Trauma-informed<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The services or programs to be provided to or on behalf of a child are provided under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions to address trauma’s consequences and facilitate healing.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd133-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Only services and programs provided in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practices permitted<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd134-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Only State expenditures for services or programs specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) that are provided in accordance with practices that meet the requirements specified in clause (ii) of this subparagraph and that meet the requirements specified in clause (iii), (iv), or (v), respectively, for being a promising, supported, or well-supported practice, shall be eligible for a Federal matching payment under section 474(a)(6)(A).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd135-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">General practice requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The general practice requirements specified in this clause are the following:</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd136-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The practice has a book, manual, or other available writings that specify the components of the practice protocol and describe how to administer the practice.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd137-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>There is no empirical basis suggesting that, compared to its likely benefits, the practice constitutes a risk of harm to those receiving it.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd138-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>If multiple outcome studies have been conducted, the overall weight of evidence supports the benefits of the practice.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd139-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>Outcome measures are reliable and valid, and are administrated consistently and accurately across all those receiving the practice.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd13a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>There is no case data suggesting a risk of harm that was probably caused by the treatment and that was severe or frequent.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd13b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd13c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Promising practice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A practice shall be considered to be a ‘promising practice’ if the practice is superior to an appropriate comparison practice using <page identifier="/us/stat/132/235">132 STAT. 235</page> conventional standards of statistical significance (in terms of demonstrated meaningful improvements in validated measures of important child and parent outcomes, such as mental health, substance abuse, and child safety and well-being), as established by the results or outcomes of at least one study that—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd13d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>was rated by an independent systematic review for the quality of the study design and execution and determined to be well-designed and well-executed; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd13e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>utilized some form of control (such as an untreated group, a placebo group, or a wait list study).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd13f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd140-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Study.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supported practice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A practice shall be considered to be a ‘supported practice’ if—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd141-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>the practice is superior to an appropriate comparison practice using conventional standards of statistical significance (in terms of demonstrated meaningful improvements in validated measures of important child and parent outcomes, such as mental health, substance abuse, and child safety and well-being), as established by the results or outcomes of at least one study that—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd142-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>was rated by an independent systematic review for the quality of the study design and execution and determined to be well-designed and well-executed;</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd143-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>was a rigorous random-controlled trial (or, if not available, a study using a rigorous quasi-experimental research design); and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd144-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>was carried out in a usual care or practice setting; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd145-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd146-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>the study described in subclause (I) established that the practice has a sustained effect (when compared to a control group) for at least 6 months beyond the end of the treatment.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd147-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7dd148-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Studies.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Well-supported practice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A practice shall be considered to be a ‘well-supported practice’ if—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7dd149-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>the practice is superior to an appropriate comparison practice using conventional standards of statistical significance (in terms of demonstrated meaningful improvements in validated measures of important child and parent outcomes, such as mental health, substance abuse, and child safety and well-being), as established by the results or outcomes of at least two studies that—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df75a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>were rated by an independent systematic review for the quality of the study design and execution and determined to be well-designed and well-executed;</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df75b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>were rigorous random-controlled trials (or, if not available, studies using a rigorous quasi-experimental research design); and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df75c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>were carried out in a usual care or practice setting; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/236">132 STAT. 236</page></content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df75d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df75e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><content>at least one of the studies described in subclause (I) established that the practice has a sustained effect (when compared to a control group) for at least 1 year beyond the end of treatment.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df75f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Guidance on practices criteria and pre-approved services and programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df761-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall issue guidance to States regarding the practices criteria required for services or programs to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (C). The guidance shall include a pre-approved list of services and programs that satisfy the requirements.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df762-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Updates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall issue updates to the guidance required by clause (i) as often as the Secretary determines necessary.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df763-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df764-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df765-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Outcome assessment and reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The State shall collect and report to the Secretary the following information with respect to each child for whom, or on whose behalf mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services or in-home parent skill-based programs are provided during a 12-month period beginning on the date the child is determined by the State to be a child described in paragraph (2):</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df766-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The specific services or programs provided and the total expenditures for each of the services or programs.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df767-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The duration of the services or programs provided.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df768-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df769-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>In the case of a child described in paragraph (2)(A), the child’s placement status at the beginning, and at the end, of the 1-year period, respectively, and whether the child entered foster care within 2 years after being determined a candidate for foster care.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df76a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State plan component<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Plan.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A State electing to provide services or programs specified in paragraph (1) shall submit as part of the State plan required by subsection (a) a prevention services and programs plan component that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df76d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df76e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prevention services and programs plan component<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In order to meet the requirements of this subparagraph, a prevention services and programs plan component, with respect to each 5-year period for which the plan component is in operation in the State, shall include the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df76f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>How providing services and programs specified in paragraph (1) is expected to improve specific outcomes for children and families.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df770-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df771-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessments.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df772-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>How the State will monitor and oversee the safety of children who receive services and programs specified in paragraph (1), including through periodic risk assessments throughout the period in which the services and programs are provided on behalf of a child and reexamination of the prevention plan maintained for the child under paragraph (4) for the provision of the services or programs if the State determines <page identifier="/us/stat/132/237">132 STAT. 237</page> the risk of the child entering foster care remains high despite the provision of the services or programs.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df773-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>With respect to the services and programs specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), information on the specific promising, supported, or well-supported practices the State plans to use to provide the services or programs, including a description of—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df774-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the services or programs and whether the practices used are promising, supported, or well-supported;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df775-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>how the State plans to implement the services or programs, including how implementation of the services or programs will be continuously monitored to ensure fidelity to the practice model and to determine outcomes achieved and how information learned from the monitoring will be used to refine and improve practices;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df776-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>how the State selected the services or programs;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df777-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>the target population for the services or programs; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df778-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df779-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><content>how each service or program provided will be evaluated through a well-designed and rigorous process, which may consist of an ongoing, cross-site evaluation approved by the Secretary.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df77a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df77b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><content>A description of the consultation that the State agencies responsible for administering the State plans under this part and part B engage in with other State agencies responsible for administering health programs, including mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, and with other public and private agencies with experience in administering child and family services, including community-based organizations, in order to foster a continuum of care for children described in paragraph (2) and their parents or kin caregivers.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df77c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df77d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p></sidenote><content>A description of how the State shall assess children and their parents or kin caregivers to determine eligibility for services or programs specified in paragraph (1).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df77e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>A description of how the services or programs specified in paragraph (1) that are provided for or on behalf of a child and the parents or kin caregivers of the child will be coordinated with other child and family services provided to the child and the parents or kin caregivers of the child under the State plans in effect under subparts 1 and 2 of part B.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df77f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><chapeau>Descriptions of steps the State is taking to support and enhance a competent, skilled, and professional child welfare workforce to deliver trauma-informed and evidence-based services, including—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df780-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>ensuring that staff is qualified to provide services or programs that are consistent with the promising, supported, or well-supported practice models selected; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/238">132 STAT. 238</page></content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df781-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>developing appropriate prevention plans, and conducting the risk assessments required under clause (iii).</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df782-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df783-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df784-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><content>A description of how the State will provide training and support for caseworkers in assessing what children and their families need, connecting to the families served, knowing how to access and deliver the needed trauma-informed and evidence-based services, and overseeing and evaluating the continuing appropriateness of the services.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df785-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>A description of how caseload size and type for prevention caseworkers will be determined, managed, and overseen.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df786-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="x">“(x) </num><content>An assurance that the State will report to the Secretary such information and data as the Secretary may require with respect to the provision of services and programs specified in paragraph (1), including information and data necessary to determine the performance measures for the State under paragraph (6) and compliance with paragraph (7).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df787-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reimbursement for services under the prevention plan component<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df788-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df789-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in subclause (ii), a State may not receive a Federal payment under this part for a given promising, supported, or well-supported practice unless (in accordance with subparagraph (B)(iii)(V)) the plan includes a well-designed and rigorous evaluation strategy for that practice.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df78a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Waiver of limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may waive the requirement for a well-designed and rigorous evaluation of any well-supported practice if the Secretary deems the evidence of the effectiveness of the practice to be compelling and the State meets the continuous quality improvement requirements included in subparagraph (B)(iii)(II) with regard to the practice.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df78b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prevention services measures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df78c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df78d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Establishment; annual updates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Beginning with fiscal year 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall establish the following prevention services measures based on information and data reported by States that elect to provide services and programs specified in paragraph (1):</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df78e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Percentage of candidates for foster care who do not enter foster care<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df78f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>The percentage of candidates for foster care for whom, or on whose behalf, the services or programs are provided who do not enter foster care, including those placed with a kin caregiver outside of foster care, during the 12-month period in which the services or programs are provided and through the end of the succeeding 12-month period.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df790-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Per-child spending<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The total amount of expenditures made for mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services or in-home parent skill-based programs, respectively, for, or on behalf of, each child described in paragraph (2).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df791-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df792-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df793-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Updates.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall establish and annually update the prevention services measures—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/239">132 STAT. 239</page> <clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df794-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>based on the median State values of the information reported under each clause of subparagraph (A) for the 3 then most recent years; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df795-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df796-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>taking into account State differences in the price levels of consumption goods and services using the most recent regional price parities published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce or such other data as the Secretary determines appropriate.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df797-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Publication of state prevention services measures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df798-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7df799-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall annually make available to the public the prevention services measures of each State.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7df79a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Maintenance of effort for state foster care prevention expenditures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If a State elects to provide services and programs specified in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the State foster care prevention expenditures for the fiscal year shall not be less than the amount of the expenditures for fiscal year 2014 (or, at the option of a State described in subparagraph (E), fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016 (whichever the State elects)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e1ead-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State foster care prevention expenditures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>State foster care prevention expenditures</term>’ means the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">TANF; iv–b; ssbg<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>State expenditures for foster care prevention services and activities under the State program funded under part A (including from amounts made available by the Federal Government), under the State plan developed under part B (including any such amounts), or under the Social Services Block Grant Programs under subtitle A of title XX (including any such amounts).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other state programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>State expenditures for foster care prevention services and activities under any State program that is not described in clause (i) (other than any State expenditures for foster care prevention services and activities under the State program under this part (including under a waiver of the program)).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e1eb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State expenditures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>State expenditures</term>’ means all State or local funds that are expended by the State or a local agency including State or local funds that are matched or reimbursed by the Federal Government and State or local funds that are not matched or reimbursed by the Federal Government.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e1eb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirement.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e1eb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination of prevention services and activities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall require each State that elects to provide services and programs specified in paragraph (1) to report the expenditures specified in subparagraph (B) for fiscal year 2014 and for such fiscal years thereafter as are necessary to determine whether the State is complying with the maintenance of effort requirement in subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall specify the specific services and activities under each program referred to in subparagraph (B) that are ‘prevention services and activities’ for purposes of the reports.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/240">132 STAT. 240</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of subparagraph (A), a State is described in this subparagraph if the population of children in the State in 2014 was less than 200,000 (as determined by the United States Census Bureau).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prohibition against use of state foster care prevention expenditures and federal iv–e prevention funds for matching or expenditure requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A State that elects to provide services and programs specified in paragraph (1) shall not use any State foster care prevention expenditures for a fiscal year for the State share of expenditures under section 474(a)(6) for a fiscal year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administrative costs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Expenditures described in section 474(a)(6)(B)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>shall not be eligible for payment under subparagraph (A), (B), or (E) of section 474(a)(3); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eb9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>shall be eligible for payment under section 474(a)(6)(B) without regard to whether the expenditures are incurred on behalf of a child who is, or is potentially, eligible for foster care maintenance payments under this part.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1eba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ebb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The provision of services or programs under this subsection to or on behalf of a child described in paragraph (2) shall not be considered to be receipt of aid or assistance under the State plan under this part for purposes of eligibility for any other program established under this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ebc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e1ebd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Candidates in kinship care</inline>.—</heading><content>A child described in paragraph (2) for whom such services or programs under this subsection are provided for more than 6 months while in the home of a kin caregiver, and who would satisfy the AFDC eligibility requirement of section 472(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) but for residing in the home of the caregiver for more than 6 months, is deemed to satisfy that requirement for purposes of determining whether the child is eligible for foster care maintenance payments under section 472.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ebe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 475 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s675">42 U.S.C. 675</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ebf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><content>The term ‘<term>child who is a candidate for foster care</term>’ means, a child who is identified in a prevention plan under section 471(e)(4)(A) as being at imminent risk of entering foster care (without regard to whether the child would be eligible for foster care maintenance payments under section 472 or is or would be eligible for adoption assistance or kinship guardianship assistance payments under section 473) but who can remain safely in the child’s home or in a kinship placement as long as services or programs specified in section 471(e)(1) that are necessary to prevent the entry of the child into foster care are provided. The term includes a child whose adoption or guardianship arrangement is at risk of a disruption or dissolution that would result in a foster care placement.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ec0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payments Under Title IV–E<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 474(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s674/a">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ec1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; plus</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e1ec2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/241">132 STAT. 241</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><chapeau>subject to section 471(e)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>for each quarter—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7e6ce6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><chapeau>subject to clause (ii)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>beginning after September 30, 2019, and before October 1, 2026, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total amount expended during the quarter for the provision of services or programs specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 471(e)(1) that are provided in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practices that meet the applicable criteria specified for the practices in section 471(e)(4)(C); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>beginning after September 30, 2026, an amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage (which shall be as defined in section 1905(b), in the case of a State other than the District of Columbia, or 70 percent, in the case of the District of Columbia) of the total amount expended during the quarter for the provision of services or programs specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 471(e)(1) that are provided in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practices that meet the applicable criteria specified for the practices in section 471(e)(4)(C) (or, with respect to the payments made during the quarter under a cooperative agreement or contract entered into by the State and an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium for the administration or payment of funds under this part, an amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage that would apply under section 479B(d) (in this paragraph referred to as the ‘tribal FMAP’) if the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium made the payments under a program operated under that section, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage that applies to the State); except that</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ce9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>not less than 50 percent of the total amount expended by a State under clause (i) for a fiscal year shall be for the provision of services or programs specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 471(e)(1) that are provided in accordance with well-supported practices; plus</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6cea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>for each quarter specified in subparagraph (A), an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amount expended during the quarter—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ceb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>50 percent of so much of the expenditures as are found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan for the provision of services or programs specified in section 471(e)(1), including expenditures for activities approved by the Secretary that promote the development of necessary processes and procedures to establish and implement the provision of the services and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/242">132 STAT. 242</page> programs for individuals who are eligible for the services and programs and expenditures attributable to data collection and reporting; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7e6cec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>50 percent of so much of the expenditures with respect to the provision of services and programs specified in section 471(e)(1) as are for training of personnel employed or preparing for employment by the State agency or by the local agency administering the plan in the political subdivision and of the members of the staff of State-licensed or State-approved child welfare agencies providing services to children described in section 471(e)(2) and their parents or kin caregivers, including on how to determine who are individuals eligible for the services or programs, how to identify and provide appropriate services and programs, and how to oversee and evaluate the ongoing appropriateness of the services and programs.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7e6ced-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Assistance and Best Practices, Clearinghouse, and Data Collection and Evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 476 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s676">42 U.S.C. 676</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Assistance and Best Practices, Clearinghouse, Data Collection, and Evaluations Relating to Prevention Services and Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7ebb10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Native Americans.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical assistance and best practices<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall provide to States and, as applicable, to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia, technical assistance regarding the provision of services and programs described in section 471(e)(1) and shall disseminate best practices with respect to the provision of the services and programs, including how to plan and implement a well-designed and rigorous evaluation of a promising, supported, or well-supported practice.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clearinghouse of promising, supported, and well-supported practices<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7ebb12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote>The Secretary shall, directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, evaluate research on the practices specified in clauses (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively, of section 471(e)(4)(C), and programs that meet the requirements described in section 427(a)(1), including culturally specific, or location- or population-based adaptations of the practices, to identify and establish a public clearinghouse of the practices that satisfy each category described by such clauses. In addition, the clearinghouse shall include information on the specific outcomes associated with each practice, including whether the practice has been shown to prevent child abuse and neglect and reduce the likelihood of foster care placement by supporting birth families and kinship families and improving targeted supports for pregnant and parenting youth and their children.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data collection and evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary, directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, may collect data and conduct evaluations with respect to the provision of services and programs described in section 471(e)(1) for purposes of assessing the extent to which the provision of the services and programs—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>reduces the likelihood of foster care placement;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>increases use of kinship care arrangements; or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/243">132 STAT. 243</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>improves child well-being.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reports to congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives periodic reports based on the provision of services and programs described in section 471(e)(1) and the activities carried out under this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall make the reports to Congress submitted under this paragraph publicly available.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appropriation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter to carry out this subsection.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to Programs Operated by Indian Tribal Organizations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 479B of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s679c">42 U.S.C. 679c</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)(1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)(i)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subclause (II), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb20-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subclause (III), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>at the option of the tribe, organization, or consortium, services and programs specified in section 471(e)(1) to children described in section 471(e)(2) and their parents or kin caregivers, in accordance with section 471(e) and subparagraph (E).”</content></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ebb23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf7ee234-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prevention services and programs for children and their parents and kin caregivers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ee235-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7ee236-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Requirements.</p></sidenote>In the case of a tribe, organization, or consortium that elects to provide services and programs specified in section 471(e)(1) to children described in section 471(e)(2) and their parents or kin caregivers under the plan, the Secretary shall specify the requirements applicable to the provision of the services and programs. The requirements shall, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with the requirements applicable to States under section 471(e) and shall permit the provision of the services and programs in the form of services and programs that are adapted to the culture and context of the tribal communities served.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ee237-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Performance measures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall establish specific performance measures for each tribe, organization, or consortium that elects to provide services and programs specified in section 471(e)(1). The performance measures shall, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with the prevention services measures required for States under section 471(e)(6) but shall allow for consideration of factors unique to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/244">132 STAT. 244</page> the provision of the services by tribes, organizations, or consortia.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ee238-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (d)(1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (5)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(5), and (6)(A)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7ee239-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The heading for subsection (d) of section 479B of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s679c">42 U.S.C. 679c</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">for Foster Care Maintenance and Adoption Assistance Payments</headingText></quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7ee23a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to Programs Operated by Territories<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1108(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1308/a/2">42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 413(f)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>413(f), or 474(a)(6)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50712">SEC. 50712. </num><heading>FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH PARENTS IN A LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT FACILITY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7f094b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 472 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s672">42 U.S.C. 672</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f094c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2)(C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, with a parent residing in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility, but only to the extent permitted under subsection (j), or in a</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f094d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7f305e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">“(j) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Children Placed With a Parent Residing in a Licensed Residential Family-Based Treatment Facility for Substance Abuse<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f305f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7f3060-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, a child who is eligible for foster care maintenance payments under this section, or who would be eligible for the payments if the eligibility were determined without regard to paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a), shall be eligible for the payments for a period of not more than 12 months during which the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse, but only if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f3061-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the recommendation for the placement is specified in the child’s case plan before the placement;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f3062-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the treatment facility provides, as part of the treatment for substance abuse, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f3063-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the substance abuse treatment, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling is provided under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions to address the consequences of trauma and facilitate healing.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f5774-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to children for whom foster care maintenance payments are made under paragraph (1), only the children who satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) shall be considered to be children with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments are made under this section for purposes of subsection (h) or section 473(b)(3)(B).”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/245">132 STAT. 245</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7f5775-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 474(a)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s674/a/1">42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subject to section 472(j),</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>an amount equal to the Federal</quotedText>” the first place it appears.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50713">SEC. 50713. </num><heading>TITLE IV–E PAYMENTS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED KINSHIP NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf7f5776-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s674/a">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</ref>), as amended by section 50711(c), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f5777-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (6), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; plus</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7f5778-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf7f7e89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7f7e8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>an amount equal to 50 percent of the amounts expended by the State during the quarter as the Secretary determines are for kinship navigator programs that meet the requirements described in section 427(a)(1) and that the Secretary determines are operated in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practices that meet the applicable criteria specified for the practices in section 471(e)(4)(C), without regard to whether the expenditures are incurred on behalf of children who are, or are potentially, eligible for foster care maintenance payments under this part.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="II">PART II—</num><heading>ENHANCED SUPPORT UNDER TITLE IV–B</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50721">SEC. 50721. </num><heading>ELIMINATION OF TIME LIMIT FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION SERVICES WHILE IN FOSTER CARE AND PERMITTING TIME-LIMITED FAMILY REUNIFICATION SERVICES WHEN A CHILD RETURNS HOME FROM FOSTER CARE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7fccab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 431(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629a/a/7">42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(7)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Time-limited family</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Family</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>time-limited family</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>family</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a child who has been returned home</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>child care institution</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, but only during the 15-month period that begins on the date that the child, pursuant to section 475(5)(F), is considered to have entered foster care</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and to ensure the strength and stability of the reunification.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf7fccb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> In the case of a child who has been returned home, the services and activities shall only be provided during the 15-month period that begins on the date that the child returns home</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf7fccb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 430 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629">42 U.S.C. 629</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>time-limited</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf7fccb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Subsections (a)(4), (a)(5)(A), and (b)(1) of section 432 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629b">42 U.S.C. 629b</ref>) are amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>time-limited</quotedText>” each place it appears.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/246">132 STAT. 246</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50722">SEC. 50722. </num><heading>REDUCING BUREAUCRACY AND UNNECESSARY DELAYS WHEN PLACING CHILDREN IN HOMES ACROSS STATE LINES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8041e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Plan Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 471(a)(25) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671/a/25">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(25)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8041e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>provide</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>provides</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8041e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8041e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, which, in the case of a State other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa, not later than October 1, 2027, shall include the use of an electronic interstate case-processing system</quotedText>” before the first semicolon.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8041e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exemption of Indian Tribes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 479B(c) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s679c/c">42 U.S.C. 679c(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8041ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inapplicability of state plan requirement to have in effect procedures providing for the use of an electronic interstate case-processing system<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The requirement in section 471(a)(25) that a State plan provide that the State shall have in effect procedures providing for the use of an electronic interstate case-processing system shall not apply to an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that elects to operate a program under this part.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8041eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding for the Development of an Electronic Interstate Case-processing System to Expedite the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care or Guardianship, or for Adoption<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 437 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629g">42 U.S.C. 629g</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf80b71c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding for the Development of an Electronic Interstate Case-processing System to Expedite the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care or Guardianship, or for Adoption<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b71d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Purpose<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The purpose of this subsection is to facilitate the development of an electronic interstate case-processing system for the exchange of data and documents to expedite the placements of children in foster, guardianship, or adoptive homes across State lines.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b71e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A State that seeks funding under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b71f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>A description of the goals and outcomes to be achieved, which goals and outcomes must result in—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b720-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>reducing the time it takes for a child to be provided with a safe and appropriate permanent living arrangement across State lines;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b721-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>improving administrative processes and reducing costs in the foster care system; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b722-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the secure exchange of relevant case files and other necessary materials in real time, and timely communications and placement decisions regarding interstate placements of children.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b723-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A description of the activities to be funded in whole or in part with the funds, including the sequencing of the activities.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b724-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>A description of the strategies for integrating programs and services for children who are placed across State lines.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b725-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>Such other information as the Secretary may require.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/247">132 STAT. 247</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b726-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may provide funds to a State that complies with paragraph (2). In providing funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall prioritize States that are not yet connected with the electronic interstate case-processing system referred to in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80b727-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Use of funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A State to which funding is provided under this subsection shall use the funding to support the State in connecting with, or enhancing or expediting services provided under, the electronic interstate case-processing system referred to in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf80de39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf80de3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf80de3b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than 1 year after the final year in which funds are awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress, and make available to the general public by posting on a website, a report that contains the following information:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de3c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>How using the electronic interstate case-processing system developed pursuant to paragraph (4) has changed the time it takes for children to be placed across State lines.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de3d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The number of cases subject to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children that were processed through the electronic interstate case-processing system, and the number of interstate child placement cases that were processed outside the electronic interstate case-processing system, by each State in each year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The progress made by States in implementing the electronic interstate case-processing system.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>How using the electronic interstate case-processing system has affected various metrics related to child safety and well-being, including the time it takes for children to be placed across State lines.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>How using the electronic interstate case-processing system has affected administrative costs and caseworker time spent on placing children across State lines.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf80de42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf80de43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Data integration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretariat for the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and the States, shall assess how the electronic interstate case-processing system developed pursuant to paragraph (4) could be used to better serve and protect children that come to the attention of the child welfare system, by—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>connecting the system with other data systems (such as systems operated by State law enforcement and judicial agencies, systems operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purposes of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, and other systems);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>simplifying and improving reporting related to paragraphs (34) and (35) of section 471(a) regarding children or youth who have been identified as being a sex trafficking victim or children missing from foster care; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>improving the ability of States to quickly comply with background check requirements of section 471(a)(20), including checks of child abuse and neglect registries as required by section 471(a)(20)(B).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf80de47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reservation of Funds To Improve the Interstate Placement of Children<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 437(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629g/b">42 U.S.C. 629g(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/248">132 STAT. 248</page> <quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf80de48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Improving the interstate placement of children<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2018 for grants under subsection (g), and the amount so reserved shall remain available through fiscal year 2022.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50723">SEC. 50723. </num><heading>ENHANCEMENTS TO GRANTS TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf8216c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 437(f) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629g/f">42 U.S.C. 629g(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8216ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the subsection heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Increase the Well-Being of, and To Improve the Permanency Outcomes for, Children Affected by</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Implement IV–E Prevention Services, and Improve the Well-Being of, and Improve Permanency Outcomes for, Children and Families Affected by Heroin, Opioids, and Other</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8216cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf8264ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Regional partnership defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>regional partnership</term>’ means a collaborative agreement (which may be established on an interstate, State, or intrastate basis) entered into by the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mandatory partners for all partnership grants<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The State child welfare agency that is responsible for the administration of the State plan under this part and part E.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The State agency responsible for administering the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant provided under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mandatory partners for partnership grants proposing to serve children in out-of-home placements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the partnership proposes to serve children in out-of-home placements, the Juvenile Court or Administrative Office of the Court that is most appropriate to oversee the administration of court programs in the region to address the population of families who come to the attention of the court due to child abuse or neglect.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Optional partners<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>At the option of the partnership, any of the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>An Indian tribe or tribal consortium.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>Nonprofit child welfare service providers.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>For-profit child welfare service providers.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>Community health service providers, including substance abuse treatment providers.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>Community mental health providers.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><content>Local law enforcement agencies.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>School personnel.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content>Tribal child welfare agencies (or a consortia of the agencies).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ix">“(ix) </num><content>Any other providers, agencies, personnel, officials, or entities that are related to the provision of child and family services under a State plan approved under this subpart.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception for regional partnerships where the lead applicant is an indian tribe or tribal consortia<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If an Indian tribe or tribal consortium enters <page identifier="/us/stat/132/249">132 STAT. 249</page> into a regional partnership for purposes of this subsection, the Indian tribe or tribal consortium—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>may (but is not required to) include the State child welfare agency as a partner in the collaborative agreement;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>may not enter into a collaborative agreement only with tribal child welfare agencies (or a consortium of the agencies); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>if the condition described in paragraph (2)(B) applies, may include tribal court organizations in lieu of other judicial partners.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8264ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf826500-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf826501-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf826502-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$500,000 and not more than $1,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$250,000 and not more than $1,000,000</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf826503-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf826504-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the subparagraph heading, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">; planning</headingText></quotedText>” after “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">approval</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf826505-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clause (ii)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clauses (ii) and (iii)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf826506-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="fontsize10" id="ycf826507-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf826508-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Sufficient planning</inline>.—</heading><content>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be disbursed in two phases: a planning phase (not to exceed 2 years) and an implementation phase. The total disbursement to a grantee for the planning phase may not exceed $250,000, and may not exceed the total anticipated funding for the implementation phase.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf828c1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf828c1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on payment for a fiscal year<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>No payment shall be made under subparagraph (A) or (C) for a fiscal year until the Secretary determines that the eligible partnership has made sufficient progress in meeting the goals of the grant and that the members of the eligible partnership are coordinating to a reasonable degree with the other members of the eligible partnership.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, parents, and families</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>children</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>safety and permanence for such children; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>safe, permanent caregiving relationships for the children;</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c20-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in clause (iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>increase reunification rates for children who have been placed in out-of-home care, or decrease</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (iii) as clause (v) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (ii) the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf828c22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>improve the substance abuse treatment outcomes for parents including retention in treatment and successful completion of treatment;</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf828c23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>facilitate the implementation, delivery, and effectiveness of prevention services and programs under section 471(e); and”</content></clause></quotedContent>;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/250">132 STAT. 250</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>where appropriate,</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf828c25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraphs (E) and (F) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf82b236-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>A description of a plan for sustaining the services provided by or activities funded under the grant after the conclusion of the grant period, including through the use of prevention services and programs under section 471(e) and other funds provided to the State for child welfare and substance abuse prevention and treatment services.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf82b237-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf82b238-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>Additional information needed by the Secretary to determine that the proposed activities and implementation will be consistent with research or evaluations showing which practices and approaches are most effective.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b239-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in paragraph (5)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>abuse treatment</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>use disorder treatment including medication assisted treatment and in-home substance abuse disorder treatment and recovery</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b23a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (7)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b23b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (C); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b23c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf82b23d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>demonstrate a track record of successful collaboration among child welfare, substance abuse disorder treatment and mental health agencies; and”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b23e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (8)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b23f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (A)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b240-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>establish indicators that will be</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>review indicators that are</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b241-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>in using funds made available under such grants to achieve the purpose of this subsection</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and establish a set of core indicators related to child safety, parental recovery, parenting capacity, and family well-being. In developing the core indicators, to the extent possible, indicators shall be made consistent with the outcome measures described in section 471(e)(6)</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b242-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b243-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>base the performance measures on lessons learned from prior rounds of regional partnership grants under this subsection, and</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>consult</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b244-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clauses (iii) and (iv) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b245-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><content> Other stakeholders or constituencies as determined by the Secretary.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b246-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>in paragraph (9)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (i) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf82b247-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Semiannual reports<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year in which a recipient of a grant under this subsection is paid funds under the grant, and every 6 months thereafter, the grant recipient shall submit to the Secretary a report on the services provided and activities carried out during the reporting period, progress made in achieving the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/251">132 STAT. 251</page> goals of the program, the number of children, adults, and families receiving services, and such additional information as the Secretary determines is necessary. The report due not later than September 30 of the last such fiscal year shall include, at a minimum, data on each of the performance indicators included in the evaluation of the regional partnership.”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf82b248-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>in paragraph (10), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="III">PART III—</num><heading>MISCELLANEOUS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50731">SEC. 50731. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf82d959-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf82d95a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671">42 USC 671 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>REVIEWING AND IMPROVING LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PLACEMENT IN A RELATIVE FOSTER FAMILY HOME.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf83006b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Identification of Reputable Model Licensing Standards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than October 1, 2018, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall identify reputable model licensing standards with respect to the licensing of foster family homes (as defined in section 472(c)(1) of the Social Security Act).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf83006c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Plan Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671/a">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83006d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (34)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83006e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (35)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83006f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf832780-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="36">“(36) </num><chapeau>provides that, not later than April 1, 2019, the State shall submit to the Secretary information addressing—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf832781-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>whether the State licensing standards are in accord with model standards identified by the Secretary, and if not, the reason for the specific deviation and a description as to why having a standard that is reasonably in accord with the corresponding national model standards is not appropriate for the State;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf832782-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>whether the State has elected to waive standards established in 471(a)(10)(A) for relative foster family homes (pursuant to waiver authority provided by 471(a)(10)(D)), a description of which standards the State most commonly waives, and if the State has not elected to waive the standards, the reason for not waiving these standards;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf832783-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>if the State has elected to waive standards specified in subparagraph (B), how caseworkers are trained to use the waiver authority and whether the State has developed a process or provided tools to assist caseworkers in waiving nonsafety standards per the authority provided in 471(a)(10)(D) to quickly place children with relatives; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf832784-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>a description of the steps the State is taking to improve caseworker training or the process, if any; and”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50732">SEC. 50732. </num><heading>DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE PLAN TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT FATALITIES.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf832785-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 422(b)(19) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622/b/19">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(19)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf834e96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">“(19) </num><chapeau>document steps taken to track and prevent child maltreatment deaths by including—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/252">132 STAT. 252</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf834e97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a description of the steps the State is taking to compile complete and accurate information on the deaths required by Federal law to be reported by the State agency referred to in paragraph (1), including gathering relevant information on the deaths from the relevant organizations in the State including entities such as State vital statistics department, child death review teams, law enforcement agencies, offices of medical examiners, or coroners; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf834e98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a description of the steps the State is taking to develop and implement a comprehensive, statewide plan to prevent the fatalities that involves and engages relevant public and private agency partners, including those in public health, law enforcement, and the courts.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50733">SEC. 50733. </num><heading>MODERNIZING THE TITLE AND PURPOSE OF TITLE IV–E.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8375a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Part Heading<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The heading for part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s670/etseq">42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><part id="ycf8375aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num class="fontsize12 bold" value="E">“PART E—</num><heading class="fontsize12 bold">FEDERAL PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE, PREVENTION, AND PERMANENCY”</heading></part></quotedContent><b>.</b></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8375ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Purpose<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The first sentence of section 470 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s670">42 U.S.C. 670</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8375ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1995) and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1995),</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8375ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>kinship guardianship assistance, and prevention services or programs specified in section 471(e)(1),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>needs,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8375ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(commencing with the fiscal year which begins October 1, 1980)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50734">SEC. 50734. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8375af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622">42 USC 622 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EFFECTIVE DATES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Dates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), subject to subsection (b), the amendments made by parts I through III of this subtitle shall take effect on October 1, 2018.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exceptions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by sections 50711(d), 50731, and 50733 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transition Rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf83c3d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of a State plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by parts I through III of this subtitle, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/253">132 STAT. 253</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf83c3d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to programs operated by indian tribal organizations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf83c3d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>In the case of an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires time to take action necessary to comply with the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by parts I through III of this subtitle (whether the tribe, organization, or tribal consortium has a plan under section 479B of the Social Security Act or a cooperative agreement or contract entered into with a State), the Secretary shall provide the tribe, organization, or tribal consortium with such additional time as the Secretary determines is necessary for the tribe, organization, or tribal consortium to take the action to comply with the additional requirements before being regarded as failing to comply with the requirements.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="IV">PART IV—</num><heading>ENSURING THE NECESSITY OF A PLACEMENT THAT IS NOT IN A FOSTER FAMILY HOME</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50741">SEC. 50741. </num><heading>LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR PLACEMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN FOSTER FAMILY HOMES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf848728-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Federal Financial Participation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf848729-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 472 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s672">42 U.S.C. 672</ref>), as amended by section 50712(a), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf84872a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subsection (a)(2)(C), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, but only to the extent permitted under subsection (k)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>institution</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf84872b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf85236c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Federal Financial Participation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf85236d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf85236e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf85236f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Beginning with the third week for which foster care maintenance payments are made under this section on behalf of a child placed in a child-care institution, no Federal payment shall be made to the State under section 474(a)(1) for amounts expended for foster care maintenance payments on behalf of the child unless—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852370-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the child is placed in a child-care institution that is a setting specified in paragraph (2) (or is placed in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility consistent with subsection (j)); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852371-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>in the case of a child placed in a qualified residential treatment program (as defined in paragraph (4)), the requirements specified in paragraph (3) and section 475A(c) are met.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852372-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Specified settings for placement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The settings for placement specified in this paragraph are the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852373-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A qualified residential treatment program (as defined in paragraph (4)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852374-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A setting specializing in providing prenatal, post-partum, or parenting supports for youth.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852375-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>In the case of a child who has attained 18 years of age, a supervised setting in which the child is living independently.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852376-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>A setting providing high-quality residential care and supportive services to children and youth who have <page identifier="/us/stat/132/254">132 STAT. 254</page> been found to be, or are at risk of becoming, sex trafficking victims, in accordance with section 471(a)(9)(C).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852377-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assessment to determine appropriateness of placement in a qualified residential treatment program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf852378-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for assessment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a child who is placed in a qualified residential treatment program, if the assessment required under section 475A(c)(1) is not completed within 30 days after the placement is made, no Federal payment shall be made to the State under section 474(a)(1) for any amounts expended for foster care maintenance payments on behalf of the child during the placement.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Deadline for transition out of placement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the assessment required under section 475A(c)(1) determines that the placement of a child in a qualified residential treatment program is not appropriate, a court disapproves such a placement under section 475A(c)(2), or a child who has been in an approved placement in a qualified residential treatment program is going to return home or be placed with a fit and willing relative, a legal guardian, or an adoptive parent, or in a foster family home, Federal payments shall be made to the State under section 474(a)(1) for amounts expended for foster care maintenance payments on behalf of the child while the child remains in the qualified residential treatment program only during the period necessary for the child to transition home or to such a placement. In no event shall a State receive Federal payments under section 474(a)(1) for amounts expended for foster care maintenance payments on behalf of a child who remains placed in a qualified residential treatment program after the end of the 30-day period that begins on the date a determination is made that the placement is no longer the recommended or approved placement for the child.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf854a8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified residential treatment program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this part, the term ‘<term>qualified residential treatment program</term>’ means a program that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>has a trauma-informed treatment model that is designed to address the needs, including clinical needs as appropriate, of children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances and, with respect to a child, is able to implement the treatment identified for the child by the assessment of the child required under section 475A(c);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), has registered or licensed nursing staff and other licensed clinical staff who—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>provide care within the scope of their practice as defined by State law;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>are on-site according to the treatment model referred to in subparagraph (A); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>are available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>to extent appropriate, and in accordance with the child’s best interests, facilitates participation of family members in the child’s treatment program;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/255">132 STAT. 255</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>facilitates outreach to the family members of the child, including siblings, documents how the outreach is made (including contact information), and maintains contact information for any known biological family and fictive kin of the child;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>documents how family members are integrated into the treatment process for the child, including post-discharge, and how sibling connections are maintained;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>provides discharge planning and family-based aftercare support for at least 6 months post-discharge; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><chapeau>is licensed in accordance with section 471(a)(10) and is accredited by any of the following independent, not-for-profit organizations:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>The Council on Accreditation (COA).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>Any other independent, not-for-profit accrediting organization approved by the Secretary.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administrative costs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The prohibition in paragraph (1) on Federal payments under section 474(a)(1) shall not be construed as prohibiting Federal payments for administrative expenditures incurred on behalf of a child placed in a child-care institution and for which payment is available under section 474(a)(3).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The requirements in paragraph (4)(B) shall not be construed as requiring a qualified residential treatment program to acquire nursing and behavioral health staff solely through means of a direct employer to employee relationship.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf854a9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 474(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s674/a/1">42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)</ref>), as amended by section 50712(b), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 472(j)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsections (j) and (k) of section 472</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf854a9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of Foster Family Home, Child-Care Institution<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 472(c) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s672/c/1">42 U.S.C. 672(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8598be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this part:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Foster family home<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>foster family home</term>’ means the home of an individual or family—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>that is licensed or approved by the State in which it is situated as a foster family home that meets the standards established for the licensing or approval; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>in which a child in foster care has been placed in the care of an individual, who resides with the child and who has been licensed or approved by the State to be a foster parent—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>that the State deems capable of adhering to the reasonable and prudent parent standard;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>that provides 24-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or other caretakers; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>that provides the care for not more than six children in foster care.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/256">132 STAT. 256</page></content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State flexibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The number of foster children that may be cared for in a home under subparagraph (A) may exceed the numerical limitation in subparagraph (A)(ii)(III), at the option of the State, for any of the following reasons:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>To allow a parenting youth in foster care to remain with the child of the parenting youth.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>To allow siblings to remain together.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>To allow a child with an established meaningful relationship with the family to remain with the family.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>To allow a family with special training or skills to provide care to a child who has a severe disability.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as prohibiting a foster parent from renting the home in which the parent cares for a foster child placed in the parent’s care.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8598cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Child-care institution<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>child-care institution</term>’ means a private child-care institution, or a public child-care institution which accommodates no more than 25 children, which is licensed by the State in which it is situated or has been approved by the agency of the State responsible for licensing or approval of institutions of this type as meeting the standards established for the licensing.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supervised settings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a child who has attained 18 years of age, the term shall include a supervised setting in which the individual is living independently, in accordance with such conditions as the Secretary shall establish in regulations.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term shall not include detention facilities, forestry camps, training schools, or any other facility operated primarily for the detention of children who are determined to be delinquent.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8598d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Training for State Judges, Attorneys, and Other Legal Personnel in Child Welfare Cases<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 438(b)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629h/b/1">42 U.S.C. 629h(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>shall provide for the training of judges, attorneys, and other legal personnel in child welfare cases on Federal child welfare policies and payment limitations with respect to children in foster care who are placed in settings that are not a foster family home,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>with respect to the child,</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8598d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assurance of Nonimpact on Juvenile Justice System<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8598d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State plan requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 471(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671/a">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</ref>), as amended by section 50731, is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf85bfe4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="37">“(37) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf85bfe5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>includes a certification that, in response to the limitation imposed under section 472(k) with respect to foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of any child who is placed in a setting that is not a foster family home, the State will not enact or advance policies or practices that would result in a significant increase in the population of youth in the State’s juvenile justice system.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf85bfe6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf85bfe7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluations.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO study and report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate the impact, if any, on State juvenile justice systems of the limitation imposed under <page identifier="/us/stat/132/257">132 STAT. 257</page> section 472(k) of the Social Security Act (as added by section 50741(a)(1)) on foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of any child who is placed in a setting that is not a foster family home, in accordance with the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. In particular, the Comptroller General shall evaluate the extent to which children in foster care who also are subject to the juvenile justice system of the State are placed in a facility under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system and whether the lack of available congregate care placements under the jurisdiction of the child welfare systems is a contributing factor to that result. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50742">SEC. 50742. </num><heading>ASSESSMENT AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE NEED FOR PLACEMENT IN A QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf860e08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 475A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s675a">42 U.S.C. 675a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d159-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assessment, Documentation, and Judicial Determination Requirements for Placement in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d15a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>In the case of any child who is placed in a qualified residential treatment program (as defined in section 472(k)(4)), the following requirements shall apply for purposes of approving the case plan for the child and the case system review procedure for the child:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d15b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1)</num><subparagraph class="inline" id="ycf86d15c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d15d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Within 30 days of the start of each placement in such a setting, a qualified individual (as defined in subparagraph (D)) shall—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d15e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>assess the strengths and needs of the child using an age-appropriate, evidence-based, validated, functional assessment tool approved by the Secretary;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d15f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d160-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>determine whether the needs of the child can be met with family members or through placement in a foster family home or, if not, which setting from among the settings specified in section 472(k)(2) would provide the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment and be consistent with the short- and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d161-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d162-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Lists.</p></sidenote><content>develop a list of child-specific short- and long-term mental and behavioral health goals.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d163-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycf86d164-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>The State shall assemble a family and permanency team for the child in accordance with the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii). The qualified individual conducting the assessment required under subparagraph (A) shall work in conjunction with the family of, and permanency team for, the child while conducting and making the assessment.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d165-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>The family and permanency team shall consist of all appropriate biological family members, relative, and fictive kin of the child, as well as, as appropriate, professionals who are a resource to the family of the child, such as teachers, medical or mental health providers who have treated the child, or clergy. In the case of a child who has attained age 14, the family and permanency team shall include the members of the permanency planning team for the child that are selected by the child in accordance with section 475(5)(C)(iv).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/258">132 STAT. 258</page></content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d166-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>The State shall document in the child’s case plan—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d167-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the reasonable and good faith effort of the State to identify and include all the individuals described in clause (ii) on the child’s family and permanency team;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d168-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>all contact information for members of the family and permanency team, as well as contact information for other family members and fictive kin who are not part of the family and permanency team;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d169-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>evidence that meetings of the family and permanency team, including meetings relating to the assessment required under subparagraph (A), are held at a time and place convenient for family;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d16a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>if reunification is the goal, evidence demonstrating that the parent from whom the child was removed provided input on the members of the family and permanency team;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d16b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="V">“(V) </num><content>evidence that the assessment required under subparagraph (A) is determined in conjunction with the family and permanency team;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d16c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VI">“(VI) </num><content>the placement preferences of the family and permanency team relative to the assessment that recognizes children should be placed with their siblings unless there is a finding by the court that such placement is contrary to their best interest; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d16d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="VII">“(VII) </num><content>if the placement preferences of the family and permanency team and child are not the placement setting recommended by the qualified individual conducting the assessment under subparagraph (A), the reasons why the preferences of the team and of the child were not recommended.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d16e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d16f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>In the case of a child who the qualified individual conducting the assessment under subparagraph (A) determines should not be placed in a foster family home, the qualified individual shall specify in writing the reasons why the needs of the child cannot be met by the family of the child or in a foster family home. A shortage or lack of foster family homes shall not be an acceptable reason for determining that the needs of the child cannot be met in a foster family home. The qualified individual also shall specify in writing why the recommended placement in a qualified residential treatment program is the setting that will provide the child with the most effective and appropriate level of care in the least restrictive environment and how that placement is consistent with the short- and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d170-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycf86d171-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions"><num value="i">(i) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d172-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><content>Subject to clause (ii), in this subsection, the term ‘<term>qualified individual</term>’ means a trained professional or licensed clinician who is not an employee of the State agency and who is not connected to, or affiliated with, any placement setting in which children are placed by the State.</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf86d173-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d174-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><content>The Secretary may approve a request of a State to waive any requirement in clause (i) upon a submission by the State, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary, that certifies that the trained professionals or licensed clinicians with responsibility for performing the assessments described in subparagraph (A) shall maintain objectivity with <page identifier="/us/stat/132/259">132 STAT. 259</page> respect to determining the most effective and appropriate placement for a child.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d175-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d176-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Within 60 days of the start of each placement in a qualified residential treatment program, a family or juvenile court or another court (including a tribal court) of competent jurisdiction, or an administrative body appointed or approved by the court, independently, shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d177-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>consider the assessment, determination, and documentation made by the qualified individual conducting the assessment under paragraph (1);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d178-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86d179-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>determine whether the needs of the child can be met through placement in a foster family home or, if not, whether placement of the child in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment and whether that placement is consistent with the short- and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d17a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>approve or disapprove the placement.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86d17b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The written documentation made under paragraph (1)(C) and documentation of the determination and approval or disapproval of the placement in a qualified residential treatment program by a court or administrative body under paragraph (2) shall be included in and made part of the case plan for the child.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f88c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau>As long as a child remains placed in a qualified residential treatment program, the State agency shall submit evidence at each status review and each permanency hearing held with respect to the child—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f88d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>demonstrating that ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child continues to support the determination that the needs of the child cannot be met through placement in a foster family home, that the placement in a qualified residential treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child in the least restrictive environment, and that the placement is consistent with the short- and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the permanency plan for the child;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f88e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>documenting the specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child in the placement and the length of time the child is expected to need the treatment or services; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f88f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>documenting the efforts made by the State agency to prepare the child to return home or to be placed with a fit and willing relative, a legal guardian, or an adoptive parent, or in a foster family home.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f890-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf86f891-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><chapeau>In the case of any child who is placed in a qualified residential treatment program for more than 12 consecutive months or 18 nonconsecutive months (or, in the case of a child who has not attained age 13, for more than 6 consecutive or nonconsecutive months), the State agency shall submit to the Secretary—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f892-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the most recent versions of the evidence and documentation specified in paragraph (4); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf86f893-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the signed approval of the head of the State agency for the continued placement of the child in that setting.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/260">132 STAT. 260</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50743">SEC. 50743. </num><heading>PROTOCOLS TO PREVENT INAPPROPRIATE DIAGNOSES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf871fa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Plan Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 422(b)(15)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622/b/15/A">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(15)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf871fa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf871fa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clause (vii) as clause (viii); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf871fa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (vi) the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf871fa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>the procedures and protocols the State has established to ensure that children in foster care placements are not inappropriately diagnosed with mental illness, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, and placed in settings that are not foster family homes as a result of the inappropriate diagnoses; and”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf871fa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 476 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s676">42 U.S.C. 676</ref>), as amended by section 50711(d), is further amended by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8746ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluation of State Procedures and Protocols To Prevent Inappropriate Diagnoses of Mental Illness or Other Conditions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the procedures and protocols established by States in accordance with the requirements of section 422(b)(15)(A)(vii). The evaluation shall analyze the extent to which States comply with and enforce the procedures and protocols and the effectiveness of various State procedures and protocols and shall identify best practices. <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8746bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote>Not later than January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the evaluation to Congress.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50744">SEC. 50744. </num><heading>ADDITIONAL DATA AND REPORTS REGARDING CHILDREN PLACED IN A SETTING THAT IS NOT A FOSTER FAMILY HOME.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf8746bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 479A(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s679b/a/7/A">42 U.S.C. 679b(a)(7)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clauses (i) through (vi) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycf876dcd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau>with respect to each such placement—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf876dce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the type of the placement setting, including whether the placement is shelter care, a group home and if so, the range of the child population in the home, a residential treatment facility, a hospital or institution providing medical, rehabilitative, or psychiatric care, a setting specializing in providing prenatal, post-partum, or parenting supports, or some other kind of child-care institution and if so, what kind;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf876dcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the number of children in the placement setting and the age, race, ethnicity, and gender of each of the children;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf876dd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>for each child in the placement setting, the length of the placement of the child in the setting, whether the placement of the child in the setting is the first placement of the child and if not, the number and type of previous placements of the child, and whether the child has special needs or another diagnosed mental or physical illness or condition; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf876dd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>the extent of any specialized education, treatment, counseling, or other services provided in the setting; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/261">132 STAT. 261</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycf876dd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>separately, the number and ages of children in the placements who have a permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement; and”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50745">SEC. 50745. </num><heading>CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS AND CHECKS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REGISTRIES FOR ADULTS WORKING IN CHILD-CARE INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER GROUP CARE SETTINGS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State Plan Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671/a/20">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (B)(iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>”after the semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C), the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>provides procedures for any child-care institution, including a group home, residential treatment center, shelter, or other congregate care setting, to conduct criminal records checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s534/f/3/A">section 534(f)(3)(A) of title 28, United States Code</ref>), and checks described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, on any adult working in a child-care institution, including a group home, residential treatment center, shelter, or other congregate care setting, unless the State reports to the Secretary the alternative criminal records checks and child abuse registry checks the State conducts on any adult working in a child-care institution, including a group home, residential treatment center, shelter, or other congregate care setting, and why the checks specified in this subparagraph are not appropriate for the State;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf87bbf9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s671/a/20">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)</ref>) are each amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 534(e)(3)(A)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 534(f)(3)(A)</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50746">SEC. 50746. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf87bbfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622">42 USC 622 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION TO WAIVERS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88312b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Dates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88312c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to paragraph (2) and subsections (b), (c), and (d), the amendments made by this part shall take effect as if enacted on January 1, 2018.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88312d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf88312e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transition rule<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a State plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this part, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of part B or E of title IV of such Act solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet the additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/262">132 STAT. 262</page> the session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88312f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Federal Financial Participation for Placements That Are Not in Foster Family Homes and Related Provisions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf883130-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf883131-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made by sections 50741(a), 50741(b), 50741(d), and 50742 shall take effect on October 1, 2019.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf883132-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State option to delay effective date for not more than 2 years<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If a State requests a delay in the effective date, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall delay the effective date provided for in paragraph (1) with respect to the State for the amount of time requested by the State, not to exceed 2 years. If the effective date is so delayed for a period with respect to a State under the preceding sentence, then—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf883133-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>notwithstanding section 50734, the date that the amendments made by section 50711(c) take effect with respect to the State shall be delayed for the period; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf883134-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf883135-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><content>in applying section 474(a)(6) of the Social Security Act with respect to the State, “on or after the date this paragraph takes effect with respect to the State” is deemed to be substituted for “after September 30, 2019” in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) of such section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf883136-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Criminal Records Checks and Checks of Child Abuse and Neglect Registries for Adults Working in Child-care Institutions and Other Group Care Settings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf883137-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>Subject to subsection (a)(2), the amendments made by section 50745 shall take effect on October 1, 2018.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf883138-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to States With Waivers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a State that, on the date of enactment of this Act, has in effect a waiver approved under section 1130 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–9">42 U.S.C. 1320a–9</ref>), the amendments made by this part shall not apply with respect to the State before the expiration (determined without regard to any extensions) of the waiver to the extent the amendments are inconsistent with the terms of the waiver.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="V">PART V—</num><heading>CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50751">SEC. 50751. </num><heading>SUPPORTING AND RETAINING FOSTER FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf885849-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supporting and Retaining Foster Parents as a Family Support Service<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 431(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s631/a/2/B">42 U.S.C. 631(a)(2)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (iii) through (vi) as clauses (iv) through (vii), respectively, and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after clause (ii) the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycf88584a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii)</num><content> To support and retain foster families so they can provide quality family-based settings for children in foster care.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88584b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Support for Foster Family Homes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 436 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629f">42 U.S.C. 629f</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf887f5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Support for Foster Family Homes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf887f5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Appropriation authorization.</p></sidenote>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2018, $8,000,000 for the Secretary to make competitive grants to States, Indian tribes, or tribal consortia to support the recruitment and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/263">132 STAT. 263</page> retention of high-quality foster families to increase their capacity to place more children in family settings, focused on States, Indian tribes, or tribal consortia with the highest percentage of children in non-family settings. The amount appropriated under this subparagraph shall remain available through fiscal year 2022.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50752">SEC. 50752. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88cd7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 425 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s625">42 U.S.C. 625</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88cd7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Authorizations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 436(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629f/a">42 U.S.C. 629f(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> all that follows “<quotedText>$345,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Discretionary grants<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 437(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629g/a">42 U.S.C. 629g(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88cd82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Funding Reservations for Monthly Caseworker Visits and Regional Partnership Grants<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 436(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629f/b">42 U.S.C. 629f(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (4)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (5), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88cd85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reauthorization of Funding for State Courts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 438(c)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629h/c/1">42 U.S.C. 629h(c)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf88cd87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of federal share<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 438(d) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629h/d">42 U.S.C. 629h(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2012 through 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 through 2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf88cd88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Repeal of Expired Provisions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 438(e) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629h/e">42 U.S.C. 629h(e)</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50753">SEC. 50753. </num><heading>IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JOHN H. CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM AND RELATED PROVISIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority To Serve Former Foster Youth Up To Age 23<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 477 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s677">42 U.S.C. 677</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(5), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or 23 years of age, in the case of a State with a certification under subsection (b)(3)(A)(ii) to provide assistance and services to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained such age, in accordance with such subsection)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>21 years of age</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)(3)(A)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(i)</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>A certification</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>children who have left foster care</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained 21 years of age.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a2d1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a542f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8a5430-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>If the State has elected under section 475(8)(B) to extend eligibility for foster care to all children who have not attained 21 years of age, or if the Secretary determines that the State agency responsible for administering the State plans under this part and part B uses <page identifier="/us/stat/132/264">132 STAT. 264</page> State funds or any other funds not provided under this part to provide services and assistance for youths who have aged out of foster care that are comparable to the services and assistance the youths would receive if the State had made such an election, the certification required under clause (i) may provide that the State will provide assistance and services to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained 23 years of age.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a5431-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (b)(3)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>children who have left foster care</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained 21 years of age (or 23 years of age, in the case of a State with a certification under subparagraph (A)(i) to provide assistance and services to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained such age, in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii)).</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8a5432-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority To Redistribute Unspent Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 477(d) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s677/d">42 U.S.C. 677(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a5433-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or does not expend allocated funds within the time period specified under section 477(d)(3)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>provided by the Secretary</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a5434-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Redistribution of unexpended amounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8a7b47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Availability of amounts</inline>.—</heading><content>To the extent that amounts paid to States under this section in a fiscal year remain unexpended by the States at the end of the succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary may make the amounts available for redistribution in the second succeeding fiscal year among the States that apply for additional funds under this section for that second succeeding fiscal year.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Redistribution<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall redistribute the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year among eligible applicant States.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8a7b4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8a7b4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote> In this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>eligible applicant State</term>’ means a State that has applied for additional funds for the fiscal year under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that the State will use the funds for the purpose for which originally allotted under this section.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount to be redistributed<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amount to be redistributed to each eligible applicant State shall be the amount so made available multiplied by the State foster care ratio, (as defined in subsection (c)(4), except that, in such subsection, ‘all eligible applicant States (as defined in subsection (d)(5)(B)(i))’ shall be substituted for ‘all States’).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of redistributed amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any amount made available to a State under this paragraph shall be regarded as part of the allotment of the State under this section for the fiscal year in which the redistribution is made.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8a7b4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definition.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Tribes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘<term>State</term>’ includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that receives an allotment under this section.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/265">132 STAT. 265</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expanding and Clarifying the Use of Education and Training Vouchers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 477(i)(3) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s677/i/3">42 U.S.C. 677(i)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on the date</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>23</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to remain eligible until they attain 26</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, but in no event may a youth participate in the program for more than 5 years (whether or not consecutive)</quotedText>” before the period.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 477(i)(1) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s677/i/1">42 U.S.C. 677(i)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who have attained 14 years of age</quotedText>” before the period.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other Improvements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 477 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s677">42 U.S.C. 677</ref>), as amended by subsections (a), (b), and (c), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>independence program</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>program for successful transition to adulthood</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>identify children who are likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age and to help these children make the transition to self-sufficiency by providing services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>support all youth who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older in their transition to adulthood through transitional services</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and post-secondary education</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>high school diploma</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>training in daily living skills, training in budgeting and financial management skills</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>training and opportunities to practice daily living skills (such as financial literacy training and driving instruction)</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who are likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age receive the education, training, and services necessary to obtain employment</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older achieve meaningful, permanent connections with a caring adult</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who are likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age prepare for and enter postsecondary training and education institutions</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities, positive youth development, and experiential learning that reflects what their peers in intact families experience</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4) and <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7);</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (2)(D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>adolescents</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>youth</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (D)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>including training on youth development</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>to provide training</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/266">132 STAT. 266</page></content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>adolescents preparing for independent living</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>youth preparing for a successful transition to adulthood and making a permanent connection with a caring adult.</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (H), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>adolescents</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>youth</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (K)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>an adolescent</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a youth</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the adolescent</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the youth</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8a7b69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (f), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf8aa17a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8aa17b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analyses.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report to congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than October 1, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the National Youth in Transition Database and any other databases in which States report outcome measures relating to children in foster care and children who have aged out of foster care or left foster care for kinship guardianship or adoption. The report shall include the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aa17c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>A description of the reasons for entry into foster care and of the foster care experiences, such as length of stay, number of placement settings, case goal, and discharge reason of 17-year-olds who are surveyed by the National Youth in Transition Database and an analysis of the comparison of that description with the reasons for entry and foster care experiences of children of other ages who exit from foster care before attaining age 17.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aa17d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A description of the characteristics of the individuals who report poor outcomes at ages 19 and 21 to the National Youth in Transition Database.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aa17e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8aa17f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><content>Benchmarks for determining what constitutes a poor outcome for youth who remain in or have exited from foster care and plans the executive branch will take to incorporate these benchmarks in efforts to evaluate child welfare agency performance in providing services to children transitioning from foster care.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aa180-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>An analysis of the association between types of placement, number of overall placements, time spent in foster care, and other factors, and outcomes at ages 19 and 21.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aa181-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>An analysis of the differences in outcomes for children in and formerly in foster care at age 19 and 21 among States.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8aa182-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarifying Documentation Provided to Foster Youth Leaving Foster Care<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 475(5)(I) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s675/5/I">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after “<quotedText>REAL ID Act of 2005</quotedText>” the following: “<quotedText>, and any official documentation necessary to prove that the child was previously in foster care</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/267">132 STAT. 267</page></content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VI">PART VI—</num><heading>CONTINUING INCENTIVES TO STATES TO PROMOTE ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50761">SEC. 50761. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8ac893-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673b">42 USC 673b note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>REAUTHORIZING ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8aefa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 473A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673b">42 U.S.C. 673b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aefa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b)(4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2013 through 2015</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016 through 2020</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aefa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (h)(1)(D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2021</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8aefa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (h)(2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2021</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8aefa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8aefa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673b">42 USC 673b note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2017.</content></subsection></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VII">PART VII—</num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50771">SEC. 50771. </num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDINATION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b16ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 440 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629m">42 U.S.C. 629m</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="ycf8b64db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="440">“SEC. 440. </num><heading class="fontsize12">DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b64dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Establishment.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Designation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget and considering State government perspectives, by rule, designate data exchange standards to govern, under this part and part E—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>necessary categories of information that State agencies operating programs under State plans approved under this part are required under applicable Federal law to electronically exchange with another State agency; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Federal reporting and data exchange required under applicable Federal law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The data exchange standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>incorporate a widely accepted, non-proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format, such as the Extensible Markup Language;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>contain interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>incorporate interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>be implemented in a manner that is cost-effective and improves program efficiency and effectiveness; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a change to existing data exchange standards found to be effective and efficient.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/268">132 STAT. 268</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b64e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s629m">42 USC 629m note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than the date that is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a proposed rule that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8b64ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>identifies federally required data exchanges, include specification and timing of exchanges to be standardized, and address the factors used in determining whether and when to standardize data exchanges; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8b64ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>specifies State implementation options and describes future milestones.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50772">SEC. 50772. </num><heading>TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO STATE REQUIREMENT TO ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 422(b)(18) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s622/b/18">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(18)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>such children</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>all vulnerable children under 5 years of age</quotedText>”.</content></section> </part> <part style="-uslm-lc:I658173"><num value="VIII">PART VIII—</num><heading>ENSURING STATES REINVEST SAVINGS RESULTING FROM INCREASE IN ADOPTION ASSISTANCE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50781">SEC. 50781. </num><heading>DELAY OF ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PHASE-IN.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8b8c00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The table in section 473(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673/e/1/B">42 U.S.C. 673(e)(1)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the last 2 rows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<?GPOvSpace 04?> <quotedContent><xhtml:table xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="Quoted fullWidth" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-bottom:1px solid black; -uslm-lc: 'c2,L2(0,4,4,4,0,0),tp0,p1,10/12,s150,xl150'; "><xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:col role="stub" style="min-width: 212pt;"/> <xhtml:col role="reading" style="min-width: 212pt;"/> </xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:thead><xhtml:tr class="header" style="font-size:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:h1"> <xhtml:td/> </xhtml:tr> </xhtml:thead><xhtml:tbody style="line-height:12pt; font-size:10pt;"><xhtml:tr style="border-top:0.0pt solid black; -uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style="min-width: 212.0pt; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:0.0pt solid black;"><inline>“2017 through 2023</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td style="min-width: 212.0pt; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:0.0pt solid black;">2</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:0.0pt solid black;"><inline>2024</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:0.0pt solid black;">2 (or, in the case of a child for whom an adoption assistance agreement is entered into under this section on or after July 1, 2024, any age)</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:0.0pt solid black;"><inline>2025 or thereafter</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:0.0pt solid black;">any age.”.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> </xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></quotedContent><?GPOvSpace 04?></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8bb311-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8bb312-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673">42 USC 673 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if enacted on January 1, 2018.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50782">SEC. 50782. </num><heading>GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON STATE REINVESTMENT OF SAVINGS RESULTING FROM INCREASE IN ADOPTION ASSISTANCE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8c0133-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Comptroller General of the United States shall study the extent to which States are complying with the requirements of section 473(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s673/a/8">42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8)</ref>) relating to the effects of phasing out the AFDC income eligibility requirements for adoption assistance payments under section 473 of the Social Security Act, as enacted by section 402 of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/351">Public Law 110–351</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/3975">122 Stat. 3975</ref>) and amended by section 206 of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (<ref href="/us/pl/113/183">Public Law 113–183</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/128/1919">128 Stat. 1919</ref>). <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8c0134-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote>In particular, the Comptroller General shall analyze the extent to which States are complying with the following requirements under section 473(a)(8)(D) of the Social Security Act:</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/269">132 STAT. 269</page> <paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8c0135-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The requirement to spend an amount equal to the amount of the savings (if any) in State expenditures under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act resulting from phasing out the AFDC income eligibility requirements for adoption assistance payments under section 473 of such Act to provide to children of families any service that may be provided under part B or E of title IV of such Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8c0136-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The requirement that a State shall spend not less than 30 percent of the amount of any savings described in paragraph (1) on post-adoption services, post-guardianship services, and services to support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the State, with at least ⅔ of the spending by the State to comply with the 30 percent requirement being spent on post-adoption and post-guardianship services.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf8c0137-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8c0138-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8c0139-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report that contains the results of the study required by subsection (a), including recommendations to ensure compliance with laws referred to in subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> </part> </subtitle> <num value="VIII">TITLE VIII—</num><heading><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8c013a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act.</p></sidenote>SUPPORTING SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS TO PAY FOR RESULTS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50801">SEC. 50801. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf8c013b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1305">42 USC 1305 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This subtitle may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="subtitle">Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act</shortTitle>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50802">SEC. 50802. </num><heading>SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS TO PAY FOR RESULTS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf8e4b2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Title XX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8e4b2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the title heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>TO STATES</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>AND PROGRAMS</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf8e4b2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subtitle id="ycf9290ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num class="fontsize10" value="C">“Subtitle C—</num><heading class="fontsize10">Social Impact Demonstration Projects</heading><section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9290f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“purposes</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2051">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2051. </inline></num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b801-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n">42 USC 1397n note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The purposes of this subtitle are the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b802-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>To improve the lives of families and individuals in need in the United States by funding social programs that achieve real results.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b803-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>To redirect funds away from programs that, based on objective data, are ineffective, and into programs that achieve demonstrable, measurable results.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b804-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>To ensure Federal funds are used effectively on social services to produce positive outcomes for both service recipients and taxpayers.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b805-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>To establish the use of social impact partnerships to address some of our Nation’s most pressing problems.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/270">132 STAT. 270</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b806-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>To facilitate the creation of public-private partnerships that bundle philanthropic or other private resources with existing public spending to scale up effective social interventions already being implemented by private organizations, nonprofits, charitable organizations, and State and local governments across the country.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b807-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>To bring pay-for-performance to the social sector, allowing the United States to improve the impact and effectiveness of vital social services programs while redirecting inefficient or duplicative spending.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b808-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>To incorporate outcomes measurement and randomized controlled trials or other rigorous methodologies for assessing program impact.</content></paragraph></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b809-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“social impact partnership application</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2052">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2052. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf92b80a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b80b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b80c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b80d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b80e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–1">42 USC 1397n–1 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Notice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, shall publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from States or local governments for social impact partnership projects in accordance with this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b80f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Required Outcomes for Social Impact Partnership Project<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>To qualify as a social impact partnership project under this subtitle, a project must produce one or more measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit and Federal, State, or local savings through any of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b810-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Increasing work and earnings by individuals in the United States who are unemployed for more than 6 consecutive months.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b811-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>Increasing employment and earnings of individuals who have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b812-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Increasing employment among individuals receiving Federal disability benefits.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b813-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Reducing the dependence of low-income families on Federal means-tested benefits.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b814-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>Improving rates of high school graduation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b815-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Reducing teen and unplanned pregnancies.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b816-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>Improving birth outcomes and early childhood health and development among low-income families and individuals.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b817-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>Reducing rates of asthma, diabetes, or other preventable diseases among low-income families and individuals to reduce the utilization of emergency and other high-cost care.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b818-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>Increasing the proportion of children living in two-parent families.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b819-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>Reducing incidences and adverse consequences of child abuse and neglect.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>Reducing the number of youth in foster care by increasing adoptions, permanent guardianship arrangements, reunifications, or placements with a fit and willing relative, or by avoiding placing children in foster care by ensuring they can be cared for safely in their own homes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><content>Reducing the number of children and youth in foster care residing in group homes, child care institutions, agency-operated foster homes, or other non-family foster homes, unless it is determined that it is in the interest of the child’s long-term health, safety, or psychological well-being to not be placed in a family foster home.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/271">132 STAT. 271</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><content>Reducing the number of children returning to foster care.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><content>Reducing recidivism among juvenile offenders, individuals released from prison, or other high-risk populations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">“(15) </num><content>Reducing the rate of homelessness among our most vulnerable populations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b81f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">“(16) </num><content>Improving the health and well-being of those with mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b820-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">“(17) </num><content>Improving the educational outcomes of special-needs or low-income children.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b821-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">“(18) </num><content>Improving the employment and well-being of returning United States military members.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b822-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">“(19) </num><content>Increasing the financial stability of low-income families.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b823-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">“(20) </num><content>Increasing the independence and employability of individuals who are physically or mentally disabled.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b824-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">“(21) </num><content>Other measurable outcomes defined by the State or local government that result in positive social outcomes and Federal savings.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b825-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application Required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The notice described in subsection (a) shall require a State or local government to submit an application for the social impact partnership project that addresses the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b826-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The outcome goals of the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b827-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>A description of each intervention in the project and anticipated outcomes of the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b828-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Rigorous evidence demonstrating that the intervention can be expected to produce the desired outcomes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b829-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The target population that will be served by the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The expected social benefits to participants who receive the intervention and others who may be impacted.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Projected Federal, State, and local government costs and other costs to conduct the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>Projected Federal, State, and local government savings and other savings, including an estimate of the savings to the Federal Government, on a program-by-program basis and in the aggregate, if the project is implemented and the outcomes are achieved as a result of the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>If savings resulting from the successful completion of the project are estimated to accrue to the State or local government, the likelihood of the State or local government to realize those savings.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>A plan for delivering the intervention through a social impact partnership model.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b82f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>A description of the expertise of each service provider that will administer the intervention, including a summary of the experience of the service provider in delivering the proposed intervention or a similar intervention, or demonstrating that the service provider has the expertise necessary to deliver the proposed intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b830-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>An explanation of the experience of the State or local government, the intermediary, or the service provider in raising private and philanthropic capital to fund social service investments.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b831-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><content>The detailed roles and responsibilities of each entity involved in the project, including any State or local government <page identifier="/us/stat/132/272">132 STAT. 272</page> entity, intermediary, service provider, independent evaluator, investor, or other stakeholder.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b832-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">“(13) </num><content>A summary of the experience of the service provider in delivering the proposed intervention or a similar intervention, or a summary demonstrating the service provider has the expertise necessary to deliver the proposed intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b833-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">“(14) </num><content>A summary of the unmet need in the area where the intervention will be delivered or among the target population who will receive the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b834-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">“(15) </num><content>The proposed payment terms, the methodology used to calculate outcome payments, the payment schedule, and performance thresholds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b835-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">“(16) </num><content>The project budget.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b836-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">“(17) </num><content>The project timeline.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b837-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">“(18) </num><content>The criteria used to determine the eligibility of an individual for the project, including how selected populations will be identified, how they will be referred to the project, and how they will be enrolled in the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b838-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="19">“(19) </num><content>The evaluation design.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b839-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="20">“(20) </num><content>The metrics that will be used in the evaluation to determine whether the outcomes have been achieved as a result of the intervention and how the metrics will be measured.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b83a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="21">“(21) </num><content>An explanation of how the metrics used in the evaluation to determine whether the outcomes achieved as a result of the intervention are independent, objective indicators of impact and are not subject to manipulation by the service provider, intermediary, or investor.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b83b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="22">“(22) </num><content>A summary explaining the independence of the evaluator from the other entities involved in the project and the evaluator’s experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials on the intervention or similar interventions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b83c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="23">“(23) </num><content>The capacity of the service provider to deliver the intervention to the number of participants the State or local government proposes to serve in the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b83d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="24">“(24) </num><content>A description of whether and how the State or local government and service providers plan to sustain the intervention, if it is timely and appropriate to do so, to ensure that successful interventions continue to operate after the period of the social impact partnership.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b83e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Project Intermediary Information Required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The application described in subsection (c) shall also contain the following information about any intermediary for the social impact partnership project (whether an intermediary is a service provider or other entity):</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b83f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Experience and capacity for providing or facilitating the provision of the type of intervention proposed.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b840-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The mission and goals.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b841-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Information on whether the intermediary is already working with service providers that provide this intervention or an explanation of the capacity of the intermediary to begin working with service providers to provide the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b842-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>Experience working in a collaborative environment across government and nongovernmental entities.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b843-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>Previous experience collaborating with public or private entities to implement evidence-based programs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/273">132 STAT. 273</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b844-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>Ability to raise or provide funding to cover operating costs (if applicable to the project).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b845-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><chapeau>Capacity and infrastructure to track outcomes and measure results, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b846-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>capacity to track and analyze program performance and assess program impact; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b847-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>experience with performance-based awards or performance-based contracting and achieving project milestones and targets.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b848-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>Role in delivering the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b849-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>How the intermediary would monitor program success, including a description of the interim benchmarks and outcome measures.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b84a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Feasibility Studies Funded Through Other Sources<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The notice described in subsection (a) shall permit a State or local government to submit an application for social impact partnership funding that contains information from a feasibility study developed for purposes other than applying for funding under this subtitle.</content></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b84b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“awarding social impact partnership agreements</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2053">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2053. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf92b84c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b84d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b84e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b84f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b850-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–2">42 USC 1397n–2 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Timeline in Awarding Agreement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 6 months after receiving an application in accordance with section 2052, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, shall determine whether to enter into an agreement for a social impact partnership project with a State or local government.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b851-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Considerations in Awarding Agreement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In determining whether to enter into an agreement for a social impact partnership project (the application for which was submitted under section 2052) the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the head of any Federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving a population similar to that served by the project, shall consider each of the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b852-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The recommendations made by the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b853-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The value to the Federal Government of the outcomes expected to be achieved if the outcomes specified in the agreement are achieved as a result of the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b854-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The likelihood, based on evidence provided in the application and other evidence, that the State or local government in collaboration with the intermediary and the service providers will achieve the outcomes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b855-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The savings to the Federal Government if the outcomes specified in the agreement are achieved as a result of the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b856-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The savings to the State and local governments if the outcomes specified in the agreement are achieved as a result of the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b857-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>The expected quality of the evaluation that would be conducted with respect to the agreement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b858-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>The capacity and commitment of the State or local government to sustain the intervention, if appropriate and timely and if the intervention is successful, beyond the period of the social impact partnership.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92b859-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92b85a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determinations.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Agreement Authority</inline>.—</heading><page identifier="/us/stat/132/274">132 STAT. 274</page> <paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92b85b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Agreement requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In accordance with this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the head of any Federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving a population similar to that served by the project, may enter into an agreement for a social impact partnership project with a State or local government if the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, determines that each of the following requirements are met:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The State or local government agrees to achieve one or more outcomes as a result of the intervention, as specified in the agreement and validated by independent evaluation, in order to receive payment.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The Federal payment to the State or local government for each specified outcome achieved as a result of the intervention is less than or equal to the value of the outcome to the Federal Government over a period not to exceed 10 years, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the State or local government.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The duration of the project does not exceed 10 years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The State or local government has demonstrated, through the application submitted under section 2052, that, based on prior rigorous experimental evaluations or rigorous quasi-experimental studies, the intervention can be expected to achieve each outcome specified in the agreement.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The State, local government, intermediary, or service provider has experience raising private or philanthropic capital to fund social service investments (if applicable to the project).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>The State or local government has shown that each service provider has experience delivering the intervention, a similar intervention, or has otherwise demonstrated the expertise necessary to deliver the intervention.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall pay the State or local government only if the independent evaluator described in section 2055 determines that the social impact partnership project has met the requirements specified in the agreement and achieved an outcome as a result of the intervention, as specified in the agreement and validated by independent evaluation.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Federal Register, publication.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Notice of Agreement Award</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 30 days after entering into an agreement under this section the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register that includes, with regard to the agreement, the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The outcome goals of the social impact partnership project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>A description of each intervention in the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The target population that will be served by the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The expected social benefits to participants who receive the intervention and others who may be impacted.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The detailed roles, responsibilities, and purposes of each Federal, State, or local government entity, intermediary, service provider, independent evaluator, investor, or other stakeholder.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/275">132 STAT. 275</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>The payment terms, the methodology used to calculate outcome payments, the payment schedule, and performance thresholds.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>The project budget.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>The project timeline.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Criteria.</p></sidenote>The project eligibility criteria.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>The evaluation design.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>The metrics that will be used in the evaluation to determine whether the outcomes have been achieved as a result of each intervention and how these metrics will be measured.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Estimate.</p></sidenote><content>The estimate of the savings to the Federal, State, and local government, on a program-by-program basis and in the aggregate, if the agreement is entered into and implemented and the outcomes are achieved as a result of each intervention.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority to Transfer Administration of Agreement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may transfer to the head of another Federal agency the authority to administer (including making payments under) an agreement entered into under subsection (c), and any funds necessary to do so.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement on Funding Used to Benefit Children<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not less than 50 percent of all Federal payments made to carry out agreements under this section shall be used for initiatives that directly benefit children.</content></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“feasibility study funding</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2054">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2054. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf92df87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–3">42 USC 1397n–3 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Requests for Funding for Feasibility Studies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall reserve a portion of the amount made available to carry out this subtitle to assist States or local governments in developing feasibility studies to apply for social impact partnership funding under section 2052. To be eligible to receive funding to assist with completing a feasibility study, a State or local government shall submit an application for feasibility study funding addressing the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>A description of the outcome goals of the social impact partnership project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>A description of the intervention, including anticipated program design, target population, an estimate regarding the number of individuals to be served, and setting for the intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>Evidence to support the likelihood that the intervention will produce the desired outcomes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A description of the potential metrics to be used.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The expected social benefits to participants who receive the intervention and others who may be impacted.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Cost estimate.</p></sidenote>Estimated costs to conduct the project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Estimates.</p></sidenote>Estimates of Federal, State, and local government savings and other savings if the project is implemented and the outcomes are achieved as a result of each intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>An estimated timeline for implementation and completion of the project, which shall not exceed 10 years.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>With respect to a project for which the State or local government selects an intermediary to operate the project, any partnerships needed to successfully execute the project and the ability of the intermediary to foster the partnerships.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>The expected resources needed to complete the feasibility study for the State or local government to apply for social impact partnership funding under section 2052.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/276">132 STAT. 276</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Federal Selection of Applications for Feasibility Study<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote>Not later than 6 months after receiving an application for feasibility study funding under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the head of any Federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving a population similar to that served by the project, shall select State or local government feasibility study proposals for funding based on the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>The recommendations made by the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The likelihood that the proposal will achieve the desired outcomes.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>The value of the outcomes expected to be achieved as a result of each intervention.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>The potential savings to the Federal Government if the social impact partnership project is successful.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92df9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>The potential savings to the State and local governments if the project is successful.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92df9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92df9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfa0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public Disclosure<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 30 days after selecting a State or local government for feasibility study funding under this section, the Secretary shall cause to be published on the website of the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships information explaining why a State or local government was granted feasibility study funding.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding Restriction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Feasibility study restriction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may not provide feasibility study funding under this section for more than 50 percent of the estimated total cost of the feasibility study reported in the State or local government application submitted under subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Aggregate restriction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Of the total amount made available to carry out this subtitle, the Secretary may not use more than $10,000,000 to provide feasibility study funding to States or local governments under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No guarantee of funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall have the option to award no funding under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Submission of Feasibility Study Required</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 9 months after the receipt of feasibility study funding under this section, a State or local government receiving the funding shall complete the feasibility study and submit the study to the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Delegation of Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may transfer to the head of another Federal agency the authorities provided in this section and any funds necessary to exercise the authorities.</content></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“evaluations</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2055">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2055. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf92dfa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfaa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–4">42 USC 1397n–4 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Authority to Enter Into Agreements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each State or local government awarded a social impact partnership project approved by the Secretary under this subtitle, the head of the relevant agency, as recommended by the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and determined by the Secretary, shall enter into an agreement with the State or local government to pay for all or part of the independent evaluation to determine whether the State or local government project has achieved a specific outcome as a result of the intervention in order for the State or local government to receive outcome payments under this subtitle.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/277">132 STAT. 277</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Evaluator Qualifications</inline>.—</heading><content>The head of the relevant agency may not enter into an agreement with a State or local government unless the head determines that the evaluator is independent of the other parties to the agreement and has demonstrated substantial experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where available and appropriate, well-implemented randomized controlled trials on the intervention or similar interventions.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Methodologies to Be Used</inline>.—</heading><content>The evaluation used to determine whether a State or local government will receive outcome payments under this subtitle shall use experimental designs using random assignment or other reliable, evidence-based research methodologies, as certified by the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, that allow for the strongest possible causal inferences when random assignment is not feasible.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Progress Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission of report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The independent evaluator shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>not later than 2 years after a project has been approved by the Secretary and biannually thereafter until the project is concluded, submit to the head of the relevant agency and the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships a written report summarizing the progress that has been made in achieving each outcome specified in the agreement; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>before the scheduled time of the first outcome payment and before the scheduled time of each subsequent payment, submit to the head of the relevant agency and the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships a written report that includes the results of the evaluation conducted to determine whether an outcome payment should be made along with information on the unique factors that contributed to achieving or failing to achieve the outcome, the challenges faced in attempting to achieve the outcome, and information on the improved future delivery of this or similar interventions.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission to the secretary and congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 30 days after receipt of the written report pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships shall submit the report to the Secretary and each committee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Final Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission of report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Within 6 months after the social impact partnership project is completed, the independent evaluator shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfb9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote><content>evaluate the effects of the activities undertaken pursuant to the agreement with regard to each outcome specified in the agreement; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>submit to the head of the relevant agency and the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships a written report that includes the results of the evaluation and the conclusion of the evaluator as to whether the State or local government has fulfilled each obligation of the agreement, along with information on the unique factors that contributed to the success or failure of the project, the challenges faced in attempting to achieve <page identifier="/us/stat/132/278">132 STAT. 278</page> the outcome, and information on the improved future delivery of this or similar interventions.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Submission to the secretary and congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 30 days after receipt of the written report pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships shall submit the report to the Secretary and each committee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfbc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Cost of Evaluations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Of the amount made available under this subtitle for social impact partnership projects, the Secretary may not obligate more than 15 percent to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the projects.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Delegation of Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may transfer to the head of another Federal agency the authorities provided in this section and any funds necessary to exercise the authorities.</content></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf92dfbe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“federal interagency council on social impact partnerships</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2056">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2056. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf92dfbf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf92dfc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–5">42 USC 1397n–5 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Establishment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>There is established the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships (in this section referred to as the ‘Council’) to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>coordinate with the Secretary on the efforts of social impact partnership projects funded under this subtitle;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>advise and assist the Secretary in the development and implementation of the projects;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>advise the Secretary on specific programmatic and policy matter related to the projects;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>provide subject-matter expertise to the Secretary with regard to the projects;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf92dfc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>certify to the Secretary that each State or local government that has entered into an agreement with the Secretary for a social impact partnership project under this subtitle and each evaluator selected by the head of the relevant agency under section 2055 has access to Federal administrative data to assist the State or local government and the evaluator in evaluating the performance and outcomes of the project;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>address issues that will influence the future of social impact partnership projects in the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>provide guidance to the executive branch on the future of social impact partnership projects in the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>prior to approval by the Secretary, certify that each State and local government application for a social impact partnership contains rigorous, independent data and reliable, evidence-based research methodologies to support the conclusion that the project will yield savings to the State or local government or the Federal Government if the project outcomes are achieved;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote>certify to the Secretary, in the case of each approved social impact partnership that is expected to yield savings to the Federal Government, that the project will yield a projected savings to the Federal Government if the project outcomes are achieved, and coordinate with the relevant Federal agency to produce an after-action accounting once the project is complete to determine the actual Federal savings realized, and the extent to which actual savings aligned with projected savings; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/279">132 STAT. 279</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote>provide periodic reports to the Secretary and make available reports periodically to Congress and the public on the implementation of this subtitle.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9306e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Composition of Council<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Council shall have 11 members, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Chair<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Chair of the Council shall be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other members<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The head of each of the following entities shall designate one officer or employee of the entity to be a Council member:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The Department of Labor.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The Department of Health and Human Services.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The Social Security Administration.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The Department of Agriculture.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The Department of Justice.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>The Department of Housing and Urban Development.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>The Department of Education.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>The Department of Veterans Affairs.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The Department of the Treasury.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><content>The Corporation for National and Community Service.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9306ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“commission on social impact partnerships</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2057">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2057. </inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="ycf9306ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–6">42 USC 1397n–6 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps">Establishment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is established the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships (in this section referred to as the ‘Commission’).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9306f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duties<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The duties of the Commission shall be to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>assist the Secretary and the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships in reviewing applications for funding under this subtitle;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9306f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>make recommendations to the Secretary and the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships regarding the funding of social impact partnership agreements and feasibility studies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>provide other assistance and information as requested by the Secretary or the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9306f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Composition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Commission shall be composed of nine members, of whom—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the President, who will serve as the Chair of the Commission;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the ranking member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>one member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/280">132 STAT. 280</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9306ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>one shall be appointed by the ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930700-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualifications of Commission Members<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The members of the Commission shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930701-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>be experienced in finance, economics, pay for performance, or program evaluation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930702-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>have relevant professional or personal experience in a field related to one or more of the outcomes listed in this subtitle; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930703-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>be qualified to review applications for social impact partnership projects to determine whether the proposed metrics and evaluation methodologies are appropriately rigorous and reliant upon independent data and evidence-based research.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930704-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930705-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Timing of Appointments</inline>.—</heading><content>The appointments of the members of the Commission shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, or, in the event of a vacancy, not later than 90 days after the date the vacancy arises. <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930706-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote>If a member of Congress fails to appoint a member by that date, the President may select a member of the President’s choice on behalf of the member of Congress. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if not all appointments have been made to the Commission as of that date, the Commission may operate with no fewer than five members until all appointments have been made.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930707-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Term of Appointments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930708-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The members appointed under subsection (c) shall serve as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930709-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Three members shall serve for 2 years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93070a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Three members shall serve for 3 years.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93070b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf93070c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">President.</p></sidenote>Three members (one of which shall be Chair of the Commission appointed by the President) shall serve for 4 years.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93070d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Assignment of terms<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Commission shall designate the term length that each member appointed under subsection (c) shall serve by unanimous agreement. In the event that unanimous agreement cannot be reached, term lengths shall be assigned to the members by a random process.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf93070e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">“(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Vacancies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subsection (e), in the event of a vacancy in the Commission, whether due to the resignation of a member, the expiration of a member’s term, or any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not affect the powers of the Commission.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf93070f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">“(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Appointment Power<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Members of the Commission appointed under subsection (c) shall not be subject to confirmation by the Senate.</content></subsection></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930710-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“limitation on use of funds</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2058">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2058. </inline></num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930711-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–7">42 USC 1397n–7 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>Of the amounts made available to carry out this subtitle, the Secretary may not use more than $2,000,000 in any fiscal year to support the review, approval, and oversight of social impact partnership projects, including activities conducted by—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930712-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/281">132 STAT. 281</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930713-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>any other agency consulted by the Secretary before approving a social impact partnership project or a feasibility study under section 2054.</content></paragraph></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930714-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“no federal funding for credit enhancements</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2059">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2059. </inline></num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930715-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–8">42 USC 1397n–8 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>No amount made available to carry out this subtitle may be used to provide any insurance, guarantee, or other credit enhancement to a State or local government under which a Federal payment would be made to a State or local government as the result of a State or local government failing to achieve an outcome specified in an agreement.<p class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" id="xcf930716-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“availability of funds</p></content></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930717-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2060">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2060. </inline></num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930718-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Termination date.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930719-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397n–9">42 USC 1397n–9 note</ref>.</p></sidenote></heading><content><p>Amounts made available to carry out this subtitle shall remain available until 10 years after the date of the enactment of this subtitle.</p><p class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" id="xcf93071a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“website</p></content></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf93071b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2061">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2061.</inline></num><chapeau> The Federal<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf93071c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">42 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf93071d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1397n–10 note.</p></sidenote> Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships shall establish and maintain a public website that shall display the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93071e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf93071f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Records.</p></sidenote>A copy of, or method of accessing, each notice published regarding a social impact partnership project pursuant to this subtitle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930720-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>A copy of each feasibility study funded under this subtitle.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930721-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>For each State or local government that has entered into an agreement with the Secretary for a social impact partnership project, the website shall contain the following information:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930722-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The outcome goals of the project.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930723-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>A description of each intervention in the project.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930724-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>The target population that will be served by the project.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930725-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The expected social benefits to participants who receive the intervention and others who may be impacted.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930726-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The detailed roles, responsibilities, and purposes of each Federal, State, or local government entity, intermediary, service provider, independent evaluator, investor, or other stakeholder.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930727-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>The payment terms, methodology used to calculate outcome payments, the payment schedule, and performance thresholds.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930728-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>The project budget.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930729-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>The project timeline.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93072a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>The project eligibility criteria.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93072b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><content>The evaluation design.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93072c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><content>The metrics used to determine whether the proposed outcomes have been achieved and how these metrics are measured.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93072d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>A copy of the progress reports and the final reports relating to each social impact partnership project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93072e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf93072f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Estimate.</p></sidenote><content>An estimate of the savings to the Federal, State, and local government, on a program-by-program basis and in the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/282">132 STAT. 282</page> aggregate, resulting from the successful completion of the social impact partnership project.</content></paragraph></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930730-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“regulations</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2062">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2062. </inline></num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930731-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930732-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">42 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930733-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1397n–11 note.</p></sidenote>The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, may issue regulations as necessary to carry out this subtitle.<p class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" id="xcf930734-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“definitions</p></content></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930735-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2063">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2063. </inline></num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930736-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">42 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930737-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1397n–12 note.</p></sidenote>In this subtitle:</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930738-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Agency<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>agency</term>’ has the meaning given that term in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s551">section 551 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930739-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Intervention<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>intervention</term>’ means a specific service delivered to achieve an impact through a social impact partnership project.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>Secretary</term>’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Social impact partnership project<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>social impact partnership project</term>’ means a project that finances social services using a social impact partnership model.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Social impact partnership model<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>social impact partnership model</term>’ means a method of financing social services in which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>Federal funds are awarded to a State or local government only if a State or local government achieves certain outcomes agreed on by the State or local government and the Secretary; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>the State or local government coordinates with service providers, investors (if applicable to the project), and (if necessary) an intermediary to identify—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf93073f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>an intervention expected to produce the outcome;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf930740-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>a service provider to deliver the intervention to the target population; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf930741-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>investors to fund the delivery of the intervention.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf930742-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">State<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>State</term>’ means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe.</content></paragraph></section> <section class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf930743-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><heading class="centered fontsize11 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658189">“funding</heading><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2064">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 2064. </inline></num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930744-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">42 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf930745-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">1397n–13 note.</p></sidenote>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 to carry out this subtitle.”</content></section> </subtitle></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <num value="IX">TITLE IX—</num><heading>PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50901">SEC. 50901. </num><heading>EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf959e56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Community Health Centers Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254b–2/b/1/F">42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3101">section 3101 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/283">132 STAT. 283</page> <quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf95c567-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>$3,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf95c568-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other Community Health Centers Provisions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254b">42 U.S.C. 254b</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c569-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>abuse</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>use disorder</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c56a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>abuse</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>use disorder</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c56b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c56c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraphs (B) through (D);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c56d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1) <headingText class="smallCaps">In general</headingText></quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf95c56e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Centers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c56f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (1), as amended, by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> clauses (i) through (v) as subparagraphs (A) through (E) and moving the margin of each of such redesignated subparagraph 2 ems to the left;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95c570-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (d) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf95ec81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Improving Quality of Care<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Supplemental awards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary may award supplemental grant funds to health centers funded under this section to implement evidence-based models for increasing access to high-quality primary care services, which may include models related to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>improving the delivery of care for individuals with multiple chronic conditions;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>workforce configuration;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>reducing the cost of care;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>enhancing care coordination;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>expanding the use of telehealth and technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>care integration, including integration of behavioral health, mental health, or substance use disorder services; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>addressing emerging public health or substance use disorder issues to meet the health needs of the population served by the health center.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Sustainability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In making supplemental awards under this subsection, the Secretary may consider whether the health center involved has submitted a plan for continuing the activities funded under this subsection after supplemental funding is expended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may give special consideration to applications for supplemental funding under this subsection that seek to address significant barriers to access to care in areas with a greater shortage of health care providers and health services relative to the national average.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>in subsection (e)(1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1 year</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf95ec8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf95ec90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Grants.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf95ec91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf95ec92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Implementation plan.</p></sidenote>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>The Secretary shall not make a grant under this paragraph <page identifier="/us/stat/132/284">132 STAT. 284</page> unless the applicant provides assurances to the Secretary that within 120 days of receiving grant funding for the operation of the health center, the applicant will submit, for approval by the Secretary, an implementation plan to meet the requirements of subsection (k)(3)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf95ec93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote>. The Secretary may extend such 120-day period for achieving compliance upon a demonstration of good cause by the health center.</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the subparagraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">and plans</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or plan (as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (c)(1))</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or plan, including the purchase</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“including—<clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9613a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the purchase”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, which may include data and information systems</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>of equipment</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9613ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the provision of training and technical assistance; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9613ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>other activities that—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>reduce costs associated with the provision of health services;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9613af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>improve access to, and availability of, health services provided to individuals served by the centers;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>enhance the quality and coordination of health services; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>improve the health status of communities.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>in subsection (e)(5)(B)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the heading of subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">and plans</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (c)(1) to a health center or to a network or plan</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>to a health center or to a network</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf963ac5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>in subsection (e), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9661d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">New access points and expanded services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Approval of new access points<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may approve applications for grants under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) to establish new delivery sites.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary may give special consideration to applicants that have demonstrated the new delivery site will be located within a sparsely populated area, or an area which has a level of unmet need that is higher relative to other applicants.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration of applications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall approve applications for grants in such a manner that the ratio of the medically underserved populations in rural areas which may be expected to use the services provided by the applicants involved to the medically <page identifier="/us/stat/132/285">132 STAT. 285</page> underserved populations in urban areas which may be expected to use the services provided by the applicants is not less than two to three or greater than three to two.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service area overlap<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If in carrying out clause (i) the applicant proposes to serve an area that is currently served by another health center funded under this section, the Secretary may consider whether the award of funding to an additional health center in the area can be justified based on the unmet need for additional services within the catchment area.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Approval of expanded service applications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary may approve applications for grants under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) to expand the capacity of the applicant to provide required primary health services described in subsection (b)(1) or additional health services described in subsection (b)(2).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Priority expansion projects<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary may give special consideration to expanded service applications that seek to address emerging public health or behavioral health, mental health, or substance abuse issues through increasing the availability of additional health services described in subsection (b)(2) in an area in which there are significant barriers to accessing care.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration of applications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall approve applications for grants in such a manner that the ratio of the medically underserved populations in rural areas which may be expected to use the services provided by the applicants involved to the medically underserved populations in urban areas which may be expected to use the services provided by such applicants is not less than two to three or greater than three to two.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><chapeau>in subsection (h)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and children and youth at risk of homelessness</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, children and youth at risk of homelessness, homeless veterans, and veterans at risk of homelessness</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (B);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the subparagraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">abuse</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">use disorder</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>abuse</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>use disorder</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><chapeau>in subsection (k)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">unmet</headingText></quotedText>” before “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">need</headingText></quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subsection (e)(6)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>subsection (e)(1)</quotedText>”;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/286">132 STAT. 286</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>unmet</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>need for health services</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9661ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf9661f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>in the case of an application for a grant pursuant to subsection (e)(6), a demonstration that the applicant has consulted with appropriate State and local government agencies, and health care providers regarding the need for the health services to be provided at the proposed delivery site.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf968901-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968902-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or subsection (e)(6)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>subsection (e)(1)(B)</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968903-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>in the catchment area of the center</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, including other health care providers that provide care within the catchment area, local hospitals, and specialty providers in the catchment area of the center, to provide access to services not available through the health center and to reduce the non-urgent use of hospital emergency departments</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968904-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in subparagraph (H)(ii), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who shall be directly employed by the center</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>approves the selection of a director for the center</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968905-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>in subparagraph (L), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968906-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>in subparagraph (M), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf968907-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (M), the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf968908-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="N">“(N) </num><content>the center has written policies and procedures in place to ensure the appropriate use of Federal funds in compliance with applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf968909-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4);</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96890a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>in subsection (l), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>Funds expended to carry out activities under this subsection and operational support activities under subsection (m) shall not exceed 3 percent of the amount appropriated for this section for the fiscal year involved.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96890b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>in subsection (q)(4), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>A<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf96890c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Waiver.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf96890d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> waiver provided by the Secretary under this paragraph may not remain in effect for more than 1 year and may not be extended after such period. An entity may not receive more than one waiver under this paragraph in consecutive years.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96890e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><chapeau>in subsection (r)(3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96890f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the distribution of funds under this section</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report including, at a minimum—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/287">132 STAT. 287</page> <subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf968910-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the distribution of funds for carrying out this section”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf968911-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>populations. Such report shall include an assessment</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“populations;<subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf968912-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>an assessment”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf968913-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the rationale for any substantial changes in the distribution of funds.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf968914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b025-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the distribution of awards and funding for new or expanded services in each of rural areas and urban areas;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b026-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the distribution of awards and funding for establishing new access points, and the number of new access points created;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b027-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>the amount of unexpended funding for loan guarantees and loan guarantee authority under title XVI;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b028-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>the rationale for any substantial changes in the distribution of funds;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b029-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>the rate of closures for health centers and access points;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b02a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>the number and reason for any grants awarded pursuant to subsection (e)(1)(B); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b02b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the number and reason for any waivers provided pursuant to subsection (q)(4).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96b02c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>in subsection (r), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b02d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding for participation of health centers in all of us research program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf96b02e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Appropriation authorization.</p></sidenote>In addition to any amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, section 402A of this Act, or section 10503 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 to support the participation of health centers in the All of Us Research Program under the Precision Medicine Initiative under section 498E of this Act.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96b02f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (s).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b030-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">National Health Service Corps<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 10503(b)(2)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254b–2/b/2/F">42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)(F)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3101">section 3101 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf96b031-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>$310,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf96b032-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96b033-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf96fe54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subject to subsection (h)(2), the Secretary shall make payments under this section for direct expenses and indirect expenses to qualified teaching health centers that are listed as sponsoring institutions by the relevant accrediting body for, as appropriate—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/288">132 STAT. 288</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>maintenance of filled positions at existing approved graduate medical residency training programs;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>expansion of existing approved graduate medical residency training programs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>establishment of new approved graduate medical residency training programs.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Per resident amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the cost of training residents at teaching health centers and the implications of the per resident amount on approved graduate medical residency training programs at teaching health centers.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Priority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In making payments under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall give priority to qualified teaching health centers that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>serve a health professional shortage area with a designation in effect under section 332 or a medically underserved community (as defined in section 799B); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act).”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (1) of section 340H(g) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h/g">42 U.S.C. 256h(g)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3101">section 3101 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and $30,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and $126,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Annual reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (h)(1) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (H); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf96fe60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (C) the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf972571-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>The number of patients treated by residents described in paragraph (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf972572-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>The number of visits by patients treated by residents described in paragraph (4).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf972573-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>Of the number of residents described in paragraph (4) who completed their residency training at the end of such residency academic year, the number and percentage of such residents entering primary care practice (meaning any of the areas of practice listed in the definition of a primary care residency program in section 749A).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf972574-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><chapeau>Of the number of residents described in paragraph (4) who completed their residency training at the end of such residency academic year, the number and percentage of such residents who entered practice at a health care facility—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf972575-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>primarily serving a health professional shortage area with a designation in effect under section 332 or a medically underserved community (as defined in section 799B); or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf972576-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf972577-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report on training costs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 31, 2019, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress a report on the direct graduate expenses of approved graduate medical residency training programs, and the indirect expenses associated with the additional costs of teaching residents, of qualified teaching health centers (as such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/289">132 STAT. 289</page> terms are used or defined in section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf972578-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Subsection (j) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf972579-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf97257a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (1) the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf97257b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">New approved graduate medical residency training program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>new approved graduate medical residency training program</term>’ means an approved graduate medical residency training program for which the sponsoring qualified teaching health center has not received a payment under this section for a previous fiscal year (other than pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C)).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf97257c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical correction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (f) of section 340H (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>hospital</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>teaching health center</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf97257d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf97257e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf97257f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 USC 256h note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Payments for previous fiscal years</inline>.—</heading><content>The provisions of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s256h">42 U.S.C. 256h</ref>), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of <ref href="/us/pl/115/96">Public Law 115–96</ref>, shall continue to apply with respect to payments under such section for fiscal years before fiscal year 2018.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf972580-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2018 or 2019 are subject to the requirements contained in <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref> for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254b–256">42 U.S.C. 254b–256</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf972581-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (4) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3014/h">section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3101">section 3101 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and section 3101(d) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and section 50901(e) of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="50902">SEC. 50902. </num><heading>EXTENSION FOR SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf974c92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254c–2/b/2/D">42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3102">section 3102 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf974c93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, to remain available until expended.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf974c94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special Diabetes Program for Indians<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraph (D) of section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254c–3/c/2">42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3102">section 3102 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf974c95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, to remain available until expended.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <num value="X">TITLE X—</num><heading>MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH CARE POLICIES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51001">SEC. 51001. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf974c96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><heading>HOME HEALTH PAYMENT REFORM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9836f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Budget Neutral Transition to a 30-day Unit of Payment for Home Health Services<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1895(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/b">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/290">132 STAT. 290</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">payment.—</headingText>In defining</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“<headingText class="smallCaps">payment.—</headingText><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9836fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In defining”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9836fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">30-day unit of service<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of implementing the prospective payment system with respect to home health units of service furnished during a year beginning with 2020, the Secretary shall apply a 30-day unit of service as the unit of service applied under this paragraph.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9836ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Budget neutrality for 2020<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>With respect to payments for home health units of service furnished that end during the 12-month period beginning January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall calculate a standard prospective payment amount (or amounts) for 30-day units of service (as described in paragraph (2)(B)) for the prospective payment system under this subsection. Such standard prospective payment amount (or amounts) shall be calculated in a manner such that the estimated aggregate amount of expenditures under the system during such period with application of paragraph (2)(B) is equal to the estimated aggregate amount of expenditures that otherwise would have been made under the system during such period if paragraph (2)(B) had not been enacted. The <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf983700-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>previous sentence shall be applied before (and not affect the application of) paragraph (3)(B). In calculating such amount (or amounts), the Secretary shall make assumptions about behavior changes that could occur as a result of the implementation of paragraph (2)(B) and the case-mix adjustment factors established under paragraph (4)(B) and shall provide a description of such assumptions in the notice and comment rulemaking used to implement this clause.”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf983701-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf985d12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf985d13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf985d14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulations.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Behavior assumptions and adjustments</inline>.—</heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf985d16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf985d17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall annually determine the impact of differences between assumed behavior changes (as described in paragraph (3)(A)(iv)) and actual behavior changes on estimated aggregate expenditures under this subsection with respect to years beginning with 2020 and ending with 2026.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Permanent adjustments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall, at a time and in a manner determined appropriate, through notice and comment rulemaking, provide for one or more permanent increases or decreases to the standard prospective payment amount (or amounts) for applicable years, on a prospective basis, to offset for such increases or decreases in estimated aggregate expenditures (as determined under clause (i)).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/291">132 STAT. 291</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Temporary adjustments for retrospective behavior<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall, at a time and in a manner determined appropriate, through notice and comment rulemaking, provide for one or more temporary increases or decreases to the payment amount for a unit of home health services (as determined under paragraph (4)) for applicable years, on a prospective basis, to offset for such increases or decreases in estimated aggregate expenditures (as determined under clause (i)). <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf985d1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote>Such a temporary increase or decrease shall apply only with respect to the year for which such temporary increase or decrease is made, and the Secretary shall not take into account such a temporary increase or decrease in computing such amount under this subsection for a subsequent year.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)(B)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">Factors.—</headingText>The Secretary</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedContent>“<headingText class="smallCaps">Factors.—</headingText><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary”</content></clause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf985d1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf98842f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of therapy thresholds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For 2020 and subsequent years, the Secretary shall eliminate the use of therapy thresholds (established by the Secretary) in case mix adjustment factors established under clause (i) for calculating payments under the prospective payment system under this subsection.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf988430-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Expert Panel<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988431-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf988432-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf988433-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>During the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2018, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall hold at least one session of a technical expert panel, the participants of which shall include home health providers, patient representatives, and other relevant stakeholders. The technical expert panel shall identify and prioritize recommendations with respect to the prospective payment system for home health services under section 1895(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/b">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)</ref>), on the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988434-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The Home Health Groupings Model, as described in the proposed rule “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2018 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Proposed CY 2019 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements” (<ref href="/us/fr/82/35294">82 Fed. Reg. 35294</ref> through 35332 (July 28, 2017)).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988435-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Alternative case-mix models to the Home Health Groupings Model that were submitted during 2017 as comments in response to proposed rule making, including patient-focused factors that consider the risks of hospitalization and readmission to a hospital, improvement or maintenance of functionality of individuals to increase the capacity for self-care, quality of care, and resource utilization.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988436-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inapplicability of faca<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>) shall not apply to the technical expert panel under paragraph (1).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/292">132 STAT. 292</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988437-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than April 1, 2019, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the recommendations of such panel described in such paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf988438-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf988439-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Notice and comment rulemaking</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than December 31, 2019, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall pursue notice and comment rulemaking on a case-mix system with respect to the prospective payment system for home health services under section 1895(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/b">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf98843a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reports<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf98843b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Interim report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2022, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall submit to Congress an interim report on the application of a 30-day unit of service as the unit of service applied under section 1895(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/b/2">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(2)</ref>), as amended by subsection (a), including an analysis of the level of payments provided to home health agencies as compared to the cost of delivering home health services, and any unintended consequences, including with respect to behavioral changes and quality.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf98843c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Final report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2026, such Commission shall submit to Congress a final report on such application and any such consequences.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51002">SEC. 51002. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf98843d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Certification.</p></sidenote><heading>INFORMATION TO SATISFY DOCUMENTATION OF MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf98ab4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Part A<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f/a">42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before “<quotedText>For purposes of paragraph (2)(C),</quotedText>” the following new sentence: “<quotedText>For purposes of documentation for physician certification and recertification made under paragraph (2) on or after January 1, 2019, and made with respect to home health services furnished by a home health agency, in addition to using documentation in the medical record of the physician who so certifies or the medical record of the acute or post-acute care facility (in the case that home health services were furnished to an individual who was directly admitted to the home health agency from such a facility), the Secretary may use documentation in the medical record of the home health agency as supporting material, as appropriate to the case involved.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf98ab4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Part B<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1835(a) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395n/a">42 U.S.C. 1395n(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before “<quotedText>For purposes of paragraph (2)(A),</quotedText>” the following new sentence: “<quotedText>For purposes of documentation for physician certification and recertification made under paragraph (2) on or after January 1, 2019, and made with respect to home health services furnished by a home health agency, in addition to using documentation in the medical record of the physician who so certifies or the medical record of the acute or post-acute care facility (in the case that home health services were furnished to an individual who was directly admitted to the home health agency from such a facility), the Secretary may use documentation in the medical record of the home health agency as supporting material, as appropriate to the case involved.</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/293">132 STAT. 293</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51003">SEC. 51003. </num><heading>TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO <ref href="/us/pl/114/10">PUBLIC LAW 114–10</ref>.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf99bcc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">MIPS Transition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (q)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>items and services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A))</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in subparagraph (C)(iv)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subclause (I) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf99e3d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote>The minimum number (as determined by the Secretary) of—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>for performance periods beginning before January 1, 2018, individuals enrolled under this part who are treated by the eligible professional for the performance period involved; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>for performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, individuals enrolled under this part who are furnished covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A)) by the eligible professional for the performance period involved.”</content></item></subclause></quotedContent>;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subclause (II), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>items and services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A))</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subclause (III) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf99e3dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><chapeau><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf99e3dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote>The minimum amount (as determined by the Secretary) of—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>for performance periods beginning before January 1, 2018, allowed charges billed by such professional under this part for such performance period; and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>for performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, allowed charges for covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A)) billed by such professional for such performance period.”</content></item></subclause></quotedContent>;</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)(D)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in clause (i)(I), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subject to clause (iii),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2)(A),</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf99e3e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transition years<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each of the second, third, fourth, and fifth years for which the MIPS applies to payments, the performance score for the performance category described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall not take into account the improvement of the professional involved.”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (5)(E)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)(I)(bb)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the heading by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">First 2 years</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">First 5 years</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the first and second years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of the first through fifth years</quotedText>”;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/294">132 STAT. 294</page></content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)(II)(bb)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0af9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2 years</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">5 years</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0afa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the second sentence and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following new sentences: “<quotedText>For each of the second, third, fourth, and fifth years for which the MIPS applies to payments, not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of such score shall be based on performance with respect to the category described in clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a0afb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>. Nothing in the previous sentence shall be construed, with respect to a performance period for a year described in the previous sentence, as preventing the Secretary from basing 30 percent of such score for such year with respect to the category described in such clause (ii), if the Secretary determines, based on information posted under subsection (r)(2)(I) that sufficient resource use measures are ready for adoption for use under the performance category under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) for such performance period.</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0afc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (6)(D)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0afd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in clause (i), in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Such performance threshold</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to clauses (iii) and (iv), such performance threshold</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0afe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in clause (ii)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0aff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(beginning with 2019 and ending with 2024)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>for each year of the MIPS</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in the second sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subject to clause (iii),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>For each such year,</quotedText>”;</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><chapeau>in clause (iii)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in the heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">2</headingText></quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><headingText class="smallCaps">5</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>two years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>five years</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional special rule for third, fourth and fifth years of mips<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a0b06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>For purposes of determining MIPS adjustment factors under subparagraph (A), in addition to the requirements specified in clause (iii), the Secretary shall increase the performance threshold with respect to each of the third, fourth, and fifth years to which the MIPS applies to ensure a gradual and incremental transition to the performance threshold described in clause (i) (as estimated by the Secretary) with respect to the sixth year to which the MIPS applies.”</content></clause></quotedContent>;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (6)(E)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case of items and services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case of covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A))</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under this part with respect to such items and services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under this part with respect to such covered professional services</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/295">132 STAT. 295</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>in paragraph (7), in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>items and services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>covered professional services (as defined in subsection (k)(3)(A))</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (r)(2), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a0b0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a0b0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Information</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary shall, not later than December 31st of each year (beginning with 2018), post on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services information on resource use measures in use under subsection (q), resource use measures under development and the time-frame for such development, potential future resource use measure topics, a description of stakeholder engagement, and the percent of expenditures under part A and this part that are covered by resource use measures.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in subsection (s)(5)(B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 1833(z)(2)(C)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>section 1833(z)(3)(D)</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9a0b10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Physician-focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee Provision of Initial Proposal Feedback<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1868(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ee/c/2/C">42 U.S.C. 1395ee(c)(2)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9a3221-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Committee review of models submitted<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Committee, on a periodic basis—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a3222-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>shall review models submitted under subparagraph (B);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a3223-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><chapeau>may provide individuals and stakeholder entities who submitted such models with—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a3224-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>initial feedback on such models regarding the extent to which such models meet the criteria described in subparagraph (A); and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a3225-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>an explanation of the basis for the feedback provided under subclause (I); and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a3226-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a3227-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a3228-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote>shall prepare comments and recommendations regarding whether such models meet the criteria described in subparagraph (A) and submit such comments and recommendations to the Secretary.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51004">SEC. 51004. </num><heading>EXPANDED ACCESS TO MEDICARE INTENSIVE CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9a5939-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1861(eee)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/eee/4/B">42 U.S.C. 1395x(eee)(4)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a593a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (v), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a593b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a593c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clauses:<quotedContent><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a804d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vii">“(vii) </num><content>stable, chronic heart failure (defined as patients with left ventricular ejection fraction of 35 percent or less and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV symptoms despite being on optimal heart failure therapy for at least 6 weeks); or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9a804e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="viii">“(viii) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9a804f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote>any additional condition for which the Secretary has determined that a cardiac rehabilitation program shall be covered, unless the Secretary determines, using the same process used to determine that the condition is covered for a cardiac rehabilitation program, that such coverage is not supported by the clinical evidence.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/296">132 STAT. 296</page></content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51005">SEC. 51005. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF BLENDED SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT RATE FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL DISCHARGES; TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT TO SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT RATES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9aa760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(m)(6)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/m/6/B/i">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(B)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9aa761-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal years 2016 through 2019</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9aa762-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subclause (II), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9aa763-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Temporary Adjustment to Site Neutral Payment Rates<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(m)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/m/6/B">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9aa764-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In this paragraph</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to clause (iv), in this paragraph</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9aa765-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9aa766-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Adjustment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2026, the amount that would otherwise apply under clause (ii)(I) for the year (determined without regard to this clause) shall be reduced by 4.6 percent.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51006">SEC. 51006. </num><heading>RECOGNITION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AS ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO SERVE HOSPICE PATIENTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9af587-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Recognition of Attending Physician Assistants as Attending Physicians To Serve Hospice Patients<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9af588-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1861(dd)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/dd/3/B">42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9af589-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or nurse</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, the nurse</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9af58a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or the physician assistant (as defined in such subsection)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>subsection (aa)(5))</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9af58b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clarification of hospice role of physician assistants<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1814(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f/a/7/A/i/I">42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(A)(i)(I)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a physician assistant</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>a nurse practitioner</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9af58c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9af58d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9af58e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395f">42 USC 1395f note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2019.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51007">SEC. 51007. </num><heading>EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTION ON SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTPATIENT THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS THROUGH 2017.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9b1c9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <ref href="/us/pl/113/198/s1">Section 1 of Public Law 113–198</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/114/112/s1">section 1 of Public Law 114–112</ref> and section 16004(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/255">Public Law 114–255</ref>),<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9b1ca0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/128/2057">128 Stat. 2057</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b1ca1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b1ca2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016, and 2017</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/297">132 STAT. 297</page></content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51008">SEC. 51008. </num><heading>ALLOWING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, AND CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS TO SUPERVISE CARDIAC, INTENSIVE CARDIAC, AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9b6ac3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Cardiac and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1861(eee) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/eee">42 U.S.C. 1395x(eee)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>physician-supervised</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))</quotedText>” before the period at the end;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a physician</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (4)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>physician-supervised</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>paragraph (3)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9b91dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1861(fff)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/fff/1">42 U.S.C. 1395x(fff)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>physician-supervised</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))</quotedText>” before the period at the end.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9b91e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9b91e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9b91e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x">42 USC 1395x note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2024.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="51009">SEC. 51009. </num><heading>TRANSITIONAL PAYMENT RULES FOR CERTAIN RADIATION THERAPY SERVICES UNDER THE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9b91e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (b)(11), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 and 2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017, 2018, and 2019</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9b91e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (c)(2)(K)(iv), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017 and 2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017, 2018, and 2019</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/298">132 STAT. 298</page></content></paragraph></section> <num value="XI">TITLE XI—</num><heading>PROTECTING SENIORS’ ACCESS TO MEDICARE ACT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="52001">SEC. 52001. </num><heading>REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9be006-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Repeal<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1899A of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395kkk">42 U.S.C. 1395kkk</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9be007-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9be008-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Lobbying cooling-off period<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (3) of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s207/c">section 207(c) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9be009-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO study and report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 3403(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395kkk–1">42 U.S.C. 1395kkk–1</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9be00a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">MedPAC review and comment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1805(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395b–6/b">42 U.S.C. 1395b–6(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c071b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (4);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c071c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c071d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> the paragraph (9) that was redesignated by section 3403(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>) as paragraph (8).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c071e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Name change<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 10320(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9c071f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395kkk">42 USC 1395kkk note</ref>.</p></sidenote> is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c0720-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 10320(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <num value="XII">TITLE XII—</num><heading>OFFSETS</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53101">SEC. 53101. </num><heading>MODIFYING REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9c0721-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–4/f/7/A">42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c0722-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9c0723-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subclauses (I) through (VIII) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycf9c2e34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>$4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and</content></subclause><subclause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycf9c2e35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>$8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.”</content></subclause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53102">SEC. 53102. </num><heading>THIRD PARTY LIABILITY IN MEDICAID AND CHIP.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cca76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Modification of Third Party Liability Rules Related to Special Treatment of Certain Types of Care and Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cca77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1902(a)(25)(E) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/25/E">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(E)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, in the matter preceding clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>prenatal or</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cca78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cca79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cca7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Delay in Effective Date and Repeal of Certain Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 Amendments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cca7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cca7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Repeal<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Effective as of September 30, 2017, subsection (b) of section 202 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/67">Public Law 113–67</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/127/1177">127 Stat. 1177</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a note</ref>) (including <page identifier="/us/stat/132/299">132 STAT. 299</page> any amendments made by such subsection)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cca7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a</ref> and note, 1396k, 1396p.</p></sidenote> is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction> and the provisions amended by such subsection shall be applied and administered as if such amendments had never been enacted.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cca7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Delay in effective date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (c) of section 202 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/67">Public Law 113–67</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/127/1177">127 Stat. 1177</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cca7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cca80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2019.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cca81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cca82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective date; treatment</inline>.—</heading><content>The repeal and amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2017, and shall apply with respect to any open claims, including claims pending, generated, or filed, after such date. The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 202 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/67">Public Law 113–67</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/127/1177">127 Stat. 1177</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a note</ref>) that took effect on October 1, 2017, are null and void and section 1902(a)(25) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/25">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)</ref>) shall be applied and administered as if such amendments had not taken effect on such date.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cf193-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">GAO Study and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the impacts of the amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2), including—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf194-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the impact, or potential effect, of such amendments on access to prenatal and preventive pediatric care (including early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services) covered under State plans under such title (or waivers of such plans);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf195-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the impact, or potential effect, of such amendments on access to services covered under such plans or waivers for individuals on whose behalf child support enforcement is being carried out by a State agency under part D of title IV of such Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf196-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the impact, or potential effect, on providers of services under such plans or waivers of delays in payment or related issues that result from such amendments.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cf197-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application to CHIP<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf198-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 2107(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397gg/e/1">42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf199-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (B) through (R) as subparagraphs (C) through (S), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>Section 1902(a)(25) (relating to third party liability).”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mandatory reporting<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1902(a)(25)(I)(i) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/a/25/I/i">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(I)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>medical assistance under the State plan</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>medical assistance under a State plan (or under a waiver of the plan)</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(and, at State option, child</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and child</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9cf19f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>title XXI)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>title XXI</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/300">132 STAT. 300</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53103">SEC. 53103. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9cf1a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>TREATMENT OF LOTTERY WINNINGS AND OTHER LUMP-SUM INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF INCOME ELIGIBILITY UNDER MEDICAID.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9d66d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9d66d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subsection (a)(17), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(e)(14), (e)(14)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(e)(14), (e)(15)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9d66d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (e)(14), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="K">“(K) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of certain lottery winnings and income received as a lump sum<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9db4f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9db4f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of an individual who is the recipient of qualified lottery winnings (pursuant to lotteries occurring on or after January 1, 2018) or qualified lump sum income (received on or after such date) and whose eligibility for medical assistance is determined based on the application of modified adjusted gross income under subparagraph (A), a State shall, in determining such eligibility, include such winnings or income (as applicable) as income received—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in the month in which such winnings or income (as applicable) is received if the amount of such winnings or income is less than $80,000;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>over a period of 2 months if the amount of such winnings or income (as applicable) is greater than or equal to $80,000 but less than $90,000;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>over a period of 3 months if the amount of such winnings or income (as applicable) is greater than or equal to $90,000 but less than $100,000; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>over a period of 3 months plus 1 additional month for each increment of $10,000 of such winnings or income (as applicable) received, not to exceed a period of 120 months (for winnings or income of $1,260,000 or more), if the amount of such winnings or income is greater than or equal to $100,000.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9db4fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Counting in equal installments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of subclauses (II), (III), and (IV) of clause (i), winnings or income to which such subclause applies shall be counted in equal monthly installments over the period of months specified under such subclause.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db4fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9db4ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Hardship exemption</inline>.—</heading><content>An individual whose income, by application of clause (i), exceeds the applicable eligibility threshold established by the State, shall continue to be eligible for medical assistance to the extent that the State determines, under procedures established by the State (in accordance with standards specified by the Secretary), that the denial of eligibility of the individual would cause an undue medical or financial hardship as determined on the basis of criteria established by the Secretary.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db500-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notifications and assistance required in case of loss of eligibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A State shall, with respect to an individual who loses eligibility for medical <page identifier="/us/stat/132/301">132 STAT. 301</page> assistance under the State plan (or a waiver of such plan) by reason of clause (i)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db501-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>before the date on which the individual loses such eligibility, inform the individual—</chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db502-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>of the individual’s opportunity to enroll in a qualified health plan offered through an Exchange established under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during the special enrollment period specified in section 9801(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to loss of Medicaid or CHIP coverage); and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db503-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>of the date on which the individual would no longer be considered ineligible by reason of clause (i) to receive medical assistance under the State plan or under any waiver of such plan and be eligible to reapply to receive such medical assistance; and</content></item></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db504-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>provide technical assistance to the individual seeking to enroll in such a qualified health plan.</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db505-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified lottery winnings defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified lottery winnings</term>’ means winnings from a sweepstakes, lottery, or pool described in paragraph (3) of section 4402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or a lottery operated by a multistate or multijurisdictional lottery association, including amounts awarded as a lump sum payment.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db506-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">“(vi) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Qualified lump sum income defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this subparagraph, the term ‘<term>qualified lump sum income</term>’ means income that is received as a lump sum from monetary winnings from gambling (as defined by the Secretary and including gambling activities described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1955/b/4">section 1955(b)(4) of title 18, United States Code</ref>).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9db507-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9db508-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a">42 USC 1396a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Rules of Construction</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db509-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Interception of lottery winnings allowed<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall be construed as preventing a State from intercepting the State lottery winnings awarded to an individual in the State to recover amounts paid by the State under the State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>) for medical assistance furnished to the individual.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9db50a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability limited to eligibility of recipient of lottery winnings or lump sum income<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall be construed, with respect to a determination of household income for purposes of a determination of eligibility for medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</ref>) (or a waiver of such plan) made by applying modified adjusted gross income under subparagraph (A) of section 1902(e)(14) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396a/e/14">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14)</ref>), as limiting the eligibility for such medical assistance of any individual that is a member of the household other than the individual who received qualified lottery winnings or qualified lump-sum <page identifier="/us/stat/132/302">132 STAT. 302</page> income (as defined in subparagraph (K) of such section 1902(e)(14), as added by subsection (a)(2) of this section).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53104">SEC. 53104. </num><heading>REBATE OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO LINE EXTENSION DRUGS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9ddc1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1927(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–8/c/2/C">42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(2)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(C) <headingText class="smallCaps">treatment of new formulations.—</headingText>In the case</quotedText>” and all that follows through the period at the end of the first sentence and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9e032c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of new formulations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e032d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the case of a drug that is a line extension of a single source drug or an innovator multiple source drug that is an oral solid dosage form, the rebate obligation for a rebate period with respect to such drug under this subsection shall be the greater of the amount described in clause (ii) for such drug or the amount described in clause (iii) for such drug.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e032e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount 1<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of clause (i), the amount described in this clause with respect to a drug described in clause (i) and rebate period is the amount computed under paragraph (1) for such drug, increased by the amount computed under subparagraph (A) and, as applicable, subparagraph (B) for such drug and rebate period.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e032f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount 2<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of clause (i), the amount described in this clause with respect to a drug described in clause (i) and rebate period is the amount computed under paragraph (1) for such drug, increased by the product of—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e0330-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the average manufacturer price for the rebate period of the line extension of a single source drug or an innovator multiple source drug that is an oral solid dosage form;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e0331-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the highest additional rebate (calculated as a percentage of average manufacturer price) under this paragraph for the rebate period for any strength of the original single source drug or innovator multiple source drug; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e0332-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>the total number of units of each dosage form and strength of the line extension product paid for under the State plan in the rebate period (as reported by the State).”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9e0333-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e0334-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e0335-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396r–8">42 USC 1396r–8 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendments made subsection (a) shall apply with respect to rebate periods beginning on or after October 1, 2018.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53105">SEC. 53105. </num><heading>MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9e2a46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1396w–1/b">42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e2a47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$0</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e2a48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$980,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$0</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/303">132 STAT. 303</page></content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53106">SEC. 53106. </num><heading>PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9e2a49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1848(d)(18) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–4/d/18">42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(d)(18)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (1)(C)</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“paragraph (1)(C)—<subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9e515a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for 2016 and each subsequent year through 2018 shall be 0.5 percent; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9e515b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for 2019 shall be 0.25 percent.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53107">SEC. 53107. </num><heading>PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES AND OUTPATIENT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES FURNISHED BY A THERAPY ASSISTANT.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9e515c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subsection:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9e786d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment for Outpatient Physical Therapy Services and Outpatient Occupational Therapy Services Furnished by a Therapy Assistant<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e786e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e786f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>In the case of an outpatient physical therapy service or outpatient occupational therapy service furnished on or after January 1, 2022, for which payment is made under section 1848 or subsection (k), that is furnished in whole or in part by a therapy assistant (as defined by the Secretary), the amount of payment for such service shall be an amount equal to 85 percent of the amount of payment otherwise applicable for the service under this part. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to change applicable requirements with respect to such services.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e7870-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Use of modifier<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e7871-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e7872-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Establishment</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary shall establish a modifier to indicate (in a form and manner specified by the Secretary), in the case of an outpatient physical therapy service or outpatient occupational therapy service furnished in whole or in part by a therapy assistant (as so defined), that the service was furnished by a therapy assistant.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e7873-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Required use<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Each request for payment, or bill submitted, for an outpatient physical therapy service or outpatient occupational therapy service furnished in whole or in part by a therapy assistant (as so defined) on or after January 1, 2020, shall include the modifier established under subparagraph (A) for each such service.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9e9f84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e9f85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Notice.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9e9f86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Regulation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall implement this subsection through notice and comment rulemaking.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53108">SEC. 53108. </num><heading>REDUCTION FOR NON-EMERGENCY ESRD AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1834(l)(15) of the Social Security Act (42. U.S.C. 1395m(l)(15)) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on or after October 1, 2013</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2018, and by 23 percent for such services furnished on or after October 1, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53109">SEC. 53109. </num><heading>HOSPITAL TRANSFER POLICY FOR EARLY DISCHARGES TO HOSPICE CARE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9f14b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1886(d)(5)(J) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/d/5/J">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(J)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in clause (ii)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subclause (III), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/304">132 STAT. 304</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subclause (III) the following new subclause:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycf9f14bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="IV">“(IV) </num><content>for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2018, is provided hospice care by a hospice program; or”</content></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in clause (iv)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the first sentence the following new sentence: “<quotedText>The Secretary shall include in the proposed rule published for fiscal year 2019, a description of the effect of clause (ii)(IV).</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subclause (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (III)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(III), and, in the case of proposed and final rules for fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal years, (IV)</quotedText>”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycf9f14c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">MedPAC Evaluation and Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f14c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Evaluation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the “Commission”) shall conduct an evaluation of the effects of the amendments made by subsection (a), including the effects on—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the numbers of discharges of patients from an inpatient hospital setting to a hospice program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the lengths of stays of patients in an inpatient hospital setting who are discharged to a hospice program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>spending under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>other areas determined appropriate by the Commission.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consideration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1), the Commission shall consider factors such as whether the timely access to hospice care by patients admitted to a hospital has been affected through changes to hospital policies or behaviors made as a result of such amendments.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9f3bd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Preliminary results<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2020, the Commission shall provide Congress with preliminary results on the evaluation being conducted under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bd9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than March 15, 2021, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53110">SEC. 53110. </num><heading>MEDICARE PAYMENT UPDATE FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9f3bda-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1895(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395fff/b/3/B">42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bdb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (iii), in the last sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period at the end the following: “<quotedText>and for 2020 shall be 1.5 percent</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f3bdc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (vi), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and 2020</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>except 2018</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53111">SEC. 53111. </num><heading>MEDICARE PAYMENT UPDATE FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9f62ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1888(e)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395yy/e/5/B">42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(5)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f62ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and (iii)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, (iii), and (iv)</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f62ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in clause (ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clause (iii)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>clauses (iii) and (iv)</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/305">132 STAT. 305</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycf9f62f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9f62f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule for fiscal year 2019<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For fiscal year 2019 (or other similar annual period specified in clause (i)), the skilled nursing facility market basket percentage, after application of clause (ii), is equal to 2.4 percent.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53112">SEC. 53112. </num><heading>PREVENTING THE ARTIFICIAL INFLATION OF STAR RATINGS AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS OFFERED BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcf9f8902-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1853(o)(4) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–23/o/4">42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(o)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycf9fb013-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Special rule to prevent the artificial inflation of star ratings after the consolidation of medicare advantage plans offered by a single organization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9fb014-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9fb015-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Contracts.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>If—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9fb016-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>a Medicare Advantage organization has entered into more than one contract with the Secretary with respect to the offering of Medicare Advantage plans; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9fb017-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcf9fb018-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Effective date.</p></sidenote>on or after January 1, 2019, the Secretary approves a request from the organization to consolidate the plans under one or more contract (in this subparagraph referred to as a ‘closed contract’) with the plans offered under a separate contract (in this subparagraph referred to as the ‘continuing contract’);</content></subclause><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xcf9fb019-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126">with respect to the continuing contract, the Secretary shall adjust the quality rating under the 5-star rating system and any quality increase under this subsection and rebate amounts under section 1854 to reflect an enrollment-weighted average of scores or ratings for the continuing and closed contracts, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</continuation></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycf9fb01a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An adjustment under clause (i) shall apply for any year for which the quality rating of the continuing contract is based primarily on a measurement period that is prior to the first year in which a closed contract is no longer offered.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53113">SEC. 53113. </num><heading>SUNSETTING EXCLUSION OF BIOSIMILARS FROM MEDICARE PART D COVERAGE GAP DISCOUNT PROGRAM.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1860D–14A(g)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–114a/g/2/A">42 U.S.C. 1395w–114a(g)(2)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, with respect to a plan year before 2019,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>other than</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53114">SEC. 53114. </num><heading>ADJUSTMENTS TO MEDICARE PART B AND PART D PREMIUM SUBSIDIES FOR HIGHER INCOME INDIVIDUALS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa0254b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1839(i)(3)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395r/i/3/C/i">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(3)(C)(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0254c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subclause (II), in the matter preceding the table, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>years beginning with</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0254d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subclause:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycfa0254e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">“(III) </num><content>Subject to paragraph (5), for years beginning with 2019:<?GPOvSpace 04?> <page identifier="/us/stat/132/306">132 STAT. 306</page> <xhtml:table xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="Quoted fullWidth" style="border-collapse:collapse; border=0; -uslm-lc: 'c2,L0,nc,tp0,p0,10/12,s200,18'; "><xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:col role="stub" style="min-width: 331pt;"/> <xhtml:col role="figure" style="width:94pt ; max-width:94pt;"/> </xhtml:colgroup><xhtml:thead><xhtml:tr class="header" style="font-size:0pt;-uslm-lc:h1"> <xhtml:td/> </xhtml:tr> </xhtml:thead><xhtml:tbody style="line-height:12pt; font-size:10pt;"><xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style="min-width: 331.0pt; text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline><b>“If the modified adjusted gross income is:</b></inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style="width:94.0pt ; max-width:94.0pt; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>The applicable percentage is:</b>  </xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline>More than $85,000 but not more than $107,000</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style=" text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;">35 percent  </xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline>More than $107,000 but not more than $133,500</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style=" text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;">50 percent  </xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline>More than $133,500 but not more than $160,000</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style=" text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;">65 percent  </xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline>More than $160,000 but less than $500,000</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style=" text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;">80 percent  </xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> <xhtml:tr style="-uslm-lc:I01"><xhtml:td leaderAlign="bottomLine" leaders="yes" stubHierarchy="1" style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"><inline>At least $500,000</inline></xhtml:td><xhtml:td leaders="no" style=" text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom;">85 percent.”.</xhtml:td></xhtml:tr> </xhtml:tbody></xhtml:table></content></subclause></quotedContent><?GPOvSpace 04 ''.?></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa0254f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Joint Returns<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1839(i)(3)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395r/i/3/C/ii">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(3)(C)(ii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the period the following:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa02550-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>except, with respect to the dollar amounts applied in the last row of the table under subclause (III) of such clause (and the second dollar amount specified in the second to last row of such table), clause (i) shall be applied by substituting dollar amounts which are 150 percent of such dollar amounts for the calendar year</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa04c61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Inflation Adjustment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1839(i)(5) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395r/i/5">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(5)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>In the case</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subject to subparagraph (C), in the case</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (A)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraph (A) or (C)</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of adjustments for certain higher income individuals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to each dollar amount in paragraph (3) of $500,000.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa04c68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time periods.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Adjustment beginning 2028</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In the case of any calendar year beginning after 2027, each dollar amount in paragraph (3) of $500,000 shall be increased by an amount equal to—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>such dollar amount, multiplied by</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa04c6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>the percentage (if any) by which the average of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (United States city average) for the 12-month period ending with August of the preceding calendar year exceeds such average for the 12-month period ending with August 2026.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53115">SEC. 53115. </num><heading>MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395iii/b/1">42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$220,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$0</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53116">SEC. 53116. </num><heading>CLOSING THE DONUT HOLE FOR SENIORS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa09a8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Closing Donut Hole Sooner<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 1860D–2(b)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–102/b/2/D">42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(b)(2)(D)</ref>)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa09a8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in clause (i), by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subclause (I) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subclause class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycfa0c19d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><chapeau>equal to the difference between—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/307">132 STAT. 307</page></chapeau><item class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c19e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="aa">“(aa) </num><content>the applicable gap percentage (specified in clause (ii) for the year); and</content></item><item class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c19f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="bb">“(bb) </num><content>the discount percentage specified in section 1860D–14A(g)(4)(A) for such applicable drugs (or, in the case of a year after 2018, 50 percent); or”</content></item></subclause></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in clause (ii)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in subclause (IV), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subclause (V); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in subclause (VI)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> such subclause as subclause (V).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa0c1a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Lowering Discounted Price<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1860D–14A(g)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395w–114a/g/4/A">42 U.S.C. 1395w–114a(g)(4)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, with respect to a plan year after plan year 2018, 30 percent)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>50 percent</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53117">SEC. 53117. </num><heading>MODERNIZING CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FEES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa0e8b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 454(6)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s654/6/B/ii">42 U.S.C. 654(6)(B)(ii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa0e8b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$35</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa10fc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$500</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$550</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa10fca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fcb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s654">42 USC 654 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa10fcc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fcd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to payments under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s651/etseq">42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.</ref>) for calendar quarters beginning on or after such 1st day.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa10fce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Determination.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Delay permitted if state legislation required</inline>.—</heading><content>If the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan developed pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s651/etseq">42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.</ref>) to meet the requirements imposed by the amendment made by subsection (a), the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet such requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Time period.</p></sidenote> For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53118">SEC. 53118. </num><heading>INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF PRISON DATA REPORTING.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa10fd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1382/e/1/I/i/II">42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(II)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>30 days</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15 days</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycfa10fd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcfa10fd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1382">42 USC 1382 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any payment made by the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1382/e/1/I/i/II">42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(II)</ref>) (as amended by such subsection) on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/308">132 STAT. 308</page></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658145"><num class="fontsize12" value="53119">SEC. 53119. </num><heading>PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND.</heading><content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcfa136e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300u–11/b">42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b)</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/115/96/s3103">section 3103 of Public Law 115–96</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraphs (4) through (9) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa136e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, $900,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa136e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, $950,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa15df8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">“(6) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $1,000,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa15df9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, $1,300,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa15dfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">“(8) </num><content>for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027, $1,800,000,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycfa15dfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, $2,000,000,000.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> DIVISION F—

Improvements to Agriculture Programs Act of 2018.

7 USC 9011 note.

IMPROVEMENTS TO AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
Sec. 60101. (a) Treatment of Seed Cotton.—(1) Designation of seed cotton as a covered commodity.—Section 1111(6) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(6)) is amended—(A) by striking “The term” and inserting the following:“(A) In general.—The term”; and(B) by adding at the end the following:“(B)

Effective date.

Inclusion.—Effective beginning with the 2018 crop year, the term ‘covered commodity’ includes seed cotton.”.(2) Reference price for seed cotton.—Section 1111(18) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(18)) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(O) For seed cotton, $0.367 per pound.”.(3) Definition of seed cotton.—Section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011) is amended—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (24) as paragraphs (21) through (25), respectively; and(B) by inserting after paragraph (19) the following:“(20) Seed cotton.—The term ‘seed cotton’ means unginned upland cotton that includes both lint and seed.”.(4) Payment yield.—Section 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9013) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(e) Payment Yield for Seed Cotton.—“(1) Payment yield.—Subject to paragraph (2), the payment yield for seed cotton for a farm shall be equal to 2.4 times the payment yield for upland cotton for the farm established under section 1104(e)(3) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714(e)(3)) (as in effect on September 30, 2013).“(2) Update.—At the sole discretion of the owner of a farm with a yield for upland cotton described in paragraph (1), the owner of the farm shall have a 1-time opportunity to update the payment yield for upland cotton for the farm, as provided in subsection (d), for the purpose of calculating the payment yield for seed cotton under paragraph (1).”.(5) Payment acres.—Section 1114(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9014(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:132 STAT. 309 “(4) Seed cotton.—“(A)

Deadline.

In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall require the owner of a farm to allocate all generic base acres on the farm under subparagraph (B) or (C), or both.“(B) No recent history of covered commodities.—In the case of a farm on which no covered commodities (including seed cotton) were planted or were prevented from being planted at any time during the 2009 through 2016 crop years, the owner of such farm shall allocate generic base acres on the farm to unassigned crop base for which no payments may be made under section 1116 or 1117.“(C) Recent history of covered commodities.—In the case of a farm not described in subparagraph (B), the owner of such farm shall allocate generic base acres on the farm—“(i) subject to subparagraph (D), to seed cotton base acres in a quantity equal to the greater of—“(I) 80 percent of the generic base acres on the farm; or“(II) the average number of seed cotton acres planted or prevented from being planted on the farm during the 2009 through 2012 crop years (not to exceed the total generic base acres on the farm); or“(ii) to base acres for covered commodities (including seed cotton), by applying subparagraphs (B), (D), (E), and (F) of section 1112(a)(3).“(D) Treatment of residual generic base acres.—In the case of a farm on which generic base acres are allocated under subparagraph (C)(i), the residual generic base acres shall be allocated to unassigned crop base for which no payments may be made under section 1116 or 1117.“(E) Effect of failure to allocate.—In the case of a farm not described in subparagraph (B) for which the owner of the farm fails to make an election under subparagraph (C), the owner of the farm shall be deemed to have elected to allocate all generic base acres in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i).”.(6) Recordkeeping regarding unassigned crop base.—Section 1114 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9014) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(f) Unassigned Crop Base.—The Secretary shall maintain information on generic base acres on a farm allocated as unassigned crop base under subsection (b)(4).”.(7) Special election period for price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage.—Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9015) is amended—(A) in subsection (a), by striking “For” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (g), for”; and(B) by adding at the end the following:“(g) Special Election.—“(1) In general.—In the case of acres allocated to seed cotton on a farm, all of the producers on the farm shall be given the opportunity to make a new 1-time election under 132 STAT. 310 subsection (a) to reflect the designation of seed cotton as a covered commodity for that crop year under section 1111(6)(B).“(2) Effect of failure to make unanimous election.—If all the producers on a farm fail to make a unanimous election under paragraph (1), the producers on the farm shall be deemed to have elected price loss coverage under section 1116 for acres allocated on the farm to seed cotton.”.(8) Effective price.—Section 1116 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9016) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(h) Effective Price for Seed Cotton.—“(1) In general.—The effective price for seed cotton under subsection (b) shall be equal to the marketing year average price for seed cotton, as calculated under paragraph (2).“(2) Calculation.—The marketing year average price for seed cotton for a crop year shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing—“(A) the sum obtained by adding—“(i) the product obtained by multiplying—“(I) the upland cotton lint marketing year average price; and“(II) the total United States upland cotton lint production, measured in pounds; and“(ii) the product obtained by multiplying—“(I) the cottonseed marketing year average price; and“(II) the total United States cottonseed production, measured in pounds; by“(B) the sum obtained by adding—“(i) the total United States upland cotton lint production, measured in pounds; and“(ii) the total United States cottonseed production, measured in pounds.”.(9) Deemed loan rate for seed cotton.—Section 1202 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9032) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(c) Seed Cotton.—“(1) In general.—For purposes of section 1116(b)(2) and paragraphs (1)(B)(ii) and (2)(A)(ii)(II) of section 1117(b), the loan rate for seed cotton shall be deemed to be equal to $0.25 per pound.“(2) Effect.—Nothing in this subsection authorizes any nonrecourse marketing assistance loan under this subtitle for seed cotton.”.(10) Limitation on stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton.—Section 508B of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508b) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(f)

Effective date.

Limitation.—Effective beginning with the 2019 crop year, a farm shall not be eligible for the Stacked Income Protection Plan for upland cotton for a crop year for which the farm is enrolled in coverage for seed cotton under—“(1) price loss coverage under section 1116 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9016); or“(2) agriculture risk coverage under section 1117 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 9017).”.132 STAT. 311(11) Technical correction.—Section 1114(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9014(b)(2)) is amended by striking “paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) and (2)”.(12)

7 USC 9011 note.

Administration.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the amendments made by this subsection in accordance with section 1601 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9091).(13)

Applicability.

Effective date.

7 USC 9011 note.

Application.—Except as provided in paragraph (10), the amendments made by this subsection shall apply beginning with the 2018 crop year.(b) Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers.—(1) Monthly calculation of actual dairy production margin.—(A) Definitions.—Section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051) is amended—(i) by striking paragraph (4); and(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively.(B) Calculation of actual dairy production margin.—Section 1402(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9052(b)(1)) is amended by striking “consecutive 2-month period” each place it appears and inserting “month”.(C) Margin protection payments.—Section 1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056) is amended—(i) by striking “consecutive 2-month period” each place it appears and inserting “month”; and(ii) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking “6” and inserting “12”.(2) Participation of dairy operations in margin protection program.—Section 1404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9054) is amended—(A) in subsection (b)—(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, including the establishment of a date each calendar year by which a dairy operation shall register for the calendar year” before the period at the end;(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:“(2) Extension of election period for 2018 calendar year.—

Deadline.

Determination.

The Secretary shall extend the election period for the 2018 calendar year by not less than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 or such additional period as the Secretary determines is necessary for dairy operations to make new elections to participate for that calendar year, including dairy operations that elected to so participate before that date of enactment.”; and(B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:“(4) Exemption.—A limited resource, beginning, veteran, or socially disadvantaged farmer, as defined by the Secretary, shall be exempt from the administrative fee under this subsection.”.(3) Production history of participating dairy operations.—Section 1405(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:132 STAT. 312 “(3) Continued applicability of base production history.—A production history established for a dairy operation under paragraph (1) shall be the base production history for the dairy operation in subsequent years (as adjusted under paragraph (2)).”.(4) Premiums for margin protection program.—Section 1407 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9057) is amended—(A) in subsection (b)—(i) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the following: “Tier I: Premium Per Hundredweight for First 5,000,000 Pounds of Production.—”;(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking “4,000,000” and inserting “5,000,000”; and(iii) in paragraph (2)—(I) by striking “$0.010” and inserting “None”;(II) by striking “$0.025” and inserting “None”;(III) by striking “$0.040” and inserting “$0.009”;(IV) by striking “$0.055” and inserting “$0.016”;(V) by striking “$0.090” and inserting “$0.040”;(VI) by striking “$0.217” and inserting “$0.063”;(VII) by striking “$0.300” and inserting “$0.087”; and(VIII) by striking “$0.475” and inserting “$0.142”; and(B) in subsection (c)—(i) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the following: “Tier II: Premium Per Hundredweight for Production in Excess of 5,000,000 Pounds.—”; and(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking “4,000,000” and inserting “5,000,000”.(5)

7 USC 9051 note.

Application.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply beginning with the 2018 calendar year.(c) Limitation on Crop Insurance Livestock-Related Expenditures.—(1) In general.—Section 523(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1523(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (10).(2) Conforming amendments.—Section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516) is amended in subsections (a)(2)(C) and (b)(1)(D) by striking “subsections (a)(3)(E)(ii) and (b)(10) of section 523” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (a)(3)(E)(ii) of that section”.
Sec. 60102. (a) Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:“(a)

Time period.

Payments.

Contracts.

Establishment.—During each of the 2002 through 2019 fiscal years, the Secretary shall provide payments to producers that enter into contracts with the Secretary under the program.”.(b) Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—132 STAT. 313(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “2018” and inserting “2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in paragraph (5))”; and(B) in paragraph (5)(E), by striking “fiscal year 2018” and inserting “each of fiscal years 2018 through 2019”; and(2) in subsection (b), by striking “2018” and inserting “2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5))”.

  This division may be cited as the “Improvements to Agriculture Programs Act of 2018”.

 DIVISION G—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 70101. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.(a) In General.—The budgetary effects of division A, subdivision 2 of division B, and division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.(b) Senate Paygo Scorecards.—The budgetary effects of division A, subdivision 2 of division B, and division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division A, subdivision 2 of division B, and division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated—(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.
 Approved February 9, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1892: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–119 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

May 16, 18, considered and passed House.

Nov. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment.

Feb. 7, Senate considered concurring in House amendment with an amendment.

Feb. 8, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment. House concurred in Senate amendment.

 Public Law 115–124: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Public Law124 Public Law 115–124132 Stat. 314 2018-02-09 2018-02-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–124—FEB. 9, 2018 132 STAT. 314 Public Law115–124 115th Congress
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

Feb. 9, 2018

[H.R. 1301]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018.

131 Stat. 1139, 1280, 2044; Ante, pp. 29, 120.
Sec. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56) is further amended by inserting after section 165 the following new section:
“Sec. 166. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about February 9, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.“(b)

Definition.

For purposes of this section, ‘employee’ means:“(1) a Federal employee;“(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;“(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or“(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.“(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by this division for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this division.”
.
Sec. 102. For

Time period.

 the purposes of division D of Public Law 115–56, the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about February 9, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.

  This Act may be cited as the “Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018”.

 Approved February 9, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1301: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Mar. 8, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 8, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate amendment.

 Public Law 115–125: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. Public Law125 Public Law 115–125132 Stat. 315 2018-02-14 2018-02-14 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–125—FEB. 14, 2018 132 STAT. 315 Public Law115–125 115th Congress
An Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

Feb. 14, 2018

[H.R. 4708]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Department of Homeland Security

Blue Campaign Authorization Act.
SECTION 1.

6 USC 101 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act”.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATION THROUGH THE BLUE CAMPAIGN.(a) In General.—Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 434.

6 USC 242.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BLUE CAMPAIGN.“(a) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘human trafficking’ means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).“(b) Establishment.—There is established within the Department a program, which shall be known as the ‘Blue Campaign’. The Blue Campaign shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.“(c) Purpose.—The purpose of the Blue Campaign shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to address human trafficking.“(d) Responsibilities.—The Secretary, working through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection (e)—“(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate Department personnel;“(2) develop training programs for such personnel;“(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel; and“(4) provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers, in addition to the assistance required under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105), to address their immediate and long-term needs.“(e) Guidance and Training.—The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to Department personnel and other 132 STAT. 316 Federal, State, tribal, and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate, regarding—“(1) programs to help identify instances of human trafficking;“(2) the types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by the Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking;“(3) systematic and routine information sharing within the Department and among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding—“(A) individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; and“(B) patterns and practices of human trafficking;“(4) techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the United States border and at airport security checkpoints;“(5) methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration and personnel from other appropriate agencies to—“(A) train employees of the Transportation Security Administration to identify suspected victims of trafficking; and“(B) serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate State, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public;“(6) utilizing resources, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns to—“(A) educate partners and stakeholders; and“(B) increase public awareness of human trafficking;“(7) leveraging partnerships with State and local governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking; and“(8) any other activities the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.”
.(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: “Sec. 434. 
SEC. 3.

Deadline.

6 USC 242 note.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act, the integration of information technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section).
SEC. 4. REPORT.  Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report that—132 STAT. 317(1) describes the status and effectiveness of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign under section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act; and(2)

Recommenda-

tion.

provides a recommendation regarding the appropriate office within the Department of Homeland Security for the Blue Campaign.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.  There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2.
Approved February 14, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4708: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 11, considered and passed House.

Jan. 30, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–126: To prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes. Public Law126 Public Law 115–126132 Stat. 318 2018-02-14 2018-02-14 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–126—FEB. 14, 2018 132 STAT. 318 Public Law115–126 115th Congress
An Act To prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.

Feb. 14, 2018

[S. 534]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Protecting Young Victims from

Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a)

36 USC 101 note.

Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1.  TITLE I— Sec. 101.  Sec. 102.  TITLE II— Sec. 201.  Sec. 202.  Sec. 203.  Sec. 204. 
<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS FROM SEXUAL ABUSE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading>REQUIRED REPORTING OF CHILD AND SEXUAL ABUSE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9ee7a12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reporting Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20341">34 U.S.C. 20341</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ee7a13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ee7a14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>A person who</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eea125-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Covered professionals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A person who”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea126-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eea127-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Covered individuals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A covered individual who learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, including sexual abuse, shall as soon as possible make a report of the suspected abuse to the agency designated by the Attorney General under subsection (d).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea128-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subsection (a)(1)</quotedText>”;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/319">132 STAT. 319</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea129-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea12a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in paragraph (7), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea12b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (8), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eea12c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9eea12d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eea12e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>the term ‘<term>covered individual</term>’ means an adult who is authorized, by a national governing body, a member of a national governing body, or an amateur sports organization that participates in interstate or international amateur athletic competition, to interact with a minor or amateur athlete at an amateur sports organization facility or at any event sanctioned by a national governing body, a member of a national governing body, or such an amateur sports organization;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eea12f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><content>the term ‘<term>event</term>’ includes travel, lodging, practice, competition, and health or medical treatment;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eea130-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>the terms ‘amateur athlete’, ‘amateur athletic competition’, ‘amateur sports organization’, ‘international amateur athletic competition’, and ‘national governing body’ have the meanings given the terms in <ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220501/b">section 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="yc9eec841-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">“(12) </num><content>the term ‘<term>as soon as possible</term>’ means within a 24-hour period.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec842-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and for all covered individuals</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>reside</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec843-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>in subsection (f), in the first sentence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec844-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and on all</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>on all</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec845-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and for all covered individuals,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>lands,</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec846-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in subsection (h), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and all covered individuals,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>facilities,</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eec847-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9eec848-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a victim of child abuse to self-report the abuse.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9eec849-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Penalty for Failure To Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2258">Section 2258 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>facility,</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading>CIVIL REMEDY FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9eeef5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2255">Section 2255 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9eeef5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsection (a) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9ef166c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains or liquidated damages in the amount of $150,000, and the cost of the action, including reasonable attorney’s fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. The court may also award punitive damages and such other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/320">132 STAT. 320</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef166d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9ef166e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p></sidenote><content>in subsection (b), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>filed within</quotedText>” and all that follows through the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: <quotedContent>“filed—<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc9ef166f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>not later than 10 years after the date on which the plaintiff reasonably discovers the later of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef1670-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the violation that forms the basis for the claim; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef1671-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the injury that forms the basis for the claim; or</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc9ef1672-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>not later than 10 years after the date on which the victim reaches 18 years of age.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef1673-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9ef3c84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Venue; Service of Process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef3c85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Venue<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any action brought under subsection (a) may be brought in the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef3c86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Service of process<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In an action brought under subsection (a), process may be served in any district in which the defendant—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef3c87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is an inhabitant; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef3c88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>may be found.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>UNITED STATES CENTER FOR SAFE SPORT AUTHORIZATION</heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading>EXPANSION OF THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9ef6399-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220503">Section 220503 of title 36, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef639a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (13), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef639b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (14), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9ef639c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc9ef639d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">“(15) </num><content>to promote a safe environment in sports that is free from abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of any amateur athlete.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading>DESIGNATION OF THE UNITED STATES CENTER FOR SAFE SPORT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f026ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t36/ch2205">Chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subchapter id="yc9f0ea3f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><num class="fontsize10 bold" value="III">“Subchapter III—</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea40-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">36 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 220541.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">United States Center for Safe Sport</heading><section class="centered fontsize12" id="yc9f0ea42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658166"><num class="fontsize12" value="220541">“§ 220541.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220541">36 USC 220541</ref>.</p></sidenote> Designation of United States Center for Safe Sport</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The United States Center for Safe Sport shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>serve as the independent national safe sport organization and be recognized worldwide as the independent national safe sport organization for the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>exercise jurisdiction over the corporation, each national governing body, and each paralympic sports organization with regard to safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, in sports;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/321">132 STAT. 321</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>maintain an office for education and outreach that shall develop training, oversight practices, policies, and procedures to prevent the abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of amateur athletes participating in amateur athletic activities through national governing bodies and paralympic sports organizations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea48-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>maintain an office for response and resolution that shall establish mechanisms that allow for the reporting, investigation, and resolution, pursuant to subsection (c), of alleged sexual abuse in violation of the Center’s policies and procedures; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>ensure that the mechanisms under paragraph (4) provide fair notice and an opportunity to be heard and protect the privacy and safety of complainants.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Policies and Procedures<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The policies and procedures developed under subsection (a)(3) shall apply as though they were incorporated in and made a part of section 220524 of this title.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Binding Arbitration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Center may, in its discretion, utilize a neutral arbitration body and develop policies and procedures to resolve allegations of sexual abuse within its jurisdiction to determine the opportunity of any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator, or official, who is the subject of such an allegation, to participate in amateur athletic competition.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Preservation of rights<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering, superseding, or otherwise affecting the right of an individual within the Center’s jurisdiction to pursue civil remedies through the courts for personal injuries arising from abuse in violation of the Center’s policies and procedures, nor shall the Center condition the participation of any such individual in a proceeding described in paragraph (1) upon an agreement not to pursue such civil remedies.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Liability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2), an applicable entity shall not be liable for damages in any civil action for defamation, libel, slander, or damage to reputation arising out of any action or communication, if the action arises from the execution of the responsibilities or functions described in this section, section 220542, or section 220543.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any action in which an applicable entity acted with actual malice, or provided information or took action not pursuant to this section, section 220542, or section 220543.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of applicable entity<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>applicable entity</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the Center;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a national governing body;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a paralympic sports organization;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>an amateur sports organization or other person sanctioned by a national governing body under section 220525;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>an amateur sports organization reporting under section 220530;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>any officer, employee, agent, or member of an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/322">132 STAT. 322</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>any individual participating in a proceeding pursuant to this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section class="centered fontsize12" id="yc9f0ea5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658166"><num class="fontsize12" value="220542">“§ 220542.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220542">36 USC 220542</ref>.</p></sidenote> Additional duties.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Center shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>develop training, oversight practices, policies, and procedures for implementation by a national governing body or paralympic sports organization to prevent the abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of any amateur athlete; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>include in the policies and procedures developed under section 220541(a)(3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>a requirement that all adult members of a national governing body, a paralympic sports organization, or a facility under the jurisdiction of a national governing body or paralympic sports organization, and all adults authorized by such members to interact with an amateur athlete, report immediately any allegation of child abuse of an amateur athlete who is a minor to—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the Center, whenever such members or adults learn of facts leading them to suspect reasonably that an amateur athlete who is a minor has suffered an incident of child abuse; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>law enforcement consistent with section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20341">34 U.S.C. 20341</ref>);</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a mechanism, approved by a trained expert on child abuse, that allows a complainant to report easily an incident of child abuse to the Center, a national governing body, law enforcement authorities, or other appropriate authorities;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea63-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>reasonable procedures to limit one-on-one interactions between an amateur athlete who is a minor and an adult (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at a facility under the jurisdiction of a national governing body or paralympic sports organization without being in an observable and interruptible distance from another adult, except under emergency circumstances;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea64-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>procedures to prohibit retaliation, by any national governing body or paralympic sports organization, against any individual who makes a report under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea65-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>oversight procedures, including regular and random audits conducted by subject matter experts unaffiliated with, and independent of, a national governing body or a paralympic sports organization of each national governing body and paralympic sports organization to ensure that policies and procedures developed under that section are followed correctly and that consistent training is offered and given to all adult members who are in regular contact with amateur athletes who are minors, and subject to parental consent, to members who are minors, regarding prevention of child abuse; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea66-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><chapeau>a mechanism by which a national governing body or paralympic sports organization can—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea67-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>share confidentially a report of suspected child abuse of an amateur athlete who is a minor by a <page identifier="/us/stat/132/323">132 STAT. 323</page> member of a national governing body or paralympic sports organization, or an adult authorized by a national governing body, paralympic sports organization, or an amateur sports organization to interact with an amateur athlete who is a minor, with the Center, which in turn, may share with relevant national governing bodies, paralympic sports organizations, and other entities; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>withhold providing to an adult who is the subject of an allegation of child abuse authority to interact with an amateur athlete who is a minor until the resolution of such allegation.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a national governing body or paralympic sports organization to impose an interim measure to prevent an individual who is the subject of an allegation of sexual abuse from interacting with an amateur athlete prior to the Center exercising its jurisdiction over a matter.</content></subsection></section> <section class="centered fontsize12" id="yc9f0ea6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658166"><num class="fontsize12" value="220543">“§ 220543.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f0ea6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220543">36 USC 220543</ref>.</p></sidenote> Records, audits, and reports</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Records<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Center shall keep correct and complete records of account.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Center shall submit an annual report to Congress, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f0ea6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>an audit conducted and submitted in accordance with section 10101; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1117f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>a description of the activities of the Center.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </subchapter></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f11180-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220501/b">Section 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f11181-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f11182-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f11183-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Definitions.</p></sidenote><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (3), the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc9f11184-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>‘Center’ means the United States Center for Safe Sport designated under section 220541.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yc9f11185-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>‘child abuse’ has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20302">34 U.S.C. 20302</ref>).”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f11186-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The table of contents of <ref href="/us/usc/t36/ch2205">chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code</ref>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f11187-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">36 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f11188-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 220501.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="subchapter" style="-uslm-lc:I658274"> <designator><inline class="smallCaps">“subchapter iii—</inline></designator> <label><inline class="smallCaps">united states center for safe sport</inline></label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“220541. </designator> <label>Designation of United States Center for Safe Sport.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“220542. </designator> <label>Additional duties.</label> </referenceItem><referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“220543. </designator> <label>Records, audits, and reports.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading>ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTING SANCTIONS FOR AMATEUR ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xc9f13899-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 220525(b)(4) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1389a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in subparagraph (E), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1389b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subparagraph (F), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1389c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f15fad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>the amateur sports organization or person requesting sanction from a national governing body will implement and abide by the policies and procedures to prevent the abuse, including emotional, physical, and child <page identifier="/us/stat/132/324">132 STAT. 324</page> abuse, of amateur athletes participating in amateur athletic activities applicable to such national governing body.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading>GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH-SERVING AMATEUR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f186be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t36/ch2205/schII">Subchapter II of chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="yc9f1adcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658166"><num class="fontsize12" value="220530">“§ 220530.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f1add0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t36/s220530">36 USC 220530</ref>.</p></sidenote> Other amateur sports organizations</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An applicable amateur sports organization shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>comply with the reporting requirements of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20341">34 U.S.C. 20341</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>establish reasonable procedures to limit one-on-one interactions between an amateur athlete who is a minor and an adult (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at a facility under the jurisdiction of the applicable amateur sports organization without being in an observable and interruptible distance from another adult, except under emergency circumstances;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>offer and provide consistent training to all adult members who are in regular contact with amateur athletes who are minors, and subject to parental consent, to members who are minors, regarding prevention and reporting of child abuse to allow a complainant to report easily an incident of child abuse to appropriate persons; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>prohibit retaliation, by the applicable amateur sports organization, against any individual who makes a report under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of Applicable Amateur Sports Organization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section, the term ‘<term>applicable amateur sports organization</term>’ means an amateur sports organization—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>that is not otherwise subject to the requirements under subchapter III;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>that participates in an interstate or international amateur athletic competition; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>whose membership includes any adult who is in regular contact with an amateur athlete who is a minor.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/325">132 STAT. 325</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yc9f1d4ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The table of contents of <ref href="/us/usc/t36/ch2205">chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code</ref><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f1d4eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">36 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc9f1d4ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 220501.</p></sidenote>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 220529 the following:<quotedContent><?GPOvSpace 04?> <toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“220530. </designator> <label>Other amateur sports organizations.”.<?GPOvSpace 04?></label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> Approved February 14, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 534 (H.R. 1973): HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–136, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary) accompanying H.R. 1973. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Nov. 14, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 29, considered and passed House, amended.

Jan. 30, Senate concurred in House amendment.

 Public Law 115–127: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, and for other purposes. Public Law127 Public Law 115–127132 Stat. 326 2018-02-16 2018-02-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–127—FEB. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 326 Public Law115–127 115th Congress
An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, and for other purposes.

Feb. 16, 2018

[H.R. 582]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Kari’s Law Act

of 2017.

47 USC 609 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Kari’s Law Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS FOR DIRECT DIALING OF 9–1–1.(a) In General.—Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 721.

47 USC 623 note.

CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS FOR DIRECT DIALING OF 9–1–1.“(a) System Manufacture, Importation, Sale, and Lease.—A person engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing, selling, or leasing multi-line telephone systems may not manufacture or import for use in the United States, or sell or lease or offer to sell or lease in the United States, a multi-line telephone system, unless such system is pre-configured such that, when properly installed in accordance with subsection (b), a user may directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 from any station equipped with dialing facilities, without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit ‘9’, regardless of whether the user is required to dial such a digit, code, prefix, or post-fix for other calls.“(b) System Installation, Management, and Operation.—A person engaged in the business of installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems may not install, manage, or operate for use in the United States such a system, unless such system is configured such that a user may directly initiate a call to 9–1–1 from any station equipped with dialing facilities, without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit ‘9’, regardless of whether the user is required to dial such a digit, code, prefix, or post-fix for other calls.“(c) On-Site Notification.—A person engaged in the business of installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems shall, in installing, managing, or operating such a system for use in the United States, configure the system to provide a notification 132 STAT. 327 to a central location at the facility where the system is installed or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be configured to provide the notification without an improvement to the hardware or software of the system.“(d) Effect on State Law.—Nothing in this section is intended to alter the authority of State commissions or other State or local agencies with jurisdiction over emergency communications, if the exercise of such authority is not inconsistent with this Act.“(e)

Applicability.

Enforcement.—This section shall be enforced under title V, except that section 501 applies only to the extent that such section provides for the punishment of a fine.“(f) Multi-Line Telephone System Defined.—In this section, the term ‘multi-line telephone system’ has the meaning given such term in section 6502 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1471).”
.(b)

47 USC 623 note.

Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a multi-line telephone system that is manufactured, imported, offered for first sale or lease, first sold or leased, or installed after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Approved February 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 582 (S. 123): SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–124 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transporta­tion) accompanying S. 123. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Jan. 23, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 5, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Feb. 8, House concurred in Senate amendment.

 Public Law 115–128: To redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the “Gateway Arch National Park”. Public Law128 Public Law 115–128132 Stat. 328 2018-02-22 2018-02-22 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–128—FEB. 22, 2018 132 STAT. 328 Public Law115–128 115th Congress
An Act To redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the “Gateway Arch National Park”.

Feb. 22, 2018

[S. 1438]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gateway Arch National Park Designation Act.

16 USC 450jj note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Gateway Arch National Park Designation Act”.
SEC. 2.

16 USC 450jj–10.

DESIGNATION OF GATEWAY ARCH NATIONAL PARK.(a) Redesignation.—The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial established under the Act of May 17, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 450jj et seq.), shall be known and designated as the “Gateway Arch National Park”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial shall be considered to be a reference to the “Gateway Arch National Park”.
Approved February 22, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1438 (H.R. 3058): HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–534 (Comm. on Natural Resources) accompanying
H.R. 3058. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 5, 7, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 115–129: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications. Public Law129 Public Law 115–129132 Stat. 329 2018-02-26 2018-02-26 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–129—FEB. 26, 2018 132 STAT. 329 Public Law115–129 115th Congress
An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications.

Feb. 26, 2018

[S. 96]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act

of 2017.

47 USC 609 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF VOICE COMMUNICATIONS.  Part II of title II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 262.

47 USC 262.

ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF VOICE COMMUNICATIONS.“(a) Registration and Compliance by Intermediate Providers.—An intermediate provider that offers or holds itself out as offering the capability to transmit covered voice communications from one destination to another and that charges any rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission shall—“(1) register with the Commission; and“(2) comply with the service quality standards for such transmission to be established by the Commission under subsection (c)(1)(B).“(b) Required Use of Registered Intermediate Providers.—A covered provider may not use an intermediate provider to transmit covered voice communications unless such intermediate provider is registered under subsection (a)(1).“(c) Commission Rules.—“(1)

Deadlines.

In general.—“(A) Registry.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate rules to establish a registry to record registrations under subsection (a)(1).“(B) Service quality standards.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate rules to establish service quality standards for the transmission of covered voice communications by intermediate providers.“(2) Requirements.—In promulgating the rules required by paragraph (1), the Commission shall—132 STAT. 330“(A) ensure the integrity of the transmission of covered voice communications to all customers in the United States; and“(B) prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of covered voice communications.“(d)

Web posting.

Public Availability of Registry.—The Commission shall make the registry established under subsection (c)(1)(A) publicly available on the website of the Commission.“(e) Scope of Application.—The requirements of this section shall apply regardless of the format by which any communication or service is provided, the protocol or format by which the transmission of such communication or service is achieved, or the regulatory classification of such communication or service.“(f) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the regulatory classification of any communication or service.“(g) Effect on Other Laws.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or expand the authority of a State public utility commission or other relevant State agency to collect data, or investigate and enforce State law and regulations, regarding the completion of intrastate voice communications, regardless of the format by which any communication or service is provided, the protocol or format by which the transmission of such communication or service is achieved, or the regulatory classification of such communication or service.“(h) Exception.—The requirement under subsection (a)(2) to comply with the service quality standards established under subsection (c)(1)(B) shall not apply to a covered provider that—“(1)

Effective date.

Certification.

on or before the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, has certified as a Safe Harbor provider under section 64.2107(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and“(2) continues to meet the requirements under such section 64.2107(a).“(i) Definitions.—In this section:“(1) Covered provider.—The term ‘covered provider’ has the meaning given the term in section 64.2101 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.“(2) Covered voice communication.—The term ‘covered voice communication’ means a voice communication (including any related signaling information) that is generated—“(A) from the placement of a call from a connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource or a call placed to a connection using such a numbering resource; and“(B) through any service provided by a covered provider.“(3) Intermediate provider.—The term ‘intermediate provider’ means any entity that—“(A) enters into a business arrangement with a covered provider or other intermediate provider for the specific purpose of carrying, routing, or transmitting voice traffic that is generated from the placement of a call placed—“(i) from an end user connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource; or132 STAT. 331“(ii) to an end user connection using such a numbering resource; and“(B) does not itself, either directly or in conjunction with an affiliate, serve as a covered provider in the context of originating or terminating a given call.”
.
Approved February 26, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 96 (H.R. 460): SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–6 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transporta­tion). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Aug. 3, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 8, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 115–130: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary. Public Law130 Public Law 115–130132 Stat. 332 2018-03-09 2018-03-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–130—MAR. 9, 2018 132 STAT. 332 Public Law115–130 115th Congress
An Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary.

Mar. 9, 2018

[H.R. 1725]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCEPTABLE CLINICAL EVIDENCE INITIATIVE.(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs in reducing the necessity for in-person disability examinations and other efforts to comply with the provisions of section 5125 of title 38, United States Code.(b) Contents of Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) The number of claims eligible for the Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative during the period beginning on the date of the commencement of the initiative and ending on the date of the submittal of the report, disaggregated by fiscal year.(2) The total number of claims eligible for the Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative that required a medical examiner of the Department to supplement the evidence with information obtained during a telephone interview with a claimant.(3) Information on any other initiatives or efforts of the Department to further encourage the use of private medical evidence and reliance upon reports of a medical examination administered by a private physician if the report is sufficiently complete to be adequate for the purposes of adjudicating a claim.(4) The anticipated impact on the timeline and accuracy of a decision on a claim for benefits under chapter 11 or 15 of title 38, United States Code, if the Secretary were prohibited from requesting a medical examination in the case of a claim in support of which a claimant submits medical evidence and a medical opinion provided by a private physician that is competent, credible, probative, and otherwise adequate for the purpose of making a decision on that claim.(5) Recommendations on how the Department can measure, track, and prevent the ordering of unnecessary medical examinations when the provision by a claimant of a medical 132 STAT. 333 examination administered by a private physician in support of a claim for benefits under chapter 11 or 15 of title 38, United States Code, is adequate for the purpose of making a decision on that claim.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUBMITTAL OF PRIVATE MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF CLAIMS FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BENEFITS.  Not later than March 1 of fiscal years 2018 through 2024, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report that includes, for the calendar year preceding the year in which the report is submitted, the following for each regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs:(1) The number of times a veteran who submitted private medical evidence in support of a claim for compensation or pension under the laws administered by the Secretary was scheduled for an examination performed by Department personnel because the private medical evidence submitted was determined to be unacceptable.(2) The most common reasons why private medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary was determined to be unacceptable.(3) The types of disabilities for which claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary were mostly commonly denied when private medical evidence was submitted.
Approved March 9, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1725: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–133 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

May 23, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 15, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–131: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning regarding dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes. Public Law131 Public Law 115–131132 Stat. 334 2018-03-09 2018-03-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–131—MAR. 9, 2018 132 STAT. 334 Public Law115–131 115th Congress
An Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning regarding dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.

Mar. 9, 2018

[H.R. 3122]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Veterans Care

Financial Protection

Act of 2017.
SECTION 1.

38 USC 101 note.

SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NOTICE OF DISHONEST, PREDATORY, OR OTHERWISE UNLAWFUL PRACTICES TARGETING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INCREASED PENSION ON BASIS OF NEED FOR REGULAR AID AND ATTENDANCE.(a)

38 USC 1501 note.

Notice Required.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning to veterans relating to dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension under chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance.(b) GAO Study.—(1)

Deadline.

Study required.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study on financial exploitation of veterans. Such study shall include—(A) an analysis of the types of standards used by Federal and State agencies intended to protect vulnerable populations from financial exploitation; and(B) an analysis of the types of financial exploitation facing veterans who are eligible for increased pension under chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance and any gaps in efforts to address these issues.(2) Reports.—(A) Preliminary report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a preliminary report on the study required under paragraph (1).(B) Final report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 132 STAT. 335 General shall submit to Congress a final report on such study.
Approved March 9, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3122: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–385 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Nov. 6, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 15, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–132: To designate the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, as the “Lexington VA Health Care System” and to make certain other designations. Public Law132 Public Law 115–132132 Stat. 336 2018-03-09 2018-03-09 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–132—MAR. 9, 2018 132 STAT. 336 Public Law115–132 115th Congress
An Act To designate the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, as the “Lexington VA Health Care System” and to make certain other designations.

Mar. 9, 2018

[H.R. 4533]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.  Congress finds the following:(1)(A)

Franklin Runyon Sousley.

Private First Class Franklin Runyon Sousley was born on September 19, 1925, in Hilltop, Kentucky. Sousley served as a marine in the United States Marine Corps during the period beginning on January 5, 1944, and ending March 21, 1945. Sousley graduated from Fleming County High School in May 1943 and chose to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Upon completion of military basic training, he was assigned to Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, of the 5th Marines Division at Camp Pendleton, California, as an automatic rifleman.(B) Private Sousley was promoted to a private first class on November 22, 1944. Pfc. Sousley landed on Iwo Jima on Friday, February 19, 1945, and actively fought in the battle for the islands. During the intense fighting, members of the United States Armed Forces secured Mount Suribachi and hoisted a United States flag on top of the summit on February 23, 1945. On February 23, 1945, Pfc. Sousley, alongside Corporal Harlon Block, HM John Bradley, Pfc. Rene Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes, and Sergeant Michael Strank followed orders to raise a larger United States flag so it could be seen over the island. The iconic photograph taken of the six men, while they raised the United States flag attached to a heavy Japanese pipe has led to an immortalized symbol of American bravery, perseverance, and sacrifice endured by members of the United States Armed Forces during the intense battles of World War II. Pfc. Sousley was killed in combat by a Japanese sniper around Kitano Point on March 21, 1945.(C) Originally buried in the 5th Marine Division Cemetery at Iwo Jima in plot 9, row 8, grave 2189, on March 22, 1945, his remains were returned to the United States on May 8, 1947, where he was finally laid to rest at Elizaville Cemetery in Fleming County, Kentucky. Pfc. Sousley was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation with 5⁄16″ Silver Star, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3⁄16″ Bronze Star, and the World War II Victory Medal.132 STAT. 337(2)(A)

Troy Bowling.

Mr. Troy Bowling was born on July 2, 1926, in Hamilton, Ohio and completed his life’s service on June, 17, 2017, at the age of 90 years old. At age 17, Mr. Bowling began his service as a United States Marine and was a proud member of the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Division. During the United States campaign to end the war against Japan, Mr. Bowling’s unit was among the first to arrive on the beachheads of Iwo Jima.(B) While attempting to secure Mt. Suribachi, his unit came under intense and concentrated fire, completely overwhelming his unit. Two projectiles struck Mr. Bowling in the chest and leg, leaving him critically wounded on the battlefield. At that moment, Mr. Bowling said he looked to the heavens and committed to serving mankind for the rest of his life if he survived.(C) Miraculously, a combat photographer and medical team then carried Mr. Bowling to the safety of a landing craft where he witnessed the planting of the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi—an iconic image that persists as one of the most legendary and triumphant moments of the war. The United States Marines eventually took control of the island; however, this victory came at a heavy cost as more than 6,800 United States service members gave their lives during the battle of Iwo Jima.(D) In keeping faith with his commitment to God made during that battle, Mr. Bowling devoted more than 78,000 hours of volunteer service to others at the Lexington VA Medical Center. For more than 66 years, Mr. Bowling has risen through the ranks within the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization, holding nearly every position possible, including State Commander. Mr. Bowling received the George H. Seal Award for outstanding volunteer, which he received at the 2005 National DAV Convention in Las Vegas and the Lifetime Service Achievement Award from the Department of Veteran Affairs. Mr. Bowling was also nominated and selected to be inducted in the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame for his lifetime of service to veterans.
SEC. 2. LEXINGTON VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.(a) Designation.—The health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Lexington VA Health Care System”.(b) References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the health care system referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Lexington VA Health Care System”.
SEC. 3. TROY BOWLING CAMPUS.(a) Designation.—The health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 1101 Veterans Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Troy Bowling Campus”.(b) References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the health care facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Troy Bowling Campus”.132 STAT. 338
SEC. 4. FRANKLIN R. SOUSLEY CAMPUS.(a) Designation.—The health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 2250 Leestown Road in Lexington, Kentucky, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Franklin R. Sousley Campus”.(b) References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the health care facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Franklin R. Sousley Campus”.
Approved March 9, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4533: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Feb. 13, considered and passed House.

Feb. 15, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–133: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2700 Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Texas, as the “Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building”. Public Law133 Public Law 115–133132 Stat. 339 2018-03-16 2018-03-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–133—MAR. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 339 Public Law115–133 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2700 Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Texas, as the “Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building”.

Mar. 16, 2018

[H.R. 294]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENDY NDDIOBONG EKPANYA POST OFFICE BUILDING.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2700 Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Texas, shall be known and designated as the “Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building”.
Approved March 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 294: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Oct. 10, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–134: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the “Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office”. Public Law134 Public Law 115–134132 Stat. 340 2018-03-16 2018-03-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–134—MAR. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 340 Public Law115–134 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the “Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office”.

Mar. 16, 2018

[H.R. 452]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SPECIALIST JEFFREY L. WHITE, JR. POST OFFICE.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the “Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office”.
Approved March 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 452: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Oct. 10, 11, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–135: To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes. Public Law135 Public Law 115–135132 Stat. 341 2018-03-16 2018-03-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–135—MAR. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 341 Public Law115–135 115th Congress
An Act To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes.

Mar. 16, 2018

[H.R. 535]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Taiwan Travel Act.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Taiwan Travel Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.  Congress finds the following:(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), enacted in 1979, has continued for 37 years to be a cornerstone of relations between the United States and Taiwan and has served as an anchor for peace and security in the Western Pacific area.(2) The Taiwan Relations Act declares that peace and stability in the Western Pacific area are in the political, security, and economic interests of the United States and are matters of international concern.(3) The United States considers any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.(4) Taiwan has succeeded in a momentous transition to democracy beginning in the late 1980s and has been a beacon of democracy in Asia, and Taiwan’s democratic achievements inspire many countries and people in the region.(5) Visits to a country by United States Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials are an indicator of the breadth and depth of ties between the United States and such country.(6) Since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, relations between the United States and Taiwan have suffered from insufficient high-level communication due to the self-imposed restrictions that the United States maintains on high-level visits with Taiwan.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY.(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should encourage visits between officials from the United States and Taiwan at all levels.(b) Statement of Policy.—It should be the policy of the United States to—132 STAT. 342(1) allow officials at all levels of the United States Government, including Cabinet-level national security officials, general officers, and other executive branch officials, to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts;(2) allow high-level officials of Taiwan to enter the United States, under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect for the dignity of such officials, and to meet with officials of the United States, including officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense and other Cabinet agencies; and(3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan, to conduct business in the United States, including activities which involve participation by Members of Congress, officials of Federal, State, or local governments of the United States, or any high-level official of Taiwan.
Approved March 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 535: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Jan. 9, considered and passed House.

Feb. 28, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–136: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable. Public Law136 Public Law 115–136132 Stat. 343 2018-03-16 2018-03-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–136—MAR. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 343 Public Law115–136 115th Congress
An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.

Mar. 16, 2018

[H.R. 3656]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS’ SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHOSE REMAINS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS.  Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking “The” and inserting “An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is the”; and(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking “An” and inserting “An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is an”.
Approved March 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3656: HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–387 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Nov. 6, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 1, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–137: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building”. Public Law137 Public Law 115–137132 Stat. 344 2018-03-16 2018-03-16 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–137—MAR. 16, 2018 132 STAT. 344 Public Law115–137 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building”.

Mar. 16, 2018

[S. 831]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. POLICE OFFICER SCOTT BASHIOUM POST OFFICE BUILDING.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building”.
Approved March 16, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 831: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

June 13, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 5, considered and passed House.

 Public Law 115–138: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”. Public Law138 Public Law 115–138132 Stat. 345 2018-03-20 2018-03-20 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–138—MAR. 20, 2018 132 STAT. 345 Public Law115–138 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”.

Mar. 20, 2018

[H.R. 1208]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVERSE VETERANS POST OFFICE BUILDING.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, shall be known and designated as the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”.
Approved March 20, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1208: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Dec. 12, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–139: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the “Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office”. Public Law139 Public Law 115–139132 Stat. 346 2018-03-20 2018-03-20 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–139—MAR. 20, 2018 132 STAT. 346 Public Law115–139 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the “Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office”.

Mar. 20, 2018

[H.R. 1858]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STAFF SERGEANT RYAN SCOTT OSTROM POST OFFICE.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the “Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office”.
Approved March 20, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1858: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

Oct. 10, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–140: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”. Public Law140 Public Law 115–140132 Stat. 347 2018-03-20 2018-03-20 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–140—MAR. 20, 2018 132 STAT. 347 Public Law115–140 115th Congress
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”.

Mar. 20, 2018

[H.R. 1988]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MERLE HAGGARD POST OFFICE BUILDING.(a) Designation.—The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, shall be known and designated as the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”.(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”.
Approved March 20, 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1988: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017):

July 11, considered and passed House.

Vol. 164 (2018):

Mar. 7, considered and passed Senate.

 Public Law 115–141: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the rewards program of the Department of State, and for other purposes. Public Law141 Public Law 115–141132 Stat. 348 2018-03-23 2018-03-23 United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.12.3;Stage2.202408262025-05-08 115public PUBLIC LAW 115–141—MAR. 23, 2018 132 STAT. 348 Public Law115–141 115th Congress
An Act To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the rewards program of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Mar. 23, 2018

[H.R. 1625]

   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be cited as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018”.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sec. 1.  Sec. 2.  Sec. 3.  Sec. 4.  Sec. 5.  Sec. 6.  Sec. 7.  DIVISION A— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— DIVISION B— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION C— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— Title VIII— Title IX— DIVISION D— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION E— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— Title VIII— DIVISION F— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION G— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— DIVISION H— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION I— Title I— Title II— DIVISION J— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— DIVISION K— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— Title VIII— DIVISION L— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— DIVISION M— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— DIVISION N— DIVISION O— DIVISION P— DIVISION Q— DIVISION R— DIVISION S— Title I— Title II— Title III— Title IV— Title V— Title VI— Title VII— Title VIII— Title IX— Title X— Title XI— Title XII— Title XIII— DIVISION T— DIVISION U— DIVISION V—
SEC. 3.

1 USC 1 note.

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. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.  The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about March 22, 2018, and submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
SEC. 5. 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, 2018.
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.  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 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.132 STAT. 351
SEC. 7.

2 USC 4501 note.

ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2018.(b) There is appropriated for payment to Emily Robin Minerva, heir of Louise McIntosh Slaughter, late a Representative from the State of New York, $174,000.
DIVISION A—

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Processing, Research and Marketing</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $46,532,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,105,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the Department and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise <page identifier="/us/stat/132/352">132 STAT. 352</page> provided for, as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s551–558">5 U.S.C. 551–558</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no funds made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Operations</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the chief economist</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, $19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3155">7 U.S.C. 3155</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of hearings and appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $15,222,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of budget and program analysis</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, $9,525,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Chief Information Officer</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, $58,950,000, of which not less than $33,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the department.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Chief Financial Officer</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $6,028,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Civil Rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $24,206,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/353">132 STAT. 353</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agriculture Buildings and Facilities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref>, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s121">40 U.S.C. 121</ref>, for programs and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $64,414,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Materials Management</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6901/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</ref>), $3,503,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/452">Public Law 95–452</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/452">Public Law 95–452</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/452">Public Law 95–452</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<ref href="/us/pl/97/98">Public Law 97–98</ref>).</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the General Counsel</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, $44,546,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Ethics</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/354">132 STAT. 354</page> funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Research Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, $86,757,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Agricultural Statistics Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $191,717,000, of which up to $63,350,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2204g/d">7 U.S.C. 2204g(d)</ref> and (f).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,202,766,000:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca1821aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2254">7 USC 2254</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref> for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease agreement: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s113a">21 U.S.C. 113a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder <page identifier="/us/stat/132/355">132 STAT. 355</page> shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $140,600,000 to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institute of Food and Agriculture</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and education activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, $887,171,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</ref> and 3222: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450i/b">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</ref> may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">native american institutions endowment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s301">7 U.S.C. 301 note</ref>), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/356">132 STAT. 356</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">extension activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $483,626,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That institutions eligible to receive funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</ref> for cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s343/b">7 U.S.C. 343(b)</ref> and (c)) and <ref href="/us/pl/93/471/s208/c">section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471</ref> shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension agents.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">integrated activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the integrated research, education, and extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $37,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca18bdeb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4085">22 U.S.C. 4085</ref>), $981,893,000, of which $470,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds (“contingency fund”) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program <page identifier="/us/stat/132/357">132 STAT. 357</page> for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $705,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1831">15 U.S.C. 1831</ref>); of which $62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which $178,170,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $9,326,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which $40,966,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and response; of which $56,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for National Bio and Agro-Defense human capital development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, of which two shall be for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8310">7 U.S.C. 8310</ref> and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7751">7 U.S.C. 7751</ref> and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca18e4fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In fiscal year 2018, the agency is authorized to collect fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any <page identifier="/us/stat/132/358">132 STAT. 358</page> entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or services.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>, and acquisition of land as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>, $3,175,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agricultural Marketing Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">marketing services</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca19813d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, $151,595,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/113/79/s12306">section 12306 of Public Law 113–79</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca19813e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref>).</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</ref>), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s742a/etseq">16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.</ref>); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,705,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/pl/87/128">Public Law 87–128</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/359">132 STAT. 359</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments to states and possessions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1623/b">7 U.S.C. 1623(b)</ref>), $1,235,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That if grain export activities require additional supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, $800,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food Safety and Inspection Service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1766">7 U.S.C. 1766</ref>), $1,056,844,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s138f">7 U.S.C. 138f</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2018 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1901/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall issue equivalence determinations for all countries wishing to continue exporting Siluriformes to the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That unless the requirements pursuant to the previous proviso have been met, thereafter, none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to inspect, at point of entry, Siluriformes from countries exporting to the United States until all requirements under <ref href="/us/cfr/t9/s557.2">section 557.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> have been met and a final determination of equivalence final rule has been published in the Federal Register <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> such countries to the list under <ref href="/us/cfr/t9/s327.2">section 327.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended for public health veterinarian recruitment and retention incentives: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>) for the alteration and repair of buildings and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/360">132 STAT. 360</page> improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.</proviso></content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Production and Conservation Business Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $145,000 of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3841/a">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</ref>) shall be transferred to and merged with this account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Service Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,202,146,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than 50 percent of the $78,013,000 made available under this heading for information technology related to farm program delivery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems and other farm program delivery systems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives written or electronic notification of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 to the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) current performance against key <page identifier="/us/stat/132/361">132 STAT. 361</page> indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by the Agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available to county committees shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county offices: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based employees that would result in an office with two or fewer employees without prior notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state mediation grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s5101–5106">7 U.S.C. 5101–5106</ref>), $3,904,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grassroots source water protection program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3839bb–2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</ref>), $6,500,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">dairy indemnity program</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/114/1549A–12">114 Stat. 1549A–12</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">agricultural credit insurance fund program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1a92af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1922/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.</ref>) and operating (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1941/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.</ref>) loans, emergency loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1961/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.</ref>), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s488">25 U.S.C. 488</ref>), boll weevil loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1989">7 U.S.C. 1989</ref>), guaranteed conservation loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1924/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.</ref>), and Indian highly fractionated land loans (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s488">25 U.S.C. 488</ref>) to be available from funds in the Agricultural <page identifier="/us/stat/132/362">132 STAT. 362</page> Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, $25,610,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1a92b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating loans, $61,812,000 for direct operating loans, $21,756,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, emergency loans, $1,260,000 and $2,272,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1a92b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $325,068,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of this amount, $314,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”, of which $8,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1a92b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Risk Management Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $74,829,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1506/i">7 U.S.C. 1506(i)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Natural Resources Conservation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">conservation operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s590a–f">16 U.S.C. 590a–f</ref>), including preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $874,107,000, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/363">132 STAT. 363</page> to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref> for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250a">7 U.S.C. 2250a</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the authorities under <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1001–1005">16 U.S.C. 1001–1005</ref> and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to rural communities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">watershed and flood prevention operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1001–1005">16 U.S.C. 1001–1005</ref> and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and land treatment measures): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be allocated to projects and activities that can commence promptly following enactment; that address regional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (<ref href="/us/pl/78/534">Public Law 78–534</ref>) with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">watershed rehabilitation program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for watershed rehabilitation projects in states with high-hazard dams and other watershed structures and that have recently incurred flooding events which caused fatalities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CORPORATIONS</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying <page identifier="/us/stat/132/364">132 STAT. 364</page> out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.</chapeau><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1516">7 U.S.C. 1516</ref>), such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commodity Credit Corporation Fund</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reimbursement for net realized losses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s713a–11">15 U.S.C. 713a–11</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</ref>) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">hazardous waste management</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(limitation on expenses)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9607/g">42 U.S.C. 9607(g)</ref>), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6961">42 U.S.C. 6961</ref>).</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Development</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $230,835,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities that support Rural Development programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/365">132 STAT. 365</page> the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1472/i">42 U.S.C. 1472(i)</ref>), any amounts collected under such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will remain available until expended for such purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Housing Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural housing insurance fund program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1b7d13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,100,000,000 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That section 514(f)(3)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1484/f/3/A">42 U.S.C. 1484(f)(3)(A)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>United States</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>United States,</quotedText>” and by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the semicolon the following: “<quotedText>, or a person legally admitted to the United States and authorized to work in agriculture</quotedText>”.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1b7d14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $42,350,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $3,452,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, $368,000; section 524 site development loans, $58,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, $10,524,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s661/etseq">2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.</ref>), and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1490q">42 U.S.C. 1490q</ref>) shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit <page identifier="/us/stat/132/366">132 STAT. 366</page> entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as “<term>Asset Management Fee</term>” of up to $7,500 per property.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1ba425-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1484">42 U.S.C. 1484</ref>, 1486), $14,710,000, to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any balances available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and merged with this account.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1ba426-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rental assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,345,293,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019; and in addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2018 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That except as provided in the third proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2018 for a project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/367">132 STAT. 367</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">multi-family housing revitalization program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph, $47,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000, shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $22,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration program may be used for such vouchers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstration program under this heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available under this heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/368">132 STAT. 368</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mutual and self-help housing grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1490c">42 U.S.C. 1490c</ref>), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural housing assistance grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1474">42 U.S.C. 1474</ref>, and 1490m, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural community facilities program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c4067-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c4068-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,849,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c4069-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $43,778,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic development projects in rural areas: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (<ref href="/us/pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</ref>), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the State rural development offices: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/369">132 STAT. 369</page></proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Business—Cooperative Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural business program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized by section 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $77,342,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development and $6,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2009aa/etseq">7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.</ref>) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (<ref href="/us/usc/t40/s14101/etseq">40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.</ref>) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">intermediary relending program fund account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c8e8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b</ref>), $18,889,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c8e8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $4,361,000, as authorized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b</ref>), of which $557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2018, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be available through June 30, 2018, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/100/460">Public Law 100–460</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c8e8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural economic development loans program account</heading> <content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1c8e8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, $45,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/370">132 STAT. 370</page>  The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural cooperative development grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</ref>), $27,550,000, of which $2,750,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1632a">7 U.S.C. 1632a</ref>), of which $1,000,000 shall be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/107/171/s6402">section 6402 of Public Law 107–171</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural energy for america program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</ref>), $293,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rural Utilities Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural water and waste disposal program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $560,263,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 306A(f)(1) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $68,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/132/371">132 STAT. 371</page> further, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/105/83/s325">section 325 of Public Law 105–83</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/105/83/s325">section 325 of Public Law 105–83</ref> for training and technical assistance programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance organization, with experience in working with small communities on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management grants: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s918a">7 U.S.C. 918a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That any prior year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s918a">7 U.S.C. 918a</ref>) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d2acf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s935">7 U.S.C. 935</ref>, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/372">132 STAT. 372</page> or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d2ad0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s935">7 U.S.C. 935</ref>), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $863,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d2ad1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d51e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, $29,851,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d51e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950aaa/etseq">7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.</ref>, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funding provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d51e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1d51e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa</ref>.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $800,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Food and Nutrition Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">child nutrition programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1751/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</ref>), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</ref>), except sections 17 and 21; $24,254,139,000 to remain available <page identifier="/us/stat/132/373">132 STAT. 373</page> through September 30, 2019, of which such sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</ref>), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount available, $30,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount available, $28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/80">Public Law 111–80</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1769g/d">42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010 through 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2010 through 2018</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1758/h/3">42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2018</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1758/h/4">42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2018</quotedText>”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</ref>), $6,175,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786/h/10">42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)</ref>), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at <ref href="/us/cfr/t7/s246.12/g/6">7 CFR 246.12(g)(6)</ref> at the request of a State agency.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/374">132 STAT. 374</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">supplemental nutrition assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2011/etseq">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</ref>), $74,013,499,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2019, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1183A">8 U.S.C. 1183A</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">commodity assistance program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c note</ref>); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</ref>); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $322,139,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2018 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2036/a">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</ref>), the Secretary may use up to 15 percent for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">nutrition programs administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, $153,841,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public <page identifier="/us/stat/132/375">132 STAT. 375</page> Law 107–171, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s4401">section 4401 of Public Law 110–246</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $875,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of codex alimentarius</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, $3,796,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Foreign Agricultural Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1766">7 U.S.C. 1766</ref>), $199,666,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019, for overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed staff: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1737">7 U.S.C. 1737</ref>) and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for International Development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available for middle-income country training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of title I, Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</ref>) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $149,000, shall be transferred to and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/376">132 STAT. 376</page> merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">food for peace title ii grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</ref>), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, $1,600,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall in each instance notify in writing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, the Committee on Agriculture of the House, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and make publicly available online the amount and use of authority in section 202(a) of the Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1722/a">7 U.S.C. 1722(a)</ref>) to notwithstand the minimum level of nonemergency assistance required by section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1736f/e/2">7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)</ref>) not later than 15 days after the date of such action.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition program grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1736o–1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1</ref>), $207,626,000, to remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the use of recently developed potable water technologies in school feeding projects: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000, shall remain available until expended for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1726c">7 U.S.C. 1726c</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $8,845,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses”, and of which $2,463,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/377">132 STAT. 377</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Health and Human Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">food and drug administration</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca1eff96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref> for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/255">Public Law 114–255</ref>); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/107/188/s521">section 521 of Public Law 107–188</ref>; $5,138,041,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $911,346,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379h">21 U.S.C. 379h</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $193,291,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j">21 U.S.C. 379j</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $493,600,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–42">21 U.S.C. 379j–42</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $40,214,000 shall be derived from biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–52">21 U.S.C. 379j–52</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $18,093,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–12">21 U.S.C. 379j–12</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $9,419,000 shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–21">21 U.S.C. 379j–21</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; $672,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s387s">21 U.S.C. 387s</ref>, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to and notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2018 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2018, including any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2018 but credited for fiscal year 2018, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2018 limitations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2018 of user fees specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2019, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/378">132 STAT. 378</page> prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2019 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year 2018 shall not be included in amounts under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,041,615,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,617,881,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $359,614,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $197,252,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $487,197,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $625,646,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $172,003,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which $50,559,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed $237,671,000 shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10) $335,831,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379dd/n">21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)</ref>) shall only be from amounts made available under this heading for other activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts that are made available under this heading for “other activities”, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Department of Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General” for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, for consumer outreach and education regarding agricultural biotechnology and biotechnology-derived food products and animal feed, including through publication and distribution of science-based educational information on the environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts of such biotechnology, food products, and feed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/132/379">132 STAT. 379</page>  In addition, mammography user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s263b">42 U.S.C. 263b</ref>, export certification user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s381">21 U.S.C. 381</ref>, priority review user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s360n">21 U.S.C. 360n</ref> and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–31">21 U.S.C. 379j–31</ref>, outsourcing facility fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s379j–62">21 U.S.C. 379j–62</ref>, prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s353/e/3">21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3)</ref>, third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s360eee–3/c/1">21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1)</ref>, third-party auditor fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s384d/c/8">21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8)</ref>, and medical countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s360bbb–4a">21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a</ref>, shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fda innovation account, cures act</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes under the heading “<headingText>Salaries and Expenses</headingText>”, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation for “Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses” solely for the purposes provided in such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That upon a determination by the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commodity Futures Trading Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.</ref>), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $249,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than $48,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for the purchase of information technology and of which not less than $2,700,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding the limitations in <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1553">31 U.S.C. 1553</ref>, amounts provided under <page identifier="/us/stat/132/380">132 STAT. 380</page> this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1552">31 U.S.C. 1552</ref>, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a new no-year account in the Treasury, which may be established for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if any furlough or reduction-in-force of personnel at the Commission occurs as a result of an action under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7119">5 U.S.C. 7119</ref>, the Commission shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than 30 days after the furlough or reduction-in-force occurs detailing the agency’s reasoning for conducting a furlough or reduction-in-force: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in the report the Commission shall explain why the furlough or reduction-in-force was the only reasonable course of action in response to an action taken under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7119">5 U.S.C. 7119</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That after the conclusion of any furlough or reduction-in-force of the Commission in response to an action taken under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7119">5 U.S.C. 7119</ref>, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that describes (1) the long-term cost of any pay increases the Commission must make in response to an action taken under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7119">5 U.S.C. 7119</ref>; and (2) the operational impact of the furlough or reduction-in-force.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Farm Credit Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $70,600,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t12/s2249">12 U.S.C. 2249</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescissions and transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 701. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new passenger vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public safety.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/381">132 STAT. 381</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="702"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 702. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the Department’s National Finance Center without written notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 717 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Finance Center prior to written notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of section 717 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing and new Departments and other government agencies National Finance Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, financial management, and human capital shared services and allow the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial, administrative, and information technology services, and other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance Center: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/382">132 STAT. 382</page> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct and submit a detailed cost benefit analysis to the Committees on Appropriations that includes a complete analysis of the National Finance Center data center and two other operationally comparable data centers in both size and complexity in supported applications that details and provides: (1) the cost effectiveness of each center; (2) a security analysis of each center; and (3) each center’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) certifications status and the center’s demonstrated history record and ability for maintaining Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) functions and not miss critical operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the cost-benefit analysis shall be submitted no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than 90 days after submission of the cost-benefit analysis, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a sufficiency review of the cost-benefit analysis, including any findings and recommendations relating to such review.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="703"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 703. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="704"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 704. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="705"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 705. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="706"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 706. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s11319">section 11319 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon <page identifier="/us/stat/132/383">132 STAT. 383</page> the performance of an agency measured against the performance plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accompanying <ref href="/us/pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="707"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 707. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1524/b">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)</ref>) in the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="708"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 708. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="709"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 709. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for information technology expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That except as otherwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for information technology expenses.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="710"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 710. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="711"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 711. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca208638-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">In the case of each program established or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</ref>), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca208639-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such funds shall be available for salaries and related administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated with the implementation of the program, without regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca20863a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in such section.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="712"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 712. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="713"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 713. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total <page identifier="/us/stat/132/384">132 STAT. 384</page> Federal funds provided under each award: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3310">7 U.S.C. 3310</ref>), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s638">15 U.S.C. 638</ref>).</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="714"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 714.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca20ad4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca20ad4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="715"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 715. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s14222/b">subsection (b) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c–6">7 U.S.C. 612c–6</ref>; in this section referred to as “section 14222”), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</ref>; in this section referred to as “section 32”) in excess of $1,266,582,000 (exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2018, such unobligated balances shall carryover into the next fiscal year and shall remain available until expended for any of the three stated purposes of section 32, except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, with the exception of any available carryover funds authorized in the first proviso of this section to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="716"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 716. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President’s budget submission to the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget submission identifies which additional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2019 appropriations Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/385">132 STAT. 385</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="717"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 717.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca2197ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2257">7 U.S.C. 2257</ref>) or <ref href="/us/pl/89/106/s8">section 8 of Public Law 89–106</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2263">7 U.S.C. 2263</ref>), that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>relocates an office or employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca2197b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca2197b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>augments existing programs, projects, or activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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 Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the use of such authority.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca2197b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing any program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/386">132 STAT. 386</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca2197ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>modifying major capital investments funding levels, including information technology systems, that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is less;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant positions or agency activities or functions to establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more personnel; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2197bd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>carrying out activities or functions that were not described in the budget request; unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for these purposes.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca2197be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>As described in this section, no funds may be used for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="718"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 718. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1932/g/5">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)</ref>), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="719"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 719. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="720"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 720. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="721"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 721. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/387">132 STAT. 387</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="722"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 722.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca220cef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca220cf0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t21/s399i">21 USC 399i</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a Working Capital Fund (the Fund) to be administered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), without fiscal year limitation, for the payment of salaries, travel, and other expenses necessary to the maintenance and operation of (1) a supply service for the purchase, storage, handling, issuance, packing, or shipping of stationery, supplies, materials, equipment, and blank forms, for which stocks may be maintained to meet, in whole or in part, the needs of the FDA and requisitions of other Government Offices, and (2) such other services as the Commissioner of the FDA, subject to review by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines may be performed more advantageously as central services. The Fund shall be reimbursed from applicable discretionary resources, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable purpose limitations, available when services are performed or stock furnished, or in advance, on a basis of rates which shall include estimated or actual charges for personal services, materials, equipment, information technology, and other expenses. Charges for equipment and information technology shall include costs associated with maintenance, repair, and depreciation (including improvement and replacement).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca220cf1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Of any discretionary resources appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2018 for “Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses”, not to exceed $5,000,000 of amounts available as of September 30 may be transferred to and merged with the Fund established under subsection (a), notwithstanding any otherwise applicable purpose limitations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca220cf2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>No amounts may be transferred pursuant to this section that are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="723"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 723. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for all the funds made available under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="724"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 724. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</ref>), $800,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="725"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 725. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall continue an intermediary loan packaging program based on the pilot program in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with current intermediary organizations and with additional qualified intermediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with these organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single family direct loan program in rural communities and shall set aside and make available from the national reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to support the work of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review of such loans.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/388">132 STAT. 388</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="726"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 726. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That prior to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="727"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 727. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2235a">7 U.S.C. 2235a</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/107/76">Public Law 107–76</ref>) shall be available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture.</proviso></content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="728"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 728. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the “variety” requirements of the final rule entitled “Enhancing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)” published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 (<ref href="/us/fr/81/90675">81 Fed. Reg. 90675</ref>) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the definition of the term “<term>variety</term>” as de fined in <ref href="/us/cfr/t7/s278.1/b/1/ii/C">section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, and “variety” as applied in the definition of the term “<term>staple food</term>” as defined in <ref href="/us/cfr/t7/s271.2">section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, to increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category so that the total number of such items in each staple food category exceeds the number of such items in each staple food category included in the final rule as published on December 15, 2016: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That until the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</ref>).</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="729"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 729. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca228223-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca228224-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s5940">7 U.S.C. 5940</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca228225-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or cultivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside the State in which the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="730"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 730. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds provided by this or any prior Appropriations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450i/b">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</ref> shall be made available without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s3371">7 U.S.C. 3371 note</ref>), under the matching requirements in laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment of such section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s450i/b/9">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9)</ref> shall continue to apply.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/389">132 STAT. 389</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="731"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 731. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For tree assistance payments under section 1501(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9081/e">7 U.S.C. 9081(e)</ref>) to eligible orchardists or nursery tree growers (as defined in such section) of pecan trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) and is less than 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality), $15,000,000, to be available until expended, for losses incurred during the period beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="732"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 732. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1472">42 U.S.C. 1472</ref>), the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1490p–2">42 U.S.C. 1490p–2</ref>) with respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="733"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 733. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s353/b/1">21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)</ref>), to be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such distribution.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="734"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 734. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s355/i">21 U.S.C. 355(i)</ref>) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s262/a/3">42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)</ref>) in research in which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="735"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 735. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals rule with respect to the regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the alcoholic beverage production process.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="736"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 736. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available under title II of the Food for Peace Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1721/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</ref>) may only be used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate purposes.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="737"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 737. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry out <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s1621">section 1621 of Public Law 110–246</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="738"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 738. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No partially hydrogenated oils as defined in the order published by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (<ref href="/us/fr/80/34650/etseq">80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.</ref>) shall be deemed unsafe within the meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s348/a">21 U.S.C. 348(a)</ref>) and no food that <page identifier="/us/stat/132/390">132 STAT. 390</page> is introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce that bears or contains a partially hydrogenated oil shall be deemed adulterated under sections 402(a)(1) or 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing or containing a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance date as specified in such order (June 18, 2018).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="739"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 739. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the cost of refinancing a loan pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dA/s749">section 749 of division A of Public Law 115–31</ref>, and in addition to amounts provided by that section, for any borrower identified by the Federal Financing Bank for refinancing a loan where the modification calculation methodology used for such refinancing pursuant to section 185 of Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–11 results in a cost to the pilot program, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these funds shall also be available for refinancing a loan pursuant to any extension or expansion of this pilot program that is enacted subsequent to this Act for those same borrowers.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="740"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 740. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fiscal year 2018, prepared in coordination with the Research, Education, and Economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning on the date of the submission of the plan expires to permit Congressional review of the plan.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="741"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 741. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8107a">7 U.S.C. 8107a</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may allow eligible entities to offer loans to customers in any part of their service territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided in section 769 of division A, <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>, shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="742"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 742.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca234576-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Secretary of Agriculture shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca234577-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca234578-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>veterinary control and oversight;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca234579-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>disease history and vaccination practices;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>livestock demographics and traceability;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>epidemiological separation from potential sources of infection;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>surveillance practices;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>emergency preparedness and response; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23457f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>promptly make publicly available the final reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca234580-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under its international trade agreements.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="743"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 743. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides forestry inventory analysis, forest management and economic outcomes modelling for certain currently enrolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation <page identifier="/us/stat/132/391">132 STAT. 391</page> to enter into agreements with and provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wildlife habitats, that also have experience in conducting accurate forest inventory analysis through the use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled for at least eight years and located in areas with a substantial concentration of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including CP03, CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="744"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 744. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2133">7 U.S.C. 2133</ref>), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or testing.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="745"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 745. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1310">16 U.S.C. 1310</ref>, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1301–1311">16 U.S.C. 1301–1311</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="746"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 746.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca23e1c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca23e1c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>No Federal funds made available for this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1926/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.</ref>) shall be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In this section, the term “<term>iron and steel products</term>” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) or the designee of the Secretary finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23e1c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23e1c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca23e1c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the Department.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/392">132 STAT. 392</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act for “Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account” for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project for which the engineering plans and specifications include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection if the plans and specifications have received required approvals from State agencies prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca23e1cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the terms “United States” and “State” shall include each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="747"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 747. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2018, an amount of funds made available in title III under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="748"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 748. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of program assistance for Rural Development programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison populations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="749"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 749. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public housing authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a period of time as determined by the Secretary.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="750"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 750. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any fee issued by the State’s Electronic Benefit Transfer contractor and subcontractors, including Affiliates of the contractor or subcontractor, related to the switching or routing of benefits for Department of Agriculture domestic food assistance programs shall be prohibited: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this provision, the term “<term>switching</term>” means the routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction electronically recorded through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card in one State to the issuer of the card that may be in the same or different State.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="751"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 751. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/393">132 STAT. 393</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="752"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 752.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca24cc2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall carry out a pilot program during fiscal year 2018 with respect to the 2017 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9017/b/1">7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)</ref>), that provides all or some of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the State a supplemental payment described in subsection (c) based on the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) for 1 or more counties in a State if the office for that State determines that the alternate calculation method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, there are not significant yield calculation disparities between comparable counties in the State.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The alternate calculation method referred to in subsection (a) is a method of calculating the actual yield for the 2017 crop year for county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9017/b/1">7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)</ref>), under which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca24cc2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>county data of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (referred to in this section as “NASS data”) is used for the calculations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca24cc30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>if there is insufficient NASS data for a county (as determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act) or the available NASS data produces a substantially disparate result, the calculation of the county yield is determined using comparable contiguous county NASS data as determined by the Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca24cc31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>if there is insufficient NASS data for a comparable contiguous county (as determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act), the calculation of the county yield is determined using reliable yield data from other sources, such as Risk Management Agency data, National Agricultural Statistics Service district data, National Agricultural Statistics Service State yield data, or other data as determined by the Farm Service Agency office in the applicable State.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca24cc33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>A supplemental payment made under the pilot program established under this section may be made to an agricultural producer who is subject to the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) if that agricultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2017 crop year in an amount that is less than the payment that the agricultural producer would receive under the alternate calculation method.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The amount of a supplemental payment to an agricultural producer under this section may not exceed the difference between—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca24cc35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the payment that the agricultural producer would have received without the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca24cc36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the payment that the agricultural producer would receive using the alternate calculation method.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca24cc38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, to carry out the pilot program described in this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/394">132 STAT. 394</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described in this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca24cc3b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall select States to participate in the pilot program under this section so the cost of the pilot program equals the amount provided under subsection (d).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc3c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>To the extent that the cost of the pilot program exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall reduce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata basis.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc3d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Nothing in this section affects the calculation of actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9017/b/1">7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)</ref>) other than payments made in accordance with the pilot program under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca24cc3e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>A calculation of actual yield made using the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s9017">7 U.S.C. 9017</ref>) other than for purposes of the pilot program under this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="753"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 753. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “National Institute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education Activities”, $6,000,000, to be available until expended, for relocation expenses and for the alteration and repair of leased buildings and improvements pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of this funding.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="754"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 754. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to information and subject to the same requirements applicable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s653">42 U.S.C. 653</ref>) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s1603/1/7/D/ix">26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)</ref>) to verify the income for individuals participating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1972">42 U.S.C. 1972</ref>, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="755"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 755. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Services—Child Nutrition Programs</headingText>”, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, to allow allied professional associations to develop a training program for school nutrition personnel that focuses on school food service meal preparation and workforce development.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="756"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 756. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported into the United States from the People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1751/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</ref>), the Child and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</ref>), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1761">42 U.S.C. 1761</ref>), or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1771/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/395">132 STAT. 395</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="757"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 757. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In response to an eligible community where the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an additional period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under the Program in order to protect public health.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="758"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 758. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca251a5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1472/i">42 U.S.C. 1472(i)</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca251a60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authority; maximum amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may assess and collect a fee for a lender to access the automated underwriting systems of the Department in connection with such lender’s participation in the single family loan program under this section and only in an amount necessary to cover the costs of information technology enhancements, improvements, maintenance, and development for automated underwriting systems used in connection with the single family loan program under this section, except that such fee shall not exceed $50 per loan.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="759"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 759. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the total amounts made available by this Act for direct loans and grants in the following headings: “Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account”; “Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants”; “Rural Economic Infrastructure Grants”; “Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account”; “Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Program Account”; “Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account”; “Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development Grants”; “Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account”; and “Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account”, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this section, including, notwithstanding any other provision regarding population limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a population that does not exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 percent: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section, the term “<term>persistent poverty counties</term>” means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year average: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That with respect to specific activities for which program levels have been made available by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to such program level.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="760"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 760.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca258f91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>No funds shall be used to finalize the proposed rule entitled “Eligibility of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC” published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on June 16, 2017 (<ref href="/us/fr/82/27625">82 Fed. Reg. 27625</ref>), unless the Secretary of Agriculture shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca258f92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection system for the PRC is equivalent to that of the United States;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/396">132 STAT. 396</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca258f93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>ensure that, before any poultry products can enter the United States from any such poultry plant, such poultry products comply with all other applicable requirements for poultry products in interstate commerce in the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca258f94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>conduct periodic verification reviews and audits of any such plants in the PRC intending to export into the United States processed poultry products;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca258f95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>conduct re-inspection of such poultry products at United States ports-of-entry to check the general condition of such products, for the proper certification and labeling of such products, and for any damage to such products that may have occurred during transportation; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca258f96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>ensure that shipments of any such poultry products selected to enter the United States are subject to additional re-inspection procedures at appropriate levels to verify that the products comply with relevant Federal regulations or standards, including examinations for product defects and laboratory analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or pathogen testing appropriate for the products involved.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca258f97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with obligations of the United States under any trade agreement to which the United States is a party.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="761"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 761.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca25b6a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1002">16 U.S.C. 1002</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the matter following paragraph (3) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca25b6a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Section 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1005">16 U.S.C. 1005</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca25b6aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000,000</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca25b6ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (4), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$5,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$25,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="762"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 762. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, there is hereby appropriated $116,000,000, to remain available until expended, under the heading “<headingText>Food for Peace Title II Grants</headingText>”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the funds made available under this section shall be used for the purposes set forth in the Food for Peace Act for both emergency and non-emergency purposes.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="763"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 763. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to any other funds made available in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1769/g">42 U.S.C. 1769(g)</ref>), to remain available until expended.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="764"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 764. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote, or advance any regulations applicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote or advance final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the date on which a dietary reference intake report with respect to sodium is completed.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="765"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 765. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/s185">section 185 of Public Law 114–223</ref> (as added by <ref href="/us/pl/114/254">Public Law 114–254</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/130/1018">130 Stat. 1018</ref>)), the Secretary of Agriculture may provide financial and technical assistance to remove and dispose of debris and sediment that could adversely affect health and safety on non-Federal land in a flood-affected county or parish: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such assistance may be used to restore pre-disaster hydraulic capacity of the watershed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided</i> <page identifier="/us/stat/132/397">132 STAT. 397</page> <i>further</i>, That such assistance may not be used to correct an operation and maintenance issue that existed prior to the disaster.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="766"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 766. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca2604cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca2604cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exemption From Certain Reporting Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2604ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of exempted producer<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>exempted producer</term>’ means a producer or landowner eligible to participate in any conservation program administered by the Secretary.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2604cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exemption<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6101">31 U.S.C. 6101 note</ref>), the requirements of parts 25 and 170 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t2">title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (and any successor regulations), shall not apply with respect to assistance received by an exempted producer from the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="767"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 767. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/112/55/dA/s727">section 727 of division A of Public Law 112–55</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="768"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 768. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca262be0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca262be1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1758/b/10">42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10)</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca262be2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><ref href="/us/cfr/t7/s245.8">section 245.8 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="769"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 769. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="770"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 770. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During fiscal year 2018, the Food and Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the FDA publishes final labeling guidelines for informing consumers of such content.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="771"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 771. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses”, $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for one-time control and management and associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus greening.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="772"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 772.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca267a03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s6931">7 U.S.C. 6931</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca267a04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subtitle B—Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Subtitle B—Farm Production and Conservation</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca267a05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by revising section 225 to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp2 firstIndent-3" id="yca26a116-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold" value="225">“SEC. 225. </num><heading class="bold">UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION.</heading><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca26a117-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authorization<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca26a118-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Confirmation Required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Secretary establishes the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation authorized under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/398">132 STAT. 398</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca26a119-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Functions of Undersecretary<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation shall perform such functions and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca26a11a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Succession<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any official who is serving as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services on the date of the enactment of this Act and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) to the successor position authorized under subsection (a).”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca26a11b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5314">Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.</quotedText>” and “<quotedText>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="773"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 773. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,” and published on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for wine and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public health significance.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="774"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 774. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca26c82c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to revoke an exception made—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca26c82d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>pursuant to the rule entitled “Exceptions to Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA” published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2003 (<ref href="/us/fr/68/19137">68 Fed. Reg. 19137</ref>, 19139); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca26c82e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>on a date before April 14, 2017.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="775"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 775. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for an additional amount for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950aaa/etseq">7 U.S.C 950aaa et seq.</ref>, to help address the opioid epidemic in rural America.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="776"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 776. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For school year 2018–2019, only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account as of January 31, 2018, shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1760/p">42 U.S.C. 1760(p)</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="777"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 777. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for a pilot program for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="778"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 778. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses”, $94,000,000, to remain available until expended, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for necessary expenses of processing opioid and other articles imported or offered for import through international mail facilities of the U.S. Postal Service: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such additional amounts shall also be available for expanding and enhancing inspection capacity related to such processing activity (including but not limited to increasing staffing, obtaining necessary equipment and supplies, and expanding and upgrading infrastructure, laboratory facilities, and data libraries): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts appropriated under this section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/399">132 STAT. 399</page> shall be in addition to amounts otherwise made available for research and criminal investigations related to such import articles, and be available for enhancing such research and investigations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the obligation of amounts appropriated under this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="779"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 779. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program”, $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a new broadband loan and grant pilot program under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s901/etseq">7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for the purpose of the new pilot program, the authorities provided in such Act shall include the authority to make grants for such purposes, as described in section 601(a) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That at least 90 percent of the households to be served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to broadband, defined for this pilot program as 10 Mbps downstream, and 1 Mbps upstream, which shall be reevaluated and redetermined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the Secretary of Agriculture: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That an entity to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to other available funds, not more than four percent of the funds can be used for administrative costs to carry out this pilot program and up to three percent may be utilized for technical assistance and pre-development planning activities to support the most rural communities, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Rural Utility Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods that would implement this section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assessment requirements set forth in sections 6104(a)(2)(D) and 6104(a)(2)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s950bb/d/5">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(5)</ref>, and 950bb(d)(8) and 950bb(d)(10)).</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="780"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 780. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans and grants made under the “Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account”, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $495,000,000 shall be for grants.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="781"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 781. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca273d5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca273d60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>post on a public Website in a searchable format information on competitive grant awards made using funds made available under an appropriations Act (other than funds appropriated to the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Forest Service, or funds provided under the heading “<headingText>Food for Peace Title II Grants</headingText>”) that includes, with respect to each such award, the Congressional District corresponding to the State, District, Tribal jurisdiction, or territory of the United States in which the recipient of the funds is geographically located; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/400">132 STAT. 400</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca273d61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>not provide advance notification of such grant awards to any person outside of the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration except potential awardees, until such information is posted, as described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="782"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 782. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca276472-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca276473-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s603">21 U.S.C. 603</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca276474-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1901">7 U.S.C. 1901 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/104/127">Public Law 104–127</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca276475-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>to implement or enforce <ref href="/us/cfr/t9/s352.19">section 352.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or a successor regulation).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="783"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 783. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca276476-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8111">7 U.S.C. 8111</ref>).</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION B—

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2018.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Trade Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International Trade Administration between two points abroad, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s40118">section 40118 of title 49, United States Code</ref>; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s2672">section 2672 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $13,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/401">132 STAT. 401</page> <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2455/f">22 U.S.C. 2455(f)</ref> and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for services provided as part of these activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Industry and Security</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for export administration and national security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs associated with the performance of export administration field activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s2672">section 2672 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (<ref href="/us/stat/40/223">40 Stat. 223</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s401/b">22 U.S.C. 401(b)</ref>); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $113,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2455/f">22 U.S.C. 2455(f)</ref> and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That payments and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information to the public with respect to the export administration and national security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and other governments.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic Development Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">economic development assistance programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3722">15 U.S.C. 3722</ref>), $262,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which $21,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 27.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $39,000,000: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/402">132 STAT. 402</page> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3722">15 U.S.C. 3722</ref>), and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Minority Business Development Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">minority business development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or private organizations, $39,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Economic and Statistical Analysis</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, $99,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of the Census</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">current surveys and programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $270,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Bureau of the Census shall collect and analyze data for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey using the same health insurance questions included in previous years, in addition to the revised questions implemented in the Current Population Survey beginning in February 2014.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">periodic censuses and programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $2,544,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,580,000 shall be transferred to the “Office of Inspector General” account for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available under this heading for information technology related to 2020 census delivery, including the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and resubmits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies <page identifier="/us/stat/132/403">132 STAT. 403</page> for each CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, including cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and all revised estimates for development, maintenance, and operations; (C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts of cost variances on other Census programs; (2) details for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks and mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government Accountability Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Telecommunications and Information Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $39,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1535/d">31 U.S.C. 1535(d)</ref>, the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other Government agencies shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $7,500,000 shall be to update the national broadband availability map in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and using partnerships previously developed with the States.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available for the administration of all open grants until their expiration.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Patent and Trademark Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general <page identifier="/us/stat/132/404">132 STAT. 404</page> fund estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be less than $3,500,000,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any amount received in excess of $3,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office “Salaries and Expenses” account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be made available in fiscal year 2018 for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in fiscal year 2018 from the amounts made available for “Salaries and Expenses” for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8334/a">section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any differences between the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t35/s42/c">section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code</ref>, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/29">Public Law 112–29</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the “Office of Inspector General” account for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the USPTO.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institute of Standards and Technology</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">scientific and technical research and services</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $724,500,000, to remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/132/405">132 STAT. 405</page> expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the “Working Capital Fund”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer undergraduate research fellowship program participants.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">industrial technology services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $140,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which $15,000,000 shall be for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as “Manufacturing USA”).</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction of research facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s278c–278e">15 U.S.C. 278c–278e</ref>), $319,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca28eb1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1513b">15 USC 1513b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations, research, and facilities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for state-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $3,536,331,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, except that funds provided for cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">section 3302 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition, $144,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled “Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries”, which shall only be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy <page identifier="/us/stat/132/406">132 STAT. 406</page> Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the $3,697,831,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $3,536,331,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $144,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch55">10 U.S.C. ch. 55</ref>), such sums as may be necessary.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, acquisition and construction</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $2,290,684,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, except that funds provided for acquisition and construction of vessels and construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the $2,303,684,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $2,290,684,000 is appropriated from the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca29393b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1513a">15 USC 1513a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the “Office of Inspector General” account for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition and construction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">pacific coastal salmon recovery</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the funds provided herein, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/407">132 STAT. 407</page> the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fishermen’s contingency fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/95/372/tIV">title IV of Public Law 95–372</ref>, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fishery disaster assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of fishery disasters, $20,000,000 to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters as declared by the Secretary of Commerce.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fisheries finance program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, obligations of direct loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, $63,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">renovation and modernization</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $45,130,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), $32,744,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/408">132 STAT. 408</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Commerce</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1514">15 U.S.C. 1514</ref>), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324">31 U.S.C. 3324</ref>, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 U.S.C. 1343</ref> and 1344; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca29d57c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s878a">33 USC 878a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> requirements set forth by section 105 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/55">Public Law 112–55</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/113/6/dB/tI/s105">section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113–6</ref>, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $10,828,059,000.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such services.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/409">132 STAT. 409</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The National Technical Information Service shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or document.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Commerce may waive the requirement for bonds under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3131">40 U.S.C. 3131</ref> with respect to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s883a/etseq">33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">To carry out the responsibilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds received for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be deposited under the heading “<headingText>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities</headingText>” and shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all funds within this section and their corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca2a4aad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for which such amounts have been made available.</content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2a4aae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/410">132 STAT. 410</page></p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca2a4aaf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice, $114,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">justice information sharing technology</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Attorney General may transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds available to the Department of Justice for information technology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">executive office for immigration review</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, $504,500,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the “Immigration Examinations Fee” account: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the total amount made available under this heading shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $97,250,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Parole Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as authorized, $13,308,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until a successor has been appointed.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/411">132 STAT. 411</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Legal Activities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses, general legal activities</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2abee0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, $897,500,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to “Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities” from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t52/s10305">52 U.S.C. 10305</ref>) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided under this heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2abee1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses, antitrust division</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s18a">15 U.S.C. 18a</ref>), regardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be $126,000,000 in fiscal year 2018), shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $38,977,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/412">132 STAT. 412</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses, united states attorneys</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $2,136,750,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a task force on human trafficking.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">united states trustee system fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to the United States Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees collected pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s589a/b">section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $225,908,000, those excess amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated at $231,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $2,409,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fees and expenses of witnesses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security caravans; and not to exceed $15,000,000 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts made available under this heading may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/413">132 STAT. 413</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses, community relations service</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, $15,500,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">assets forfeiture fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s524/c/1">section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Marshals Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, $1,311,492,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support, $53,400,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal prisoner detention</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s4013">section 4013 of title 18, United States Code</ref>, $1,536,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered “funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement assistance” pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s4013/b">section 4013(b) of title 18, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the United States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any unobligated balances available from funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>General Administration, Detention Trustee</headingText>” shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation under this heading.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/414">132 STAT. 414</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Security Division</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National Security Division, $101,031,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Interagency Law Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">interagency crime and drug enforcement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, $542,850,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Bureau of Investigation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $9,030,202,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $184,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and information technology requirements, related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; $370,000,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/415">132 STAT. 415</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Drug Enforcement Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s530C">section 530C of title 28, United States Code</ref>; and expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, $2,190,326,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $1,293,776,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s924/d/2">section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code</ref>, and not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s925/c">section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s925/c">section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Departments.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Prison System</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $7,114,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca2c1e72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s250a">42 USC 250a</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Attorney General may transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts <page identifier="/us/stat/132/416">132 STAT. 416</page> with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, $161,571,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal prison industries, incorporated</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">section 9104 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, incorporated</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/417">132 STAT. 417</page> facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Local Law Enforcement Activities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office on Violence Against Women</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">violence against women prevention and prosecution programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2d08d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10101/etseq">34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.</ref>) (“the 1968 Act”); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>) (“the 1994 Act”); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>) (“the 1990 Act”); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s11101/etseq">34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.</ref>) (“the 1974 Act”); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</ref>) (“the 2000 Act”); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</ref>) (“the 2013 Act”); and the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/22">Public Law 114–22</ref>) (“the 2015 Act”); and for related victims services, $492,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be derived by transfer from amounts available for obligation in this Act from the Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/98/473/tII/chXIV/s1402">section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20101">34 U.S.C. 20101</ref>), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise made available under this heading: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d08d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d08d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$35,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d08d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$3,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence against women and related issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against Women, which shall be transferred to “Research, Evaluation and Statistics” for administration by the Office of Justice Programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d08d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$11,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and assistance to middle and high school students through education and other services related to such violence: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/418">132 STAT. 418</page> That unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That 10 percent of the total amount available for this grant program shall be available for grants under the program authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fe8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$53,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initiative;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fe9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$40,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2feb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$45,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$5,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>$16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2fef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>$6,000,000 is for education and training to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2ff0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>$500,000 is for the National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2ff1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>$1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds may be transferred to “Research, Evaluation and Statistics” for administration by the Office of Justice Programs;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2ff2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>$500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2ff3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>$4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal governments in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of the 2013 Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d2ff4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>$1,500,000 for the purposes authorized under the 2015 Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/419">132 STAT. 419</page></content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Justice Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research, evaluation and statistics</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2d5705-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (“the 1974 Act”); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s11291/etseq">34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.</ref>); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/199">Public Law 110–199</ref>); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/473">Public Law 98–473</ref>); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>) (“the Adam Walsh Act”); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/401">Public Law 110–401</ref>); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</ref>) (“the 2002 Act”); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</ref>) (“the 2013 Act”); and other programs, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d5706-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$48,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is for a nationwide incident-based crime statistics program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2d5707-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$42,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for research targeted toward developing a better understanding of the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for effective intervention and prevention.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and local law enforcement assistance</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2e8f88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>) (“the 1994 Act”); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>) (“the 1990 Act”); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/164">Public Law 109–164</ref>); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>) (“the Adam Walsh Act”); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</ref>); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</ref>) (“the 2002 Act”); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/199">Public Law 110–199</ref>); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/403">Public Law 110–403</ref>); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/473">Public Law 98–473</ref>); <page identifier="/us/stat/132/420">132 STAT. 420</page> the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/416">Public Law 110–416</ref>); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</ref>) (“the 2013 Act”); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/198">Public Law 114–198</ref>) (“CARA”); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/324">Public Law 114–324</ref>); and other programs, $1,677,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$415,500,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $10,000,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III Memorial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR), $5,000,000 is for an initiative to support evidence-based policing, $2,500,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-making, $2,400,000 is for the operationalization, maintenance and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for a national training initiative to improve police-based responses to people with mental illness or developmental disabilities, $20,000,000 is for competitive and evidence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence, $2,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/110/315/s952">section 952 of Public Law 110–315</ref>, $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and prosecution grants to states and units of local government, and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/79">Public Law 108–79</ref>), and $16,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement assistance for events occurring during or after fiscal year 2018, as authorized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s50101">34 U.S.C. 50101</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$240,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1231/i/5">8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other detainees housed in State and local detention facilities;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$77,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/106/386/s107/b/2">section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386</ref>, for programs authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/109/164">Public Law 109–164</ref>, or programs authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$3,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/108/405/s426">section 426 of Public Law 108–405</ref>, and for grants for wrongful conviction review;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$14,000,000 for economic, high technology, white collar and Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/110/403/s401">section 401 of Public Law 110–403</ref>;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$22,500,000 for the matching grant program for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s <page identifier="/us/stat/132/421">132 STAT. 421</page> Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and evaluation programs;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public Website;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$75,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><chapeau>$130,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and activities, of which—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2e8f94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$120,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities, including the purposes authorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/546">Public Law 106–546</ref>) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to 4 percent of funds made available under this paragraph may be used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers program (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>, section 303);</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$6,000,000 is for the purposes described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program (<ref href="/us/pl/108/405">Public Law 108–405</ref>, section 412); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program grants, including as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/108/405/s304">section 304 of Public Law 108–405</ref>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="12">(12) </num><content>$47,500,000 for a grant program for community-based sexual assault response reform;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="13">(13) </num><content>$12,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="14">(14) </num><content>$35,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="15">(15) </num><content>$85,000,000 for offender reentry programs and research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/199">Public Law 110–199</ref>), without regard to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal probation or parole supervision efforts and strategies, $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental and family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy, and $4,000,000 is for additional replication sites employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanctions in probation, and for a research project on the effectiveness of the model: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing Model;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="16">(16) </num><content>$75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/422">132 STAT. 422</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="17">(17) </num><content>$65,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-community relations, of which $22,500,000 is for a competitive matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State, local and tribal law enforcement, $25,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, for activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction, and $17,500,000 is for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="18">(18) </num><chapeau>$330,000,000 for comprehensive opioid abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the following programs, which shall address opioid abuse reduction consistent with underlying program authorities—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$75,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$30,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/416">Public Law 110–416</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$30,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$20,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>$30,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2eb6b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>$145,000,000 for a comprehensive opioid abuse program:</content></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca2eb6b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public sector safety service.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">juvenile justice programs</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2f2be5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (“the 1974 Act”); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s11291/etseq">34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.</ref>); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/21">Public Law 108–21</ref>); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Public Law 101–647</ref>) (“the 1990 Act”); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</ref>) (“the Adam Walsh Act”); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/401">Public Law 110–401</ref>); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/4">Public Law 113–4</ref>) (“the 2013 Act”); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/324">Public Law 114-324</ref>); and other juvenile justice programs, $282,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f2be6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$60,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants <page identifier="/us/stat/132/423">132 STAT. 423</page> process: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration grant program to support emergency planning among State, local and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$94,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>$27,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$4,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence education, prevention and intervention, and related activities;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$500,000 shall be for an Internet site providing information and resources on children of incarcerated parents;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice system;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>$8,000,000 shall be for community-based violence prevention initiatives, including for public health approaches to reducing shootings and violence; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>$8,000,000 shall be for an opioid-affected youth initiative;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f52ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$21,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f5300-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$76,000,000 for missing and exploited children programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/401">Public Law 110–401</ref>) shall not apply for purposes of this Act);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f5301-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$2,000,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2f5302-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$2,000,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent defense:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca2f5303-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than 2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children programs.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public safety officer benefits</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"> (including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until expended; and $24,800,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding <page identifier="/us/stat/132/424">132 STAT. 424</page> for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to “<term>Public Safety Officer Benefits</term>” from available appropriations for the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Oriented Policing Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">community oriented policing services programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca2fa124-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</ref>); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); and the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</ref>) (“the 2005 Act”), $275,500,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any balances made available through prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2fa125-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$225,500,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10381">34 U.S.C. 10381</ref>) for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10384/c">34 U.S.C. 10384(c)</ref>), funding for hiring or rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from this limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $30,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including hiring, equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for community policing development activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph $36,000,000 is for regional information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and merged with “Research, Evaluation, and Statistics” for administration by the Office of Justice Programs;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2fa126-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$10,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/199">Public Law 114–199</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2fa127-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$8,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca2fa128-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$32,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/425">132 STAT. 425</page> That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions—Department of Justice</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174"> (including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for official reception and representation expenses.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca301659-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca30165a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information <page identifier="/us/stat/132/426">132 STAT. 426</page> technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the information technology program has appropriate program management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the residency requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s545">section 545 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca30647b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by this title under the headings “Research, Evaluation and Statistics”, “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, and “Juvenile Justice Programs”—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca30647c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be used by such Office to provide training and technical assistance; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca30647d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or statistical programs administered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant or reimbursement programs.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca308b8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 for the following programs, waive the following requirements:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca308b8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>For the adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10631/etseq">34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.</ref>), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such part (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10631/g/1">34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/427">132 STAT. 427</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca308b90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10631/etseq">34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.</ref>), the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10633/e/1">34 U.S.C. 10633(e)(1)</ref> and (2)).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca308b91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10581">34 U.S.C. 10581</ref>), the requirements under the second sentence of section 2901(f) of such part (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10581/f">34 U.S.C. 10581(f)</ref>).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s12109/a">34 U.S.C. 12109(a)</ref>) shall not apply to amounts made available by this or any other Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 215. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act, other than for the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s40901">34 U.S.C. 40901</ref>), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 216.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca30b2a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the income retained in the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/102/140/tI">title I of Public Law 102–140</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/105/784">105 Stat. 784</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s527">28 U.S.C. 527 note</ref>) shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2018, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management system.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca30b2a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/102/140/tI">title I of Public Law 102–140</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/105/784">105 Stat. 784</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s527">28 U.S.C. 527 note</ref>) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2018, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca30b2a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances available under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s524/c/8/E">section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2018, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca30d9b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dH/s526">section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/113/235/dG/s524">section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113</ref>, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.</content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca30d9b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/428">132 STAT. 428</page></p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca30d9b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Science Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SCIENCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Science and Technology Policy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.</ref>), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,544,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Space Council</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying out the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/100/685/tV">Title V of Public Law 100-685</ref> and Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, $1,965,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes provided herein.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">science</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of science research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $6,221,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the formulation and development costs (with development cost as defined under <ref href="/us/usc/t51/s30104">section 30104 of title 51, United States Code</ref>) for the James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That should the individual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of <ref href="/us/usc/t51/s30104">section 30104 of title 51, United States Code</ref>, as responsible for the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the development cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, the individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of section 30104: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the amounts provided, $595,000,000 is for an orbiter and a lander to meet the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as outlined in the most recent planetary science decadal survey: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the National Aeronautics and Space <page identifier="/us/stat/132/429">132 STAT. 429</page> Administration shall use the Space Launch System as the launch vehicles for the Jupiter Europa mission, plan for an orbiter launch no later than 2022 and a lander launch no later than 2024, and include in the fiscal year 2020 budget the 5-year funding profile necessary to achieve these goals.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">aeronautics</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $685,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">space technology</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of space technology research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $760,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $130,000,000 shall be for RESTORE.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">exploration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of exploration research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,790,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not less than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not less than $2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core elements and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simultaneously: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for Exploration Upper Stage development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $895,000,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems, including $350,000,000 for a second mobile launch platform and associated <page identifier="/us/stat/132/430">132 STAT. 430</page> SLS activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated system that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed launch as early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile for a sustained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed test launch: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca319d08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t51/s20301">51 USC 20301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> acquisition of Orion crew vehicles, SLS launch vehicles, Exploration Ground Systems, mobile launch platforms, and their associated components may be funded incrementally in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $395,000,000 shall be for exploration research and development.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">space operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of space operations research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities, including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,751,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $18,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">safety, security and mission services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, space operations and education research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; travel expenses; purchase and hire <page identifier="/us/stat/132/431">132 STAT. 431</page> of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,826,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction and environmental compliance and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental compliance and restoration, $562,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca31eb29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t51/s20145">51 USC 20145 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> proceeds from leases deposited into this account shall be available for a period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 2018 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca31eb2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t51/s30103">51 USC 30103 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> annual budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t51/s20145">section 20145 of title 51, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $39,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32394b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca32394c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t51/s20144">51 USC 20144 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32394d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32394e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount established in that spending plan that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/432">132 STAT. 432</page></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Science Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and related activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</ref>), and <ref href="/us/pl/86/209">Public Law 86–209</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1880/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.</ref>); services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $6,334,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed $544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">major research equipment and facilities construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</ref>), including authorized travel, $182,800,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">education and human resources</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $902,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">agency operations and award management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.</ref>); services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security guard services; $328,510,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2018 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services to be provided during the next fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the national science board</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference <page identifier="/us/stat/132/433">132 STAT. 433</page> rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and consultants under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>) involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1863">42 U.S.C. 1863</ref>) and <ref href="/us/pl/86/209">Public Law 86–209</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1880/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.</ref>), $4,370,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $15,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32ae7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32ae80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Director of the National Science Foundation shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the National Science Foundation.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca32ae81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Science Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission on Civil Rights</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,700,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to employ any individuals under Schedule C of <ref href="/us/cfr/t5/pt213/sptC">subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref> exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1975a">42 U.S.C. 1975a</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/434">132 STAT. 434</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/233">Public Law 110–233</ref>), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/325">Public Law 110–325</ref>), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/2">Public Law 111–2</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the Commission, $379,500,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Trade Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, $93,700,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Legal Services Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the legal services corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $410,000,000, of which $376,000,000 is for basic field programs and required independent audits; $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 is for management and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">section 5304 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2996d/d">42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/435">132 STAT. 435</page> authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States Government.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provision—legal services corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of <ref href="/us/pl/105/119">Public Law 105–119</ref>, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2017 and 2018, respectively.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Marine Mammal Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1361/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.</ref>), $3,431,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the United States Trade Representative</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $57,600,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">trade enforcement trust fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s4405">19 U.S.C. 4405</ref>), including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State Justice Institute</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10701/etseq">42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.</ref>) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/436">132 STAT. 436</page> the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United States Government.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescissions)</subheading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504. </inline> </num><content class="inline">If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 505. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 2018, 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 or initiates a new program, project or activity; (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, programs or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 506.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca33bff2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a “Made in America” inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/437">132 STAT. 437</page> suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t48">title 48, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca33bff3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca33bff4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its territories or possessions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca33bff5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>promotional items</term>” has the meaning given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 507.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca33e706-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of obligation.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca33e707-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca33e708-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 508. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 509. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca343529-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20101">34 USC 20101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> any other provision of law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/98/473/tII/chXIV/s1402">section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t34/s20101">34 U.S.C. 20101</ref>) in any fiscal year in excess of $4,436,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General for oversight and auditing purposes; and (2) 3 percent shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/438">132 STAT. 438</page> consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 513.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca34834a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), of grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca34834b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34834c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any matter described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552/b">section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34834d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>sensitive personal information for any individual, the public access to which could be used to commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca34834e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the person awarded the grant or contract.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca34834f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 514.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca34d170-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard <page identifier="/us/stat/132/439">132 STAT. 439</page> Publication 199, “Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems” unless the agency has—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d171-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>reviewed the supply chain risk for the information systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems within the Federal Government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d172-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive awardee against available and relevant threat information provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d173-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such system, including any risk associated with such system being produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca34d174-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d175-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any identified risks;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d176-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in the national interest of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca34d177-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>reported that determination to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the agency Inspector General.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 515. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States Government.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 516.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3546a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, <ref href="/us/cfr/t22/s121.1">section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3546a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3546aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/440">132 STAT. 440</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3546ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>does not permit the export without a license of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3546ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>fully automatic firearms and components and parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3546ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3546ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>articles for export from Canada to another foreign destination.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3546af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In accordance with this section, the District Directors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3546b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The President may require export licenses under this section on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 517. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2778/b/1/B">22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B)</ref> and qualified pursuant to <ref href="/us/cfr/t27/s478.112">27 CFR section 478.112</ref> or .113, for a permit to import United States origin “curios or relics” firearms, parts, or ammunition.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca356dc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca356dc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3594d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3594d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 519. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">If at any time during any quarter, the program manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more <page identifier="/us/stat/132/441">132 STAT. 441</page> than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s management structure is adequate to control total project or procurement costs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 521. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3094">50 U.S.C. 3094</ref>) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.</content></section> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 523.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca360a05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available to the Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs, $10,000,000 is rescinded not later than September 30, 2018.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca360a06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2018, from the following accounts in the specified amounts—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>“Working Capital Fund”, $154,768,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>“Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses”, $127,291,000 including from, but not limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification and criminal justice information services and associated costs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>“State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs”, $15,000,000;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/442">132 STAT. 442</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>“State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of Justice Programs”, $40,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>“State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community Oriented Policing Services”, $10,000,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca360a0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>“Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund”, $304,000,000, is permanently rescinded.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca360a0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2018, specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 524. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any single conference occurring outside the United States unless such conference is a law enforcement training or operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 526. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca36311e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36311f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca363120-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca367f41-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca367f42-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca367f43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca367f44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca367f45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca367f46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca367f47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="528"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 528. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca36a658-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in <page identifier="/us/stat/132/443">132 STAT. 443</page> its annual performance plan and performance and accountability reports the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36a659-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Details on future action the department, agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36a65a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The method that the department, agency, or instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36a65b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36a65c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="529"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 529.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca36f47d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca36f47e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca36f47f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36f480-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, data, or other information with national security or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca36f481-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>will not involve knowing interactions with officials who have been determined by the United States to have direct involvement with violations of human rights.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca36f482-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and its location and timing.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="530"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 530. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca371b93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca371b94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>all other requirements of law with respect to the proposed importation are met; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca371b95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="531"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 531.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca371b96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless <page identifier="/us/stat/132/444">132 STAT. 444</page> such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca371b97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="532"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 532. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="533"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 533. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="534"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 534. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose of such travel.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="535"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 535. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available by this Act, not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3722">15 U.S.C. 3722</ref>) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section, the term “<term>persistent poverty counties</term>” means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="536"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 536. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="537"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 537. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (“Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research”) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</ref>) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="538"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 538. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/445">132 STAT. 445</page> North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="539"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 539. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca3790c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1855">16 USC 1855</ref>.</p></sidenote>after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) shall lift the stay on the effective date of the final rule for the seafood import monitoring program published by the Secretary on December 9, 2016, (<ref href="/us/fr/81/88975/etseq">81 Fed. Reg. 88975 et seq.</ref>) for the species described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t50/s300.324/a/3">section 300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the compliance date for the species described in <ref href="/us/cfr/t50/s300.324/a/3">section 300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, shall occur not later than December 31, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than December 31, 2018, the Secretary shall establish a traceability program for United States inland, coastal, and marine aquaculture of shrimp and abalone from point of production to entry into United States commerce: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to establish and implement the program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That information collected pursuant to a regulation promulgated under this section shall be confidential and not be disclosed except for the information disclosed under section 401(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1881a/b/1">16 U.S.C. 1881a(b)(1)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any regulations promulgated under this section shall be enforced as if this section were a provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1801/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</ref>) and the regulations were promulgated under such Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="540"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 540. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca3790c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">For an additional amount for “Department of Justice, State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance”, $2,500,000 to keep young athletes safe.</content></section> </level>

  This division may be cited as the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018.

 OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">MILITARY PERSONNEL</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 stations, 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 <ref href="/us/pl/97/377/s156">section 156 of Public Law 97–377</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402 note</ref>), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $41,628,855,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/446">132 STAT. 446</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 stations, 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 <ref href="/us/pl/97/377/s156">section 156 of Public Law 97–377</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402 note</ref>), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $28,772,118,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 stations, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/97/377/s156">section 156 of Public Law 97–377</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402 note</ref>), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $13,231,114,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 stations, 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 <ref href="/us/pl/97/377/s156">section 156 of Public Law 97–377</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402 note</ref>), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $28,790,440,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12301/d">section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/a">section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $4,715,608,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s10211">section 10211 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12301/d">section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/447">132 STAT. 447</page> 12310(a) of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,988,362,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s10211">section 10211 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12301/d">section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/a">section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $764,903,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on active duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12301/d">section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/a">section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,802,554,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Guard Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s708">section 708 of title 32, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s502/f">section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/a">section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $8,264,626,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Guard Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s708">section 708 of title 32, United States Code</ref>, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s502/f">section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code</ref>, in connection with performing duty specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/a">section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or <page identifier="/us/stat/132/448">132 STAT. 448</page> other duty, and expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s16131">section 16131 of title 10, United States Code</ref>; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $3,408,817,000.</content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, $38,816,957,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $45,384,353,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $6,605,546,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, $39,544,193,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law, $34,059,257,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s166a">section 166a of title 10, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/449">132 STAT. 449</page> military purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading, not less than $38,458,000 shall be made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2411/1/D">10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $9,385,000, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading, $631,670,000, of which $157,917,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $2,877,104,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $1,069,707,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $284,837,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/450">132 STAT. 450</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $3,202,307,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 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 specifically 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), $7,284,170,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, modification, 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 personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,900,798,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,538,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official representation purposes.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Restoration, Army</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of the Army, $235,809,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/451">132 STAT. 451</page> available 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Restoration, Navy</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of the Navy, $365,883,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Navy 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 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 appropriations to which transferred: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Restoration, Air Force</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of the Air Force, $352,549,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Air Force 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 Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/452">132 STAT. 452</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of Defense, $19,002,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Defense 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 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 appropriations to which transferred: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of the Army, $248,673,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 available 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>), $129,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Cooperative Threat Reduction Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/453">132 STAT. 453</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, $500,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred to the Fund, or deposited into the Fund, in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1705/d">section 1705(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer to the Treasury from amounts made available under this heading an amount equal to any amounts transferred to the Fund for fiscal year 2018 before the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1705/d/3">section 1705(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or any other provision of law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts so transferred shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.</proviso></content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">PROCUREMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, 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, $5,535,794,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Missile Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, 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, $3,196,910,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, production, and modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment <page identifier="/us/stat/132/454">132 STAT. 454</page> 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, $4,391,573,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2854">section 2854 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, 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, $2,548,740,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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; 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, $8,298,418,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 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, $19,957,380,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/455">132 STAT. 455</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Weapons Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $3,510,590,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2854">section 2854 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, 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, $804,335,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca3b3a4c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 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, as follows:</p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a4d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), $861,853,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a4e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Carrier Replacement Program (CVN 80), $1,569,646,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a4f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Carrier Replacement Program (CVN 79), $2,561,058,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Virginia Class Submarine, $3,305,315,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,145,596,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,569,669,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $75,897,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a54-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  DDG–1000 Program, $216,968,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,357,079,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $90,336,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Littoral Combat Ship, $1,566,971,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b3a58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Amphibious Ship Replacement, $1,800,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6169-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Expeditionary Sea Base, $635,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  LHA Replacement, $1,710,927,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Expeditionary Fast Transport, $225,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  TAO Fleet Oiler, $457,988,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $75,068,000;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/456">132 STAT. 456</page></listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, $76,204,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b616f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  T–AGS Oceanographic Survey Ship, $180,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6170-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Ship to Shore Connector, $524,554,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6171-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Service Craft, $62,994,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6172-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $489,073,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6173-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, $117,542,000; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca3b6174-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  Polar Icebreakers, $150,000,000.</listContent></listItem></list><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca3b6175-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In all: $23,824,738,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That additional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2022, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship construction: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construction 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for production of the common missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels may be available for multiyear procurement of critical components to support continuous production of such compartments only in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2218a">section 2218a of title 10, United States Code</ref> (as added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</ref>)).</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $7,941,018,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare 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, $1,942,737,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/457">132 STAT. 457</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling 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 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $18,504,556,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Missile Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 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 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $2,207,747,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Space Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 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 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $3,552,175,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2854">section 2854 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/458">132 STAT. 458</page> expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,651,977,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic 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, 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 equipment layaway, $20,503,273,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $5,429,270,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Production Act Purchases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4518">50 U.S.C. 4518</ref>, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $67,401,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $10,647,426,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/459">132 STAT. 459</page> $18,010,754,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $37,428,078,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $22,010,975,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the funds made available in this paragraph, $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 demonstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and transition to full-scale production: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith, $210,900,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/460">132 STAT. 460</page></content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Working Capital Funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,685,596,000.</content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Health Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, $34,428,167,000; of which $31,521,850,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019, and of which up to $15,349,700,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which $867,002,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020, shall be for procurement; and of which $2,039,315,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 conducted primarily in African nations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less than $1,095,100,000 shall be made available to the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally directed medical research programs.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1521">50 U.S.C. 1521</ref>), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $961,732,000, of which $104,237,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which no less than $49,401,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $21,045,000 for activities on military installations and $28,356,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, to assist State and local governments; $18,081,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $16,787,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and local governments and $1,294,000 for activities on military installations; and $839,414,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, of which $831,900,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/461">132 STAT. 461</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving under the provisions of title 10 and <ref href="/us/usc/t32">title 32, United States Code</ref>; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development, test and evaluation, $934,814,000, of which $552,648,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; $120,813,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; $236,353,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; and $25,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $321,887,000, of which $319,087,000 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; and of which $2,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation.</content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Intelligence Community Management Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account, $537,600,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/462">132 STAT. 462</page></content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VIII">TITLE VIII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8001. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8002"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8002. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca3d3636-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1584">10 USC 1584 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5332">section 5332 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8003"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8003. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8004"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8004. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No more than 25 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8005"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8005. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 $4,250,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/463">132 STAT. 463</page> item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That transfers 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8006"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8006.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3d8457-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 activities 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3d8458-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appropriation accounts.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8007"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8007.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3dd279-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the report shall include—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd27a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd27b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd27c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>an identification of items of special congressional interest.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3dd27d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers from the following appropriations accounts:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd27e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>“Environmental Restoration, Army”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd27f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>“Environmental Restoration, Navy”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd280-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>“Environmental Restoration, Air Force”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd281-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>“Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd282-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>“Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3dd283-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>“Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/464">132 STAT. 464</page></content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8008"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8008. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2208">section 2208 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, may be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That transfers may be made between such funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8009"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8009. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8010"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8010. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca3e47b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca3e47b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2306b">10 USC 2306b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 least to the limits of the Government’s liability: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3e47b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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 procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/465">132 STAT. 465</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3e47b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3e47b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the contract provides that payments to the contractor under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred costs on funded units; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3e47b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the contract does not provide for a price adjustment based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca3e47ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows: V–22 Osprey aircraft variants; up to 13 SSN Virginia Class Submarines and Government-furnished equipment; and DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers, the MK41 Vertical Launching Systems, and associated Government-furnished systems and subsystems: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the term of any multiyear procurement contract for V–22 Osprey aircraft variants entered into for use of any part of any appropriation contained in this Act may not exceed 5 years.</proviso></continuation></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8011"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8011. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within the funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s401">section 401 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch20">chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code</ref>. 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch20">chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and these obligations shall be reported as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s401/d">section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds available for operation and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/239">Public Law 99–239</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for 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 transportation 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8012"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8012.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3e95db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>During the current fiscal year, the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any end-strength, and the management of such personnel 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3e95dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 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 2019.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3e95dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>As required by section 1107 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2358">10 U.S.C. 2358 note</ref>) civilian personnel at the Department of Army <page identifier="/us/stat/132/466">132 STAT. 466</page> Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not be managed 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3e95de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military (civilian) technicians.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8013"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8013. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8014"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8014. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this section applies only to active components of the Army.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8015"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8015. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protégé Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 U.S.C. 2302 note</ref>), as amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained in this Act.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8016"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8016. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for the purpose of this section, the term “<term>manufactured</term>” shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 aggregate 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8017"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8017. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/467">132 STAT. 467</page> 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8018"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8018. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 ammunition 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 Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8019"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8019. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8020"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8020. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available in this Act, $20,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1544">25 U.S.C. 1544</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1544">section 1544 of title 25, United States Code</ref>, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s4221/9">section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code</ref>, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1544">25 U.S.C. 1544</ref>) 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s1906">section 1906 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, 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 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1544">section 1544 of title 25, United States Code</ref>, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s4221/9">section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8021"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8021. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international political or psychological activities.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/468">132 STAT. 468</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8022"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8022. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2350j/c">section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8023"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8023.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3f592f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than $43,100,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3f5930-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$30,800,000 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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3f5931-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$10,600,000 shall be available from “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca3f5932-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$1,700,000 shall be available from “Other Procurement, Air Force” for vehicle procurement.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3f5933-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8024"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8024.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca3fa754-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) 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 membership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3fa755-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3fa756-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3fa757-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available to the department during fiscal year 2018, not more than 6,030 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/469">132 STAT. 469</page></proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3fa758-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 2019 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca3fa759-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by $131,000,000.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8025"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8025. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 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 purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8026"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8026. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca3fce6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2731">10 USC 2731 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the purposes of this Act, the term “<term>congressional defense committees</term>” means the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8027"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8027. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8028"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8028.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca401c8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca401c8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca401c8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8304">41 USC 8304 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>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 paragraph (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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca401c8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/470">132 STAT. 470</page> of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca401c8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 2018. 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2501/etseq">19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</ref>), or any international agreement to which the United States is a party.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca401c90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>Buy American Act</term>” means <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8029"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8029. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2687">10 U.S.C. 2687 note</ref>) shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8030"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8030.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca4043a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4043a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4043a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4043a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>In this section, the term “<term>Indian tribe</term>” 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 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/454">Public Law 103–454</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/108/4792">108 Stat. 4792</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5131">25 U.S.C. 5131</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8031"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8031. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8032"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8032. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca406ab5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca406ab6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca406ab7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>close, downgrade from host to extension center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program <page identifier="/us/stat/132/471">132 STAT. 471</page> 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.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8033"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8033. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca4091c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2484">10 USC 2484 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8034"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8034.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca40b8d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca40b8da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 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 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2019 procurement appropriation and not in the supply management business area or any other area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8035"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8035. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca40b8db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3521">50 USC 3521 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3093">50 U.S.C. 3093</ref>) shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8036"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8036. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Up to $10,322,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Navy</headingText>” may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign security forces: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined exercise expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds may <page identifier="/us/stat/132/472">132 STAT. 472</page> 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8037"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8037. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</headingText>”, 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 damage, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense activities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8038"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8038.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca4106fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 “<term>Buy American Act</term>” means <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4106fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2410f">section 2410f of title 10, United States Code</ref>, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4106fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In the case of any equipment or products purchased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 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 are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8039"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8039.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca41551f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415520-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to establish a field operating agency; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415521-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 headquarters.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca415522-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca415523-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>This section does not apply to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415524-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>field operating agencies funded within the National Intelligence Program;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415525-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415526-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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<page identifier="/us/stat/132/473">132 STAT. 473</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca415527-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>an Air Force field operating agency established to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mortuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized Federal entities.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8040"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8040.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca41c958-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41c959-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41c95a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f06b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>10 percent of the most efficient organization’s personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or function by Federal employees; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f06c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$10,000,000; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f06d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>the contractor does not receive an advantage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense by—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f06e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan available to the workers who are to be employed in the performance of that activity or function under the contract; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f06f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>offering to such workers an employer-sponsored health benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch89">chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca41f070-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca41f071-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2461">section 2461 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and notwithstanding any administrative 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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f072-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is included on the procurement list established pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8503">section 8503 of title 41, United States Code</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f073-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca41f074-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450b/e">25 U.S.C. 450b(e)</ref>), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s637/a/15">15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/474">132 STAT. 474</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca41f075-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca41f076-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2304">section 2304 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.</content></subsection></section> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8041"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8041. </inline> </num><content><p class="inline" id="xca4265a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:</proviso></p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4265a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Other Procurement, Army”, 2016/2018, $5,517,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4265a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Aircraft Procurement, Navy”, 2016/2018, $172,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4265aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”, 2016/2018, $56,900,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force”, 2016/2018, $5,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cbc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Procurement, Defense-wide”, 2016/2018, $7,264,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Missile Procurement, Army”, 2017/2019, $19,319,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cbe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Aircraft Procurement, Army”, 2017/2019, $17,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cbf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army”, 2017/2019, $7,064,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Procurement of Ammunition, Army”, 2017/2019, $15,507,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Other Procurement, Army”, 2017/2019, $12,535,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Aircraft Procurement, Navy”, 2017/2019, $45,900,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Weapons Procurement, Navy”, 2017/2019, $32,200,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: Carrier Replacement Program”, 2017/2021, $14,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $78,347,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Missile Procurement, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $31,639,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Space Procurement, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $34,900,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $18,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Other Procurement, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $136,691,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428cca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army”, 2017/2018, $62,331,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428ccb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy”, 2017/2018, $9,128,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428ccc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force”, 2017/2018, $131,000,000; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca428ccd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Defense Health Program: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation”, 2017/2018, $30,000,000.</listContent></listItem></list></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8042"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8042. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/475">132 STAT. 475</page> 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 reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8043"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8043. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8044"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8044. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8045"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8045.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca42b3de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca42b3df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s274">10 USC 274 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca42b3e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca42b3e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3506">50 USC 3506 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>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 appropriations law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8046"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8046. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 Appropriations 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 purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of “commercial items”, as defined by <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s103">section 103 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8047"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8047. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated for “Working Capital Fund, Army”, $99,000,000 shall be available to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8048"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8048. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive procurements may be used unless the competitive procurements are open for award to all certified providers of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the award shall be made to the provider that offers the best value to the government.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8049"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8049. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/476">132 STAT. 476</page> 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8050"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8050. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8051"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8051. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8052"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8052. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca432912-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca432913-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca432914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a business combination.</content></paragraph></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8053"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8053. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</headingText>” 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2012">section 2012 of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8054"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8054. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca435025-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1552">section 1552 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, 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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca435026-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca437737-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca437738-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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, <ref href="/us/pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</ref>, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1551">31 U.S.C. 1551 note</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative <page identifier="/us/stat/132/477">132 STAT. 477</page> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount charged to a current appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation for that account.</proviso></content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8055"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8055.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca437739-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca43773a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8056"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8056. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 Appropriations Committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an objection is received from either the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any proposed modification shall not preclude the ability of the commander of United States Pacific Command to meet operational requirements.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8057"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8057. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide</headingText>”, $35,000,000 shall be for continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8058"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8058. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 requirements: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National Intelligence Program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/478">132 STAT. 478</page> 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8059"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8059.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca43ec6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2531">section 2531 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca43ec6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) applies with respect to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca43ec6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca43ec6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca43ec6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8060"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8060. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8061"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8061. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1105">2 U.S.C. 1105</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8062"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8062. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</headingText>” for any new start advanced concept technology demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction <page identifier="/us/stat/132/479">132 STAT. 479</page> on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the national interest to do so.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8063"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8063. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8064"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8064. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s12310/b">section 12310(b) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s502/f">section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code</ref>, may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8065"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8065. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 demilitarization 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8066"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8066. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2667">section 2667 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any organization specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t32/s508/d">section 508(d) of title 32, United States Code</ref>, 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.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8067"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8067. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Army</headingText>”, $66,881,780 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction, personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That contracts entered into under the authority of this section may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8068"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8068.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca44afc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to take any action to modify—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/480">132 STAT. 480</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44afc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the appropriations account structure for the National Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation of a new appropriation or new appropriation account;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44afc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44afc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the process by which the National Intelligence Program appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44afc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the process by which the National Intelligence Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca44afc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca44afc6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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 counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely affect counterintelligence.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca44afc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44d6d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agencies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44d6d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>receive certification from all affected agencies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca44d6da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense and intelligence committees.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8069"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8069. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the 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 hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8070"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8070. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca44d6db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Any<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca44d6dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 USC 2302 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 U.S.C. 2302 note</ref>) after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be submitted pursuant to that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/481">132 STAT. 481</page></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8071"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8071. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the headings “Procurement, Defense-Wide” and “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”, $705,800,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of this amount, $92,000,000 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; $221,500,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense research and development under the SRBMD program, of which $120,000,000 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; $310,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which $120,000,000 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, of which $105,000,000 shall be for testing of the upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture in the United States; and $82,300,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program including development of a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8072"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8072. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca454c0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, $117,542,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations in the amounts specified: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred to:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2008/2018: Carrier Replacement Program $20,000,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2012/2018: DDG–51 Destroyer $19,436,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2012/2018: Littoral Combat Ship $6,394,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2012/2018: LHA Replacement $14,200,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2013/2018: DDG–51 Destroyer $31,941,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2014/2018: Litoral Combat Ship $20,471,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca454c14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>”, 2015/2018: LCAC $5,100,000.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8073"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8073. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are <page identifier="/us/stat/132/482">132 STAT. 482</page> deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3094">50 U.S.C. 3094</ref>) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8074"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8074. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 immediately in the interest of national security and only after written prior notification to the congressional defense committees.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8075"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8075. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca457325-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s221">10 USC 221</ref>.</p></sidenote> budget of the President for fiscal year 2019 submitted to the Congress pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105">section 1105 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall include separate budget justification documents 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these documents 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal years.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8076"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8076. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8077"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8077. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $4,000,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8078"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8078. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/314">Public Law 107–314</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 U.S.C. 2302 note</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees promptly of all uses of this authority.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8079"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8079. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 Reconnaissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8080"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8080. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/483">132 STAT. 483</page> the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in accordance with protections provided in the <ref href="/us/cons/amd4">Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution</ref> as implemented through Executive Order No. 12333.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8081"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8081.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca45c146-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca45c147-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8082"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8082. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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, 2019.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8083"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8083. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1553/b">section 1553(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>” shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading “<headingText>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</headingText>” appropriations in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the appropriation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8084"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8084.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca460f68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the report shall include—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca460f69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca460f6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a delineation in the table for each appropriation by Expenditure Center and project; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca460f6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>an identification of items of special congressional interest.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca460f6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 intelligence committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8085"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8085. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 reductions at any Army Contracting Command—New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8086"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8086. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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) Title <ref href="/us/usc/t10">10 U.S.C. </ref>shall be made in accordance with sections 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/484">132 STAT. 484</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8087"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8087. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any transfer of amounts appropriated to, credited to, or deposited in the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in or for fiscal year 2018 to a military department or Defense Agency pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1705/e/1">section 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, shall be covered by and subject to sections 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8088"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8088. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act for excess defense articles, assistance under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s333">section 333 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, or peacekeeping operations for the countries designated annually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/457">Public Law 110–457</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2370c–1">22 U.S.C. 2370c–1</ref>) 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8089"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8089.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca465d8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3024/d">50 U.S.C. 3024(d)</ref>) that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca465d8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates a new start effort;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca465d8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>terminates a program with appropriated funding of $10,000,000 or more;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca465d90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence Program; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca465d91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>transfers funding between appropriations,</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca465d92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">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.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca465d93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3024/d">50 U.S.C. 3024(d)</ref>) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying 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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8090"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8090. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca4684a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3103">50 USC 3103 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, 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.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8091"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8091. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the purposes of this Act, the term “<term>congressional intelligence committees</term>” means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee 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 Appropriations of the Senate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/485">132 STAT. 485</page></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8092"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8092. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2493/d">section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8093"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8093. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be available for the purpose of making remittances to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1705">section 1705 of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8094"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8094.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca46d2c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca46d2c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca46d2c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the public posting of the report compromises national security; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca46d2c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the report contains proprietary information.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca46d2c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8095"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8095.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca4720ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4720eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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 imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4720ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4720ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 independent 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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4720ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or <page identifier="/us/stat/132/486">132 STAT. 486</page> independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the United States.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4720ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>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 subcontract 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 determination under this subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded.</content></subsection></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8096"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8096. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From within the funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, up to $115,519,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, <ref href="/us/pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> 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 designated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by <ref href="/us/pl/110/417/s706">section 706 of Public Law 110–417</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8097"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8097. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s130h">section 130h of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8098"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8098. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8099"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8099. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/487">132 STAT. 487</page> Program: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2018.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8100"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8100. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca476f10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca476f11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca476f12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8101.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca47bd33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca47bd34-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca47bd35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca47bd36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca47bd37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca47bd38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca47bd39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 Guantánamo 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 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/92">Public Law 114–92</ref>) and section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1541/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8104.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca480b5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca480b5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary <page identifier="/us/stat/132/488">132 STAT. 488</page> 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:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca480b5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca480b5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The armed forces of the Russian Federation have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on military bases subject to agreements in force between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Ukraine; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca480b5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking active measures to destabilize the control of the Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca480b5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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 Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the review conducted with respect to such waiver.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2533a/b">section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Service Secretaries, shall submit two reports to the congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2018, and not later than September 1, 2018, 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 <ref href="/us/pl/110/180">Public Law 110–180</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such reports shall provide the number and category of records submitted by month to each such database, by Service or Component: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s922/g">18 U.S.C. 922(g)</ref> or (n) including applicable records involving proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8107.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca48a7a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca48a7a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2731">10 USC 2731 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Department of Defense, amounts may 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/489">132 STAT. 489</page> incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign country.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided only if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca48a7a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the prospective foreign civilian recipient is determined by the local military commander to be friendly to the United States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca48a7a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a claim for damages would not be compensable under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch163">chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code</ref> (commonly known as the “Foreign Claims Act”); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca48a7a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the property damage, personal injury, or death was not caused by action by an enemy.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Nature of Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Amount of Payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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 prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which should include such factors as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Legal Advice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Written Record<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A written record of any ex gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appropriate office in the Department of Defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca48a7aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds available in this Act to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activities, 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards on a public Website in a searchable format.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/92">Public Law 114–92</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2430">10 U.S.C. 2430 note</ref>), as amended by section 825(a)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, shall allocate the percentage <page identifier="/us/stat/132/490">132 STAT. 490</page> reduction determined under paragraph (2) of such section 828(d) proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the authority under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/92">Public Law 114–92</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 U.S.C. 2302 note</ref>) to transfer amounts available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund shall be subject to section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8112. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca48f5cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the National Security Agency to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca48f5cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca48f5cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term is defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2510/8">section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code</ref>) of any electronic communication of a United States person from a provider of electronic communication services to the public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/81">Public Law 112–81</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/125/1621">125 Stat. 1621</ref>) to initiate support for, or expand support to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless the congressional defense committees are notified in accordance with the direction contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initiating such support: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 congressional defense committees of such waiver.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8116. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers <page identifier="/us/stat/132/491">132 STAT. 491</page> Resolution (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1541/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</ref>), 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1542">50 U.S.C. 1542</ref> and 1543).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8117. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided in this Act for the T–AO(X) 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 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8118. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby reduced by $110,780,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8119"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8119. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8120"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8120. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8121"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8121. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $289,255,000, 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s4405">50 U.S.C. 4405</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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, activities, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8122"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8122. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, the Secretary of Defense may use up to $46,000,000 under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</headingText>”, and up to $45,000,000 under the heading “<headingText>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</headingText>” to develop, replace, and sustain Federal Government security and suitability background investigation information technology systems of the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal agency responsible for conducting such investigations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may transfer additional amounts into these headings or into “Procurement, Defense-Wide” using established reprogramming procedures prescribed in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14, Volume 3, Chapter 6, dated September 2015: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall supplement, not supplant any other amounts made available to other Federal agencies for such purposes.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/492">132 STAT. 492</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8123"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8123. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8124"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8124.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca49920e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca49920f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary for the national defense, including intelligence activities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8125"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8125. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/130/22">130 Stat. 22</ref> U.S.C. 2656 note) shall be made in accordance with section 8005 or 9002 of this Act, as applicable.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8126"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8126. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca499210-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca499211-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2302">10 U.S.C. 2302 note</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca499212-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>credited to a military-department specific fund established 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).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8127"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8127. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, there is appropriated $235,000,000, for an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall only be available to the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office of Economic 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 supplement 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided</i> <i>further</i>, 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 deficiencies as determined by the Secretary of Defense: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 (<ref href="/us/fr/76/55883/etseq">76 Fed. Reg. 55883 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these provisions apply to funds provided under this section, and to funds previously provided 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/493">132 STAT. 493</page> such schools to the extent such funds remain unobligated on the date of enactment of this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8128"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8128. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca49e033-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">In carrying out the program described in the memorandum on the subject of “Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members” issued by the Assistant Secretary 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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca49e034-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca49e035-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the term “<term>assisted reproductive technology</term>” shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage without limitation on the duration of such cryopreservation and storage.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8129"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8129. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8130"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8130. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to purchase heavy water from Iran.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8131"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8131. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 316(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/91">Public Law 115–91</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the study under this subsection</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>the study and assessment under this section</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8132"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 8132. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds made available to the Department of Defense in title II of this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</headingText>”, $15,000,000 shall be available for a project in a country designated by the Secretary of Defense: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in furtherance 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IX">TITLE IX</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">MILITARY PERSONNEL</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Personnel, Army”, $2,683,694,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Personnel, Navy”, $377,857,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/494">132 STAT. 494</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Personnel, Marine Corps”, $103,979,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Personnel, Air Force”, $914,119,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Reserve Personnel, Army”, $24,942,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Reserve Personnel, Navy”, $9,091,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps”, $2,328,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Reserve Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Reserve Personnel, Air Force”, $20,569,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Guard Personnel, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “National Guard Personnel, Army”, $184,589,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/495">132 STAT. 495</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Guard Personnel, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “National Guard Personnel, Air Force”, $5,004,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $17,352,994,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, $6,449,404,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, $1,401,536,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $10,873,895,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide”, $7,575,195,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 determine, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/496">132 STAT. 496</page> appropriate congressional committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following notification to the appropriate congressional committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 congressional defense committees outlining the amounts intended to be provided and the nature of the expenses incurred: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed $750,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve”, $24,699,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve”, $23,980,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve”, $3,367,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve”, $53,523,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/497">132 STAT. 497</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, $108,111,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, $15,400,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Afghanistan Security Forces Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the “Afghanistan Security Forces Fund”, $4,666,815,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Combined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, construction, and funding: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 “<headingText>Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund</headingText>” in prior Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such costs shall be limited to contract changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate adjustments, and other necessary contract actions to complete existing projects, and associated supervision and administration costs and costs for design during construction: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may not use more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided in this section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall notify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in annual reports to the congressional defense committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the authority to provide assistance under this heading is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That contributions of funds for the purposes 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such contributions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the United States may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this <page identifier="/us/stat/132/498">132 STAT. 498</page> heading in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 personnel: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the “Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund”, $1,769,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renovation; 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 notification to the congressional defense committees of such designation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 terrorist 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/499">132 STAT. 499</page> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2780">22 U.S.C. 2780</ref> 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 is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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, may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 committees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">PROCUREMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Aircraft Procurement, Army”, $420,086,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Missile Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Missile Procurement, Army”, $709,283,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/500">132 STAT. 500</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army”, $1,191,139,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement of Ammunition, Army”, $191,836,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Other Procurement, Army”, $405,575,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Aircraft Procurement, Navy”, $157,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Weapons Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Weapons Procurement, Navy”, $130,994,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps”, $233,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/501">132 STAT. 501</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Other Procurement, Navy”, $239,359,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement, Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Marine Corps”, $64,307,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Aircraft Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Aircraft Procurement, Air Force”, $503,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Missile Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Missile Procurement, Air Force”, $481,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Space Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Space Procurement, Air Force”, $2,256,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force”, $551,509,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Procurement, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Other Procurement, Air Force”, $3,324,590,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas <page identifier="/us/stat/132/502">132 STAT. 502</page> 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Procurement, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Procurement, Defense-Wide”, $517,041,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available by this paragraph may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army”, $235,368,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy”, $167,565,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force”, $129,608,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War <page identifier="/us/stat/132/503">132 STAT. 503</page> on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”, $394,396,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Working Capital Funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Defense Working Capital Funds”, $148,956,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Health Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Defense Health Program”, $395,805,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense”, $196,300,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for the “Office of the Inspector General”, $24,692,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9001. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 2018.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/504">132 STAT. 504</page></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9002"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9002. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 $2,250,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made available to the Department of Defense in this title: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9003"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9003. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration costs and costs for design during construction include all in-house Government costs.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9004"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9004. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From funds made available in this title, the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the United States Central 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, notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9005"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9005. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca4ced76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts appropriated by this title under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Army</headingText>” may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That each project (including any ancillary or related elements in connection with such project) executed under this authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/505">132 STAT. 505</page></proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ced77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ced78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ced79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9006"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9006. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees regarding support provided under this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9007"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9007. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca4d148a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d148b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d148c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>To exercise United States control over any oil resource of Iraq.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d148d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9008"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9008. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca4d3b9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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):</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d3b9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2340A">Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d3ba0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/277/dG">division G of Public Law 105–277</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/112/2681">112 Stat. 2681</ref>–822; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1231">8 U.S.C. 1231 note</ref>) and regulations prescribed thereto, including regulations under <ref href="/us/cfr/t8/pt208">part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, and <ref href="/us/cfr/t22/pt95">part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4d3ba1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/148">Public Law 109–148</ref>).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9009"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9009. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the AROC must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any service requirements in excess of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/506">132 STAT. 506</page> $50,000,000 annually and any non-standard equipment requirements in excess of $100,000,000 using ASFF: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9010"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9010. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9011"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9011. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9012"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9012. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund</headingText>” may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9013"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9013. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the “Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative”, $200,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 weapons of a defensive nature; 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 defensive articles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That equipment procured 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9014"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9014. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9015"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9015. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under section 9013 for “Assistance and Sustainment to the Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine” may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/507">132 STAT. 507</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9016"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9016.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca4dfef2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</headingText>” for payments under <ref href="/us/pl/110/181/s1233">section 1233 of Public Law 110–181</ref> for reimbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material and expertise;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>implementing policies to protect judicial independence and due process of law;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>issuing visas in a timely manner for United States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance programs in Pakistan; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4dfef9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>providing humanitarian organizations access to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4dfefa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such report may be submitted in classified form if necessary.</proviso></content></subsection></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9017"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9017. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this Act, $770,000,000 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds <page identifier="/us/stat/132/508">132 STAT. 508</page> provided in this section may not be transferred to any program, project, or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the authority to provide funding under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9018"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9018. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1541/etseq">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</ref>), 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1542">50 U.S.C. 1542</ref> and 1543).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9019"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9019. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9020"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9020. </inline> </num><content><p class="inline" id="xca4e742b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts 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:</proviso></p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e742c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Coalition Support Fund”, 2017/2018, $500,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e742d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: DSCA Security Cooperation”, 2017/2018, $250,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e742e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Afghanistan Security Forces Fund”, 2017/2018, $100,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e742f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Counter-ISIL Train and Equip Fund”, 2017/2018, $80,000,000;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e7430-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Other Procurement, Air Force”, 2017/2019, $25,100,000; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca4e7431-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Counter-ISIL Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund”, XXXX, $1,610,000,000.</listContent></listItem></list></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9021"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9021.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca4ec252-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the United States strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and their associated forces and co-belligerents.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4ec253-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/509">132 STAT. 509</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ec254-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>An analysis of the adequacy of the existing legal framework to accomplish the strategy described in subsection (a), particularly with respect to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (<ref href="/us/pl/107/40">Public Law 107–40</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1541">50 U.S.C. 1541 note</ref>) and the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/243">Public Law 107–243</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1541">50 U.S.C. 1541 note</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ec255-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>An analysis of the budgetary resources necessary to accomplish the strategy described in subsection (a).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4ec256-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall testify at any hearing held by any of the appropriate congressional committees on the report and to which the Secretary is invited.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca4ec257-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>In this section, the term “<term>appropriate congressional committees</term>” means—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ec258-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca4ec259-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9022"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 9022. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca4ee96a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s362">10 U.S.C. 362</ref> 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such certification shall be accompanied by a report describing: (1) the information relating to the gross violation of human rights; (2) the circumstances that necessitated 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 Afghanistan: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 assistance to such unit shall no longer apply: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall submit a report to such committees detailing the final disposition of the case by the Government of Afghanistan.</proviso></content></section> </level>

  This division may be cited as the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018”.132 STAT. 510

 DIVISION D—ENERGY

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

 AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corps of Engineers—Civil</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">investigations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, $123,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall initiate six new study starts during fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the new study starts shall consist of five studies where the majority of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation savings or from flood and storm damage reduction and one study where the majority of benefits are derived from environmental restoration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects (including those involving participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $2,085,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/104/303">Public Law 104–303</ref>; and of which such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland <page identifier="/us/stat/132/511">132 STAT. 511</page> waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall initiate five new construction starts during fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the new construction starts shall consist of four projects where the majority of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation savings or from flood and storm damage reduction and one project where the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental restoration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for new construction projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon as practicable but no later than September 30, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no allocation for a new start shall be considered final and no work allowance shall be made until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an out-year funding scenario demonstrating the affordability of the selected new starts and the impacts on other projects: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may not deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mississippi river and tributaries</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall initiate one new study start during fiscal year 2018.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operation and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $3,630,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from the special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums as become available from fees collected under <ref href="/us/pl/104/303/s217">section 217 of Public Law 104–303</ref> shall be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/512">132 STAT. 512</page> projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">regulatory program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">formerly utilized sites remedial action program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $139,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">flood control and coastal emergencies</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the supervision and general administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for costs of management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil works program, $185,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no part of any other appropriation provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and management activities of the division offices: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s3016/b/3">10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3)</ref>, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than 75 percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until <page identifier="/us/stat/132/513">132 STAT. 513</page> the Assistant Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under each heading in this title (as designated under such heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act)) to specific programs, projects, or activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> </appropriations> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca50971d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca50971e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca50971f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509720-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509721-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509722-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509723-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Investigations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For a base level over $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is $25,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $25,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509724-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $300,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509725-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Operation and maintenance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Unlimited reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for a base level over $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/132/514">132 STAT. 514</page> further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an appropriation;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509726-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mississippi river and tributaries<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, respectively; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca509727-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Formerly utilized sites remedial action program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving project is permitted.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca509728-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">De Minimus Reprogrammings<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In no case should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca509729-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Continuing Authorities Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing authorities program.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca50972a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which shall include:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca50972b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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 applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca50972c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>A delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca50972d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>An identification of items of special congressional interest.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), including the determination and designation of new starts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, except that such amounts may include any funds that have been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds provided in this title under the heading “<headingText>Operation and Maintenance</headingText>” to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used for an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for the disposal or management of dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1341">33 U.S.C. 1341</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That until an open lake placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a State water quality certification, the Corps <page identifier="/us/stat/132/515">132 STAT. 515</page> of Engineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged material consistent with the requirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2211">33 U.S.C. 2211</ref>).</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that is not consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t48/s225.7007">48 CFR 225.7007</ref>, subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 (<ref href="/us/stat/60/636">60 Stat. 636</ref>, ch. 595).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1251/etseq">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</ref>) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1344/f/1/A">33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A)</ref>, (C)).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Relative to the Rough River Lake Flowage Easement Encroachment Resolution Plan, the Chief of Engineers shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that includes an inventory of habitable structures and improvements built, installed, or established in the flowage easement boundary; whether each such structure or improvement in the inventory was built, installed or established within the flowage easement boundary before or after the surveys conducted by the Corps of Engineers in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and what notice landowners had of the flowage easement boundary prior to those surveys.</content></section> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Central Utah Project</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">central utah project completion account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $10,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which $898,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,450,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for expenses necessary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, of the amount made available to the Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Reclamation</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The following appropriations shall be expended to execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/516">132 STAT. 516</page></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">water and related resources</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For management, development, and restoration of water and related natural resources and for related activities, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,332,124,000, to remain available until expended, of which $67,693,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6806">16 U.S.C. 6806</ref> shall be derived from that Fund or account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds contributed under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s395">43 U.S.C. 395</ref> are available until expended for the purposes for which the funds were contributed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds advanced under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s397a">43 U.S.C. 397a</ref> shall be credited to this account and are available until expended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1706">16 U.S.C. 1706</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/114/322/s4009/c">section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322</ref> and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated November 21, 2017, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2017 shall be made available to the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program, the Orange County Sanitation District Effluent Reuse Implementation Project—Headworks Segregation, and the Groundwater Reliability Improvement Program (GRIP) Recycled Water Project: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/114/322/s4007">section 4007 of Public Law 114–322</ref> and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated February 23, 2018, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2017 shall be made available to the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project, the North-of-Delta Offstream Storage Investigation/Sites Reservoir Storage Project, the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation, the Friant-Kern Canal Subsidence Challenges Project, the Boise River Basin Feasibility Study, the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project—Cle Elum Pool Raise, and the Upper Yakima System Storage Feasibility Study.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">central valley project restoration fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $41,376,000, to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of <ref href="/us/pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</ref>, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/517">132 STAT. 517</page> full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/102/575/s3407/d">section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">california bay-delta restoration</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED Program management: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">policy and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 2019, $59,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s377">43 U.S.C. 377</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which are for replacement only.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca521dce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior <page identifier="/us/stat/132/518">132 STAT. 518</page> approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>15 percent for any program, project or activity for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$400,000 for any program, project or activity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the fiscal year;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the Resources Management and Development category to any program, project, or activity in the other category, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca521dd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca521dd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca521dd9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca521dda-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5244eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5244ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the “Cleanup Program—Alternative Repayment Plan” and the “SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan” described in the report entitled “Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995”, prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/519">132 STAT. 519</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca526bfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s2214/c">43 U.S.C. 2214(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca526bfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s2241">43 U.S.C. 2241</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca526bff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content><amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca526c00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content><amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$90,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$120,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period from November 1 through April 30, water users may use their diversion structures for the purpose of recharging the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee and Water District 1 watermaster, determines there is water available in excess of that needed to satisfy existing Minidoka Project storage and hydropower rights and ensure operational flexibility.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENERGY PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,321,778,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $248,329,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,205,056,000, to remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/132/520">132 STAT. 520</page> expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Fossil Energy Research and Development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s3">30 U.S.C. 3</ref>, 1602, and 1603), $726,817,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount $60,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $4,900,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Strategic Petroleum Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6201/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</ref>), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca52e131-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 USC 6241 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> as authorized by section 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/74">Public Law 114–74</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6239">42 U.S.C. 6239 note</ref>), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall be deposited into the “Energy Security and Infrastructure Modernization Fund” during fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such amounts shall remain available until expended for necessary expenses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 158 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/56/dD">division D of Public Law 115–56</ref>), as amended by the Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (subdivision 3 of <ref href="/us/pl/115/123/dB">division B of Public Law 115–123</ref>), shall no longer apply.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SPR Petroleum Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6201/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</ref>), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 U.S.C. 6241</ref>, 6239 note), and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/255">Public Law 114–255</ref>), $8,400,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/521">132 STAT. 521</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6201/etseq">42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</ref>), $6,500,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Energy Information Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information Administration, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $298,400,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $840,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which $35,732,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 16 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambulance and one bus, $6,259,903,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $183,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (<ref href="/us/pl/110/69">Public Law 110–69</ref>), $353,314,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/522">132 STAT. 522</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee program, $33,000,000 is appropriated from fees collected in prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the amount in the previous proviso is not available from such fees, an amount for such purposes is also appropriated from the general fund so as to result in a total amount appropriated for such purpose of no more than $23,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That fees collected pursuant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and shall not be available until appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of <ref href="/us/cfr/t10/s609.10">section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), $285,652,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1511/etseq">31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/95/238/s201">section 201 of Public Law 95–238</ref>, notwithstanding the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received during the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/523">132 STAT. 523</page> fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $189,652,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $49,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION</subheading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Weapons Activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $10,642,138,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $105,600,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,048,219,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading, $49,000,000 is hereby rescinded: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Naval Reactors</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,620,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which, $85,500,000 shall be transferred to “Department of Energy—Energy <page identifier="/us/stat/132/524">132 STAT. 524</page> Programs—Nuclear Energy”, for the Advanced Test Reactor: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $47,651,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, $407,595,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Environmental Cleanup</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $5,988,048,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Other Defense Activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $840,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of such amount, $284,653,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for program direction.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bonneville Power Administration Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/93/454">Public Law 93–454</ref>, are approved for official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That during fiscal year 2018, no new direct loan obligations may be made.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), as applied to the southeastern power area, $6,379,000, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not <page identifier="/us/stat/132/525">132 STAT. 525</page> to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref> and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,379,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $51,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), as applied to the Southwestern Power Administration, $30,288,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref> and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), up to $18,888,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $11,400,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $40,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7152">42 U.S.C. 7152</ref>), and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/526">132 STAT. 526</page> other related activities including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, $223,276,000, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $221,251,000 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s825s">16 U.S.C. 825s</ref>), and section 1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s392a">43 U.S.C. 392a</ref>), up to $129,904,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $93,372,000, of which $91,347,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $209,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $4,176,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (<ref href="/us/stat/68/255">68 Stat. 255</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding the provisions of that Act and of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, up to $3,948,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to $872,000 in funds contributed by United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/527">132 STAT. 527</page> and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such funds shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, <amendingAction type="substitute">replacing</amendingAction>, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7101/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $367,600,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca54dd02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7171">42 USC 7171 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $367,600,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca55c763-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No appropriation, funds, or authority made available by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements (including Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by Congress.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c764-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca55c765-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds made available in this title may be used to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c766-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c767-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>make a discretionary contract award or Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c768-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c769-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/528">132 STAT. 528</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c76a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the previous quarter.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project, or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the award is made.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made available in this title under the heading “<headingText>Department of Energy—Energy Programs</headingText>”, enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c76d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c76e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s obligation on the availability of future year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c76f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the amounts made available by this title shall be expended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activities specified in the “Final Bill” column in the “Department of Energy” table included under the heading “<headingText>Title III—Department of Energy</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c770-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c771-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c772-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c773-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca55c774-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific program, project, or activity by this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c775-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca55c776-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national security.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c777-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under <page identifier="/us/stat/132/529">132 STAT. 529</page> paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca55c778-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><content>The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this or any other 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3094">50 U.S.C. 3094</ref>) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard nuclear facilities under <ref href="/us/cfr/t10/pt830">10 CFR Part 830</ref> unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental guidance, for construction projects where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate has been developed for the project for that critical decision.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca561599-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act under the heading “<headingText>Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation</headingText>” may be made available to enter into new contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca56159a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in the national security interests of the United States. This waiver authority may not be delegated.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca56159b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a report on the justification for the waiver.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca563cac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">New Regional Reserves<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Energy may not establish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budget submission and approved by the Congress in an appropriations Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca563cad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The budget request or notification shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca563cae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the justification for the new reserve;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca563caf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca563cb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including the conditions upon which the products may be released;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca563cb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the location of the reserve; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca563cb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 307. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Energy may not transfer more than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available under this title to the working capital fund established under section 653 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/530">132 STAT. 530</page> of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7263">42 U.S.C. 7263</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may transfer additional amounts to the working capital fund after the Secretary provides notification in advance of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such notification shall identify the sources of funds by program, project, or activity: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> or removing any activities from the fund.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 308. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report that provides a detailed explanation, using specific receipts data and legal authorities, of how each of the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration are executing current receipt authority provided in this and prior year appropriations Acts to create carryover of unobligated balances for purchase power and wheeling expenditures.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="309"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 309.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5689d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funds provided by this Act for Project 99–D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and any funds provided by prior Acts for such Project that remain unobligated, may be made available only for construction and project support activities for such Project.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5689d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Energy shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (a) if the Secretary waives the requirements of section 3121(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/91">Public Law 115–91</ref>) in accordance with subsection (b) of such section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5689d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>If the Secretary waives the requirements of section 3121(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Secretary—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5689d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall concurrently submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the lifecycle cost estimate used to make the certification under section 3121(b) of such Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5689d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>may not use funds provided for the Project to eliminate such Project until the date that is 30 days after the submission of the lifecycle cost estimate required under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="310"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 310. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The unappropriated receipts currently in the Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities account shall be transferred to and merged with the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and shall be available only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="311"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 311. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6241">42 U.S.C. 6241</ref>), upon a determination by the President in this fiscal year that a regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of significant scope and duration exists, that a severe increase in the price of refined petroleum product will likely result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale of refined petroleum product would assist directly and significantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation <page identifier="/us/stat/132/531">132 STAT. 531</page> Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6247">42 U.S.C. 6247</ref>), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Appalachian Regional Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/100/456">Public Law 100–456</ref>, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Delta Regional Authority</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Denali Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds shall be available for construction projects in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/277/dC/tIII">division C, title III, Public Law 105–277</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/appD/tVII/s701">section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/113/1501A–280">113 Stat. 1501A–280</ref>), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be available for the payment of such a non-Federal share for programs undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Commission.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/532">132 STAT. 532</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Northern Border Regional Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/stV">subtitle V of title 40, United States Code</ref>, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s15751/b">section 15751(b) of title 40, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018, the duties and authority of the Federal Cochairperson shall be assumed by the Northern Border Regional Commission Program Director if the position of the Federal Cochairperson and Alternate Federal Cochairperson is vacant.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Southeast Crescent Regional Commission</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/stV">subtitle V of title 40, United States Code</ref>, $250,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $909,137,000, including official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5841/a/2/c">42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)</ref>), the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a majority vote of the Commission: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $779,768,032 in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, and $16,200,000 shall be for international activities, except that the amounts provided under this proviso shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2214">42 U.S.C. 2214</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $129,300,892: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for university research and development in areas relevant to the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/533">132 STAT. 533</page> engineering: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $68,076.04 of unobligated balances from the funds transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from the United States Agency for International Development pursuant to section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 are rescinded: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $12,859,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at $10,555,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 2019, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">section 3302 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $2,304,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $1,131,000 shall be for Inspector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee revenues.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/100/203">Public Law 100–203</ref>, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for information.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca57c258-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The amounts made available by this title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any program funding level to increase or decrease by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca57c259-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca57c25a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national security.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca57c25b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later <page identifier="/us/stat/132/534">132 STAT. 534</page> than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels to programs, projects, or activities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca57c25c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the amounts made available by this title for “Nuclear Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses” shall be expended as directed in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca57c25d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca57c25e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><chapeau>The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which includes the following for each program, project, or activity, including any prior year appropriations—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca57c25f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>total budget authority;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca57c260-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>total unobligated balances; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca57c261-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>total unliquidated obligations.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca581082-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in title III of 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 appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca581083-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available for any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca581084-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The head of any relevant department or agency funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any <page identifier="/us/stat/132/535">132 STAT. 535</page> authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification requirements for each authority.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca583795-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca583796-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION E—FINANCIAL

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018.

Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2018.

 SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Offices</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5885ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business; executive direction program activities; international affairs and economic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities, $201,751,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58accb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and representation expenses;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58accc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58accd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58acce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control Program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58accf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>information technology modernization requirements;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58acd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the audit, oversight, and administration of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/536">132 STAT. 536</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58acd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the development and implementation of programs within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative agreements;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58acd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>operations and maintenance of facilities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca58acd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>international operations.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of terrorism and financial intelligence</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats, $141,778,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) up to $32,000,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be available for administrative support to the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">cybersecurity enhancement account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, $24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available to the Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for approval: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the submitted spend plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief Information Officer prior to the obligation of funds under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the investments made under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Information Officer.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">department-wide systems and capital investments programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $4,426,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement <page identifier="/us/stat/132/537">132 STAT. 537</page> “Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support” or “Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Modernization”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1321">33 U.S.C. 1321 note</ref>); and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">treasury inspector general for tax administration</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>); and services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; $169,634,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/343">Public Law 110–343</ref>), $34,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Financial Crimes Enforcement Network</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/538">132 STAT. 538</page> assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $115,003,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Treasury Forfeiture Fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"> (rescission)</subheading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $702,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2018.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including return of funds)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, of amounts in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, $38,800,000 from funds paid to the United States Government by BNP Paribas S.A. as part of, or related to, a plea agreement dated June 27, 2014, entered into between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas S.A., and subject to a consent order entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 1, 2015, in United States <i>v.</i> BNPP, No. 14 Cr. 460 (S.D.N.Y.), are hereby returned to the General Fund of the Treasury.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of the Fiscal Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca594914-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, is for information systems modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca594915-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/101/380/s1012">section 1012 of Public Law 101–380</ref>.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development programs for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without reimbursement: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and label applications: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for the costs associated with enforcement of the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t27/s201/etseq">27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/539">132 STAT. 539</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Mint</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">united states mint public enterprise fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s5136">section 5136 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the United States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including both operating expenses and capital investments: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during fiscal year 2018 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall not exceed $30,000,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca59e556-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of <ref href="/us/pl/103/325/tI">title I of Public Law 103–325</ref>), including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under this heading—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e557-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>not less than $160,000,000, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/103/325/s108/e">section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/e">12 U.S.C. 4707(e)</ref>) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 2019, for financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, of <ref href="/us/pl/103/325">Public Law 103–325</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/a/1/A">12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A)</ref> and (B)), of which up to $2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and of which up to $3,000,000, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/103/325/s108/d">subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707">12 U.S.C. 4707</ref> (d)), may be available to provide financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community development financial institutions to expand investments that benefit individuals with disabilities: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e558-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/103/325/s108/e">section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/e">12 U.S.C. 4707(e)</ref>), is available until September 30, 2019, for financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities and provided primarily through qualified community development lender organizations with experience and expertise in community development banking and lending in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and other suitable providers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e559-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>not less than $25,000,000 is available until September 30, 2019, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e55a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections (d) and (e) of <ref href="/us/pl/103/325/s108">section 108 of Public Law 103–325</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4707/d">12 U.S.C. 4707(d)</ref> and (e)), is available until September 30, 2019, for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/540">132 STAT. 540</page> a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community development financial institutions for the purpose of offering affordable financing and technical assistance to expand the availability of healthy food options in distressed communities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e55b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>up to $27,000,000 is available until September 30, 2018, for administrative expenses, including administration of CDFI fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to better assess and inform CDFI investment performance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca59e55c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>during fiscal year 2018, none of the funds available under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4713a">12 U.S.C. 4713a</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca59e55d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t12/s4713a">12 USC 4713a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> such section 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds awarded under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty counties: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for the purposes of this section, the term “<term>persistent poverty counties</term>” means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2011–2015 5-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Census Bureau.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Internal Revenue Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">taxpayer services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,506,554,000, of which not less than $9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less than $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return preparation assistance, of which not less than $206,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft casework.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">enforcement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal <page identifier="/us/stat/132/541">132 STAT. 541</page> revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>), and to provide other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,634,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5a5a8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7801">26 USC 7801 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its major information technology investments, including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 2019, a summary of cost and schedule performance information for its major information technology systems.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">business systems modernization</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s business systems modernization program, $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5a5a8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s7801">26 USC 7801 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost and schedule performance for major information technology investments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks <page identifier="/us/stat/132/542">132 STAT. 542</page> of such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">administrative provisions—internal revenue service</inline></heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an employee training program, which shall include the following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available by this or any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board determines in advance that making the video is appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of the video.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an employer making employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the <ref href="/us/cons/amd1">First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of funds made available by this Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, documentation requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration entitled “Review of the August 2010 Small Business/<page identifier="/us/stat/132/543">132 STAT. 543</page> Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California” (Reference Number 2013–10–037).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca5acfc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5acfc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award, or recognition program; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5acfc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>under any hiring or personnel selection process with respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless such program or process takes into account the conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or former employee.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person a proposed final return or statement for use by such person to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such Code.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to the amounts otherwise made available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, $320,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2019, shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the “Taxpayer Services”, “Enforcement”, or “Operations Support” accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional amount to be used solely for carrying out <ref href="/us/pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall not be available until the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan for such funds.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Department of the Treasury</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901">5 U.S.C. 5901</ref>), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this title made available under the headings “Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses”, “Office of Inspector General”, “Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program”, “Financial Crimes Enforcement Network”, “Bureau of the Fiscal Service”, and “Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau” may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no transfer under this section may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/544">132 STAT. 544</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 117. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 118. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from the “Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses” to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="119"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 119. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="120"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 120. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="121"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 121. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414">50 U.S.C. 414</ref>) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="122"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 122. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and representation expenses.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="123"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 123. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following the submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital investment spending from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment project that has not been fully completed.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/545">132 STAT. 545</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="124"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 124. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund including the amount charged for each service provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each service is calculated, and a description of the role customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="125"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 125. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca5b9313-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">During fiscal year 2018—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5b9314-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used to determine whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regulations published at <ref href="/us/fr/78/71535">78 Fed. Reg. 71535</ref> (November 29, 2013)); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5b9315-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the standard and definitions as in effect on January 1, 2010, which are used to make such determinations shall apply after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes of determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations created on, before, or after such date.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="126"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 126.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5be136-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Not later than 60 days after the end of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5be137-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>The reports required under subsection (a) shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5be138-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the obligations made during the previous quarter by object class, office, and activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5be139-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the estimated obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5be13a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the number of full-time equivalents within each office during the previous quarter;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5be13b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the estimated number of full-time equivalents within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5be13c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and performance measures of each office.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5be13d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents of the reports required under subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="127"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 127. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca5be13e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 402(c) of the Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009, in utilizing funds made available by paragraph (1) of section 402(c) of such Act, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program shall prioritize the performance of audits or investigations of any program that is funded in whole or in part by funds appropriated under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to the extent that such priority is consistent with other aspects of the mission of the Special Inspector General.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/546">132 STAT. 546</page> </content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5be13f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5c0850-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">The White House</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>; subsistence expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s103">3 U.S.C. 103</ref>); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s107">3 U.S.C. 107</ref>, $55,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Residence at the White House</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House, $12,917,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105">3 U.S.C. 105</ref>, 109, 110, and 112–114.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reimbursable expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest <page identifier="/us/stat/132/547">132 STAT. 547</page> and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3717">31 U.S.C. 3717</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch37">chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">White House Repair and Restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s105/d">3 U.S.C. 105(d)</ref>, $750,000, to remain available until expended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Council of Economic Advisers</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1021/etseq">15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.</ref>), $4,187,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Security Council and Homeland Security Council</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $11,800,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s107">3 U.S.C. 107</ref>, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $100,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall remain available until expended <page identifier="/us/stat/132/548">132 STAT. 548</page> for continued modernization of information resources within the Executive Office of the President.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Management and Budget</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch35">chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States Government, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, $101,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s601/etseq">7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior staff position shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning process: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period based on the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of National Drug Control Policy</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref>); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/549">132 STAT. 549</page> or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $18,400,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5ccba1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1702">21 USC 1702 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal drug control programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">high intensity drug trafficking areas program</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $280,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (“HIDTAs”), of which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That, notwithstanding the requirements of <ref href="/us/pl/106/58">Public Law 106–58</ref>, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2016 may be used for any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming requirements: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2017, shall be funded at not less than the fiscal year 2017 base level, unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy performance measures of effectiveness: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2018 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">other federal drug control programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref>), $117,093,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be available as follows: $99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by <ref href="/us/pl/107/82/s4">section 4 of Public Law 107–82</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/109/469">Public Law 109–469</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1521">21 U.S.C. 1521 note</ref>); $2,000,000 for drug <page identifier="/us/stat/132/550">132 STAT. 550</page> court training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,343,000 for the United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available as directed by <ref href="/us/pl/109/469/s1105">section 1105 of Public Law 109–469</ref>; and $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for activities authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/114/198/s103">section 103 of Public Law 114–198</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That amounts made available under this heading may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Unanticipated Needs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s108">3 U.S.C. 108</ref>, $798,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Information Technology Oversight and Reform</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the Federal Government, $19,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects to meet these purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Assistance to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned functions; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s106">3 U.S.C. 106</ref>, including subsistence expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s106">3 U.S.C. 106</ref>, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Official Residence of the Vice President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s106/b/2">3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2)</ref>, $302,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such activities.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/551">132 STAT. 551</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From funds made available in this Act under the headings “The White House”, “Executive Residence at the White House”, “White House Repair and Restoration”, “Council of Economic Advisers”, “National Security Council and Homeland Security Council”, “Office of Administration”, “Special Assistance to the President”, and “Official Residence of the Vice President”, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer as the President may designate in writing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and available for the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amount shall be transferred from “Special Assistance to the President” or “Official Residence of the Vice President” without the approval of the Vice President.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca5db602-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (<ref href="/us/pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</ref>). Such report shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db603-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by Federal agency and by fiscal year, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db604-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the estimated obligations by cost inputs such as rent, information technology, contracts, and personnel;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db605-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the methodology and data sources used to calculate such estimated obligations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db606-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the specific section of such Act that requires the obligation of funds; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db607-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal year, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db608-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the methodology and data sources used to calculate such estimated collections; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5db609-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the specific section of such Act that authorizes the collection of funds.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5e042a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>During fiscal year 2018, any Executive order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President shall be accompanied by a written statement from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such order or memorandum.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5e042b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Any such statement shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5e042c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such order or memorandum on the Federal Government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5e042d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed <page identifier="/us/stat/132/552">132 STAT. 552</page> by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 2018; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5e042e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 2018.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5e042f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued during fiscal year 2018 due to a national emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement required by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order or memorandum is issued.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5e0430-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000.</content></subsection></section> </level><level><p class="fontsize10" id="xca5e0431-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5e0432-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">THE JUDICIARY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Supreme Court of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e0433-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 U.S.C. 1343</ref> and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $82,028,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e2b44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and associate justices of the court.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">care of the building and grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s6111">40 U.S.C. 6111</ref> and 6112, $16,153,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e2b45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $31,291,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e2b46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the court.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/553">132 STAT. 553</page></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of International Trade</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e5257-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $18,889,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e5258-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the court.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e7969-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized by law, $5,099,061,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and construction projects.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e796a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca5e796b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/pl/99/660">Public Law 99–660</ref>), not to exceed $8,230,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">defender services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3006A">18 U.S.C. 3006A</ref> and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3006A">18 U.S.C. 3006A</ref>) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1875/d/1">28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1)</ref>; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s983/b/1">18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1)</ref> in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s4100/b">18 U.S.C. 4100(b)</ref>; and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, $1,078,713,000 to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/554">132 STAT. 554</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fees of jurors and commissioners</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1871">28 U.S.C. 1871</ref> and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1863">28 U.S.C. 1863</ref>; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/app/r71.1/h">28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)</ref>), $50,944,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5332">5 U.S.C. 5332</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">court security</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (<ref href="/us/pl/100/702">Public Law 100–702</ref>), $586,999,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Office of the United States Courts</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1345">31 U.S.C. 1345</ref>, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</ref>, advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $90,423,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Judicial Center</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/90/219">Public Law 90–219</ref>, $29,265,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2019, to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/555">132 STAT. 555</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Sentencing Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch58">chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, $18,699,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—The Judiciary</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services” and “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners”, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for “Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services” shall be available for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3315/a">Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code</ref>, shall be applied by substituting “Federal” for “executive” each place it appears.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s561–569">28 U.S.C. 561–569</ref>, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services that <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s1315">40 U.S.C. 1315</ref> authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s1315/b/2/E">40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E)</ref>. For building-specific security services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Security.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5f63cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/650">Public Law 101–650</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s133">28 U.S.C. 133 note</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the matter following paragraph 12—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5f63cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the second sentence (relating to the District of Kansas), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>26 years and 6 months</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>27 years and 6 months</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/556">132 STAT. 556</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5f63ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of Hawaii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>21 years and 6 months</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>24 years and 6 months</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5f63cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/115">Public Law 109–115</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2470">119 Stat. 2470</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s133">28 U.S.C. 133 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in the second sentence (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>24 years and 6 months</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25 years and 6 months</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5f63d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (<ref href="/us/pl/107/273">Public Law 107–273</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s133">28 U.S.C. 133 note</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5f63d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the first sentence by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>16 years</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5f63d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in the second sentence (relating to the central District of California), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14 years and 6 months</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15 years and 6 months</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca5f63d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>in the third sentence (relating to the western district of North Carolina), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>13 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>14 years</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 307.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca5f8ae4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1871/b">Section 1871(b) of title 28, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in paragraph (1) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$40</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$50</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca5f8ae5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5f8ae6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t28/s1871">28 USC 1871 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made in subsection (a) shall take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> </level><level><p class="fontsize10" id="xca5f8ae7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca5f8ae8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Funds</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for resident tuition support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher education: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and such other factors as may be authorized: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees <page identifier="/us/stat/132/557">132 STAT. 557</page> on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the district of columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at events related to the presence of the National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment to the district of columbia courts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, $265,400,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, $121,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Court System, $71,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; and $58,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition assessment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the items and entities funded under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to the program set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch35/schII">subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for employees of the District of Columbia Courts.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments <page identifier="/us/stat/132/558">132 STAT. 558</page> for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated funds provided in this account may be transferred to and merged with funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,</headingText>” to be available for the same period and purposes as funds made available under that heading for capital improvements to District of Columbia courthouse facilities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency for the district of columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $244,298,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which $180,840,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for or related to such persons; and of which $63,458,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts under this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully complete their terms of supervision.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $41,829,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/559">132 STAT. 559</page> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the District of Columbia.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for judicial commissions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30, 2019, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for school improvement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/10/dC">division C of Public Law 112–10</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That, to the extent that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and following the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/10">Public Law 112–10</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/125/211">125 Stat. 211</ref>) including students who were not offered a scholarship during any previous school year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of the Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for the district of columbia national guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, $5,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">District of Columbia Funds</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia (“General Fund”) for programs and activities set forth under the heading “<headingText class="smallCaps">part a—summary of expenses</headingText>” and at the rate set forth under such heading, as included in D.C. Bill 22–242, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/560">132 STAT. 560</page> 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2018 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in D.C. Bill 22–242, as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2018, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.</proviso></chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority</heading> <content class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca609c59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca609c5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INDEPENDENT AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Conference of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the United States, authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s591/etseq">5 U.S.C. 591 et seq.</ref>, $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Consumer Product Safety Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>, purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation <page identifier="/us/stat/132/561">132 STAT. 561</page> expenses, $126,000,000, of which $1,100,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out the program, including administrative costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (<ref href="/us/pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s8004">15 U.S.C. 8004</ref>).</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions—consumer product safety commission</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca61389b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">During fiscal year 2018, none of the amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (<ref href="/us/fr/79/68964">79 Fed. Reg. 68964</ref>) until after—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca61389c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Department of Defense, completes a study to determine—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca61389d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the technical validity of the lateral stability and vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard for purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this section as “ROV”) rollovers in the off-road environment, including the repeatability and reproducibility of testing for compliance with such requirements;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca61389e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the number of ROV rollovers that would be prevented if the proposed requirements were adopted;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca61389f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>whether there is a technical basis for the proposal to provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>a report containing the results of the study completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6138a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Election Assistance Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/252">Public Law 107–252</ref>), $10,100,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">election reform program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t52/s20904/c/2/B">52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)</ref>), $380,000,000 is provided <page identifier="/us/stat/132/562">132 STAT. 562</page> to the Election Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to make payments to States for activities to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election technology and make election security improvements, as authorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That each reference to the “Administrator of General Services” or the “Administrator” in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to refer to the “Election Assistance Commission”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each reference to “$5,000,000” in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to “$3,000,000” and each reference to “$1,000,000” in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to “$600,000”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall make the payments to states under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than two years after receiving a payment under this heading, a state shall make available funds for such activities in an amount equal to 5 percent of the total amount of the payment made to the State under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Communications Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $322,035,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $322,035,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any offsetting collections received in excess of $322,035,000 in fiscal year 2018 shall not be available for obligation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2017, shall not be available for obligation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t47/s309/j/8/B">47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)</ref>, proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed $111,150,000 for fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $11,020,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions—federal communications commission</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service <page identifier="/us/stat/132/563">132 STAT. 563</page> regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal service support payments.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca61fbf6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 6403 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s1452">47 U.S.C. 1452</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca62e657-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">“(j) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reserve Source for Payment of Relocation Costs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d68-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund established by subsection (d), out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d69-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>for fiscal year 2018, $600,000,000, to remain available, notwithstanding subsection (d)(4), until not later than July 3, 2023, pursuant to this subsection; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>for fiscal year 2019, $400,000,000, to remain available, notwithstanding subsection (d)(4), until not later than July 3, 2023, pursuant to this subsection.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability of funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the Commission makes the certification described in subparagraph (B), amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) shall be available to the Commission to make—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>reimbursements pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii), including not more than $350,000,000 for this purpose from funds made available by paragraph (1)(A);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>payments required by subsection (k), including not more than $150,000,000 for this purpose from funds made available by paragraph (1)(A);</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>payments required by subsection (l), including not more than $50,000,000 for this purpose from funds made available by paragraph (1)(A); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>payments solely for the purposes of consumer education relating to the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b), including $50,000,000 for this purpose from funds made available by paragraph (1)(A).</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d71-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The certification described in this subparagraph is a certification from the Commission to the Secretary of the Treasury that the funds available prior to the date of enactment of this subsection in the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund are likely to be insufficient to reimburse reasonably incurred costs described in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability for payments after april 13, 2020<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">For payments to broadcast television licensees and mvpds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(4)(D), the Commission may make payments pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) or (b)(4)(A)(ii) from amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) after April 13, 2020, if, before making any such payments after such date, the Commission submits to Congress a certification that such payments are necessary to reimburse reasonably incurred costs described in such subsection.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">For payments to television translator stations and low power television stations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><page identifier="/us/stat/132/564">132 STAT. 564</page> Amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) shall not be available to the Commission to make payments required by subsection (k) after April 13, 2020, unless, before making any such payments after such date, the Commission submits to Congress a certification that such payments are necessary to reimburse costs reasonably incurred by a television translator station or low power television station (as such terms are defined in subsection (k)) on or after January 1, 2017, in order for such station to relocate its television service from one channel to another channel or otherwise modify its facility as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b).</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">For payments to fm broadcast stations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) shall not be available to the Commission to make payments required by subsection (l) after April 13, 2020, unless, before making any such payments after such date, the Commission submits to Congress a certification that such payments are necessary to reimburse costs reasonably incurred by an FM broadcast station (as defined in subsection (l)) for facilities necessary for such station to reasonably minimize disruption of service as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b).</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Unused funds rescinded and deposited into the general fund of the treasury<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rescission and deposit<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If any unobligated amounts made available to the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund by paragraph (1) remain in the Fund after the date described in subparagraph (B), such amounts shall be rescinded and deposited into the general fund of the Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Date described<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The date described in this subparagraph is the earlier of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the date of a certification by the Commission under subparagraph (C) that all reimbursements pursuant to subsections (b)(4)(A)(i) and (b)(4)(A)(ii) have been made and that all reimbursements pursuant to subsections (k) and (l) have been made; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca630d7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>July 3, 2023.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If all reimbursements pursuant to subsections (b)(4)(A)(i) and (b)(4)(A)(ii) and all reimbursements pursuant to subsections (k) and (l) have been made before July 3, 2023, the Commission shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a certification that all such reimbursements have been made.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Administrative costs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amount of auction proceeds that the salaries and expenses account of the Commission is required to retain under section 309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t47/s309/j/8/B">47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)</ref>), including from the proceeds of the forward auction under this section, shall be sufficient to cover the administrative costs incurred by the Commission in making any reimbursements out of the TV <page identifier="/us/stat/132/565">132 STAT. 565</page> Broadcaster Relocation Fund from amounts made available to that Fund by paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca630d7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">“(k) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment of Relocation Costs of Television Translator Stations and Low Power Television Stations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>From amounts made available under subsection (j)(2), the Commission shall reimburse costs reasonably incurred by a television translator station or low power television station on or after January 1, 2017, in order for such station to relocate its television service from one channel to another channel or otherwise modify its facility as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b). Only stations that are eligible to file and do file an application in the Commission’s Special Displacement Window are eligible to seek reimbursement under this paragraph.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Commission may not make reimbursements under paragraph (1) for lost revenues.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duplicative payments prohibited<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In the case of a low power television station that has been accorded primary status as a Class A television licensee under <ref href="/us/cfr/t47/s73.6001/a">section 73.6001(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>if the licensee of such station has received reimbursement with respect to such station under subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) (including from amounts made available under subsection (j)(2)(A)(i)), or from any other source, such station may not receive reimbursement under paragraph (1); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>if such station has received reimbursement under paragraph (1), the licensee of such station may not receive reimbursement with respect to such station under subsection (b)(4)(A)(i).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Commission may not make reimbursement under paragraph (1) for costs incurred to resolve mutually exclusive applications, including costs incurred in any auction of available channels.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this subsection:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Low power television station<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>low power television station</term>’ means a low power TV station (as defined in <ref href="/us/cfr/t47/s74.701">section 74.701 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>) that was licensed and transmitting for at least 9 of the 12 months prior to April 13, 2017. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the operation of analog and digital companion facilities may be combined.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Television translator station<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>television translator station</term>’ means a television broadcast translator station (as defined in <ref href="/us/cfr/t47/s74.701">section 74.701 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>) that was licensed and transmitting for at least 9 of the 12 months prior to April 13, 2017. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the operation of analog and digital companion facilities may be combined.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca630d87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="l">“(l) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment of Relocation Costs of Fm Broadcast Stations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Payment required<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d89-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>From amounts made available under subsection (j)(2), the Commission shall reimburse costs reasonably incurred by an FM broadcast station for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/566">132 STAT. 566</page> facilities necessary for such station to reasonably minimize disruption of service as a result of the reorganization of broadcast television spectrum under subsection (b).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d8a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Commission may not make reimbursements under subparagraph (A) for lost revenues.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d8b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duplicative payments prohibited<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If an FM broadcast station has received a payment for interim facilities from the licensee of a television broadcast station that was reimbursed for such payment under subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) (including from amounts made available under subsection (j)(2)(A)(i)), or from any other source, such FM broadcast station may not receive any reimbursements under subparagraph (A).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Fm broadcast station defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this subsection, the term ‘<term>FM broadcast station</term>’ has the meaning given such term in <ref href="/us/cfr/t47/s73.310">section 73.310 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, and includes an FM translator, which has the meaning given the term ‘<term>FM translator</term>’ in section 74.1201 of such title.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca630d8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="m">“(m) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rulemaking<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking to implement subsections (k) and (l).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Matters for inclusion<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The rulemaking completed under paragraph (1) shall include the development of lists of reasonable eligible costs to be reimbursed by the Commission pursuant to subsections (k) and (l), and procedures for the submission and review of cost estimates and other materials related to those costs consistent with the regulations developed by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b)(4).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca630d90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="n">“(n) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rule of Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca630d91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Nothing in subsections (j) through (m) shall alter the final transition phase completion date established by the Commission for full power and Class A television stations.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $39,136,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Election Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/567">132 STAT. 567</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Labor Relations Authority</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $26,200,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5703">5 U.S.C. 5703</ref>) for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Trade Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $306,317,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection services in accordance with the terms of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3718">31 U.S.C. 3718</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $126,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s18a">15 U.S.C. 18a</ref>), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $16,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s6101/etseq">15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.</ref>), shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $164,317,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t12/s1831t">12 U.S.C. 1831t</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/568">132 STAT. 568</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">real property activities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal buildings fund</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitations on availability of revenue</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca646d22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real property management and related activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $9,073,938,000, of which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>$692,069,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and expenses, and associated design and construction services) as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$132,979,000 shall be for the Alexandria Bay, New York, Land Port of Entry;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$121,848,000 shall be for the San Diego, California, Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$137,242,000 shall be for the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States Courthouse, as requested by the Federal Judiciary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$110,000,000 shall be for the Huntsville, Alabama, United States Courthouse, as requested by the Federal Judiciary;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>$190,000,000 shall be for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Courthouse, as requested by the Federal Judiciary:</content></subparagraph><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xca646d29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount;</proviso></continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>$666,335,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs and alterations, including associated design and construction services, of which—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/569">132 STAT. 569</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$289,245,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>$65,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs, of which—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>$25,000,000 is for Fire and Life Safety;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca646d2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>$20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital Security; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca646d30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>$20,000,000 is for Consolidation Activities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That consolidation projects result in reduced annual rent paid by the tenant agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no consolidation project exceed $10,000,000 in costs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That consolidation projects are approved by each of the committees specified in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3307/a">section 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That preference is given to consolidation projects that achieve a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet or less per person for office space: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the obligation of funds under this paragraph for consolidation activities may not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and explanation for each project to be undertaken, including estimated savings, has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:</proviso></content></clause></subparagraph><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xca646d31-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"> <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That funds made available in this or any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for each project, except each project in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under this category only if advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for “Repairs and Alterations” may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading “<headingText>Repairs and Alterations</headingText>”, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects under the heading “<headingText>Repairs and Alterations</headingText>” or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;</proviso></continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d32-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$5,493,768,000 for rental of space to remain available until expended; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca646d33-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$2,221,766,000 for building operations to remain available until expended, of which $1,146,089,000 is for building services, and $1,075,677,000 is for salaries and expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made <page identifier="/us/stat/132/570">132 STAT. 570</page> available under this paragraph for building operations may be transferred between and merged with such appropriations upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 percent by any such transfers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 521 of this title shall not apply with respect to funds made available under this heading for building operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount of funds made available from this Fund to the General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3307/a">40 U.S.C. 3307(a)</ref>, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s592/b/2">40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)</ref> and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s3056">18 U.S.C. 3056</ref>, shall be available from such revenues and collections: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2018, excluding reimbursements under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s592/b/2">40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)</ref>, in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">general activities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">government-wide policy</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated with the management of real and personal property assets and certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology management, and related technology activities; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; $53,499,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, management, and communications; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; $45,645,000, of which $24,357,000 is for Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal; $21,288,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representation expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/571">132 STAT. 571</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">civilian board of contract appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, $8,795,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and service authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $65,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for information and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government property: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">allowances and office staff for former presidents</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t3/s102">3 U.S.C. 102 note</ref>), and <ref href="/us/pl/95/138">Public Law 95–138</ref>, $4,754,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal citizen services fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"> (including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and Programs, including services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s323">40 U.S.C. 323</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s3604">44 U.S.C. 3604</ref>; and for necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the development and implementation of innovative uses of information technology; $50,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available until expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2018 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any appropriations provided to the Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated may be transferred to the Federal Citizen Services Fund: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">technology modernization fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Technology Modernization Fund, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for technology-related modernization activities.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/572">132 STAT. 572</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/287">Public Law 114–287</ref>), $5,000,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund, to remain available until expended.</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">environmental review improvement fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review Improvement Fund established pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4370m-8/d">42 U.S.C. 4370m-8(d)</ref>, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">administrative provisions—general services administration</inline></heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 521. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for fiscal year 2018 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2019 request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 523. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by the General Services Administration in consideration of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 524. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From funds made available under the heading Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue, claims against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of the General Services Administration under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3307">40 U.S.C. 3307</ref>, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/573">132 STAT. 573</page> the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the resolution.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 526. </inline> </num><content class="inline">With respect to each project funded under the heading “<headingText>Major Repairs and Alterations</headingText>” or “Judiciary Capital Security Program”, and with respect to E-Government projects funded under the heading “<headingText>Federal Citizen Services Fund</headingText>”, the Administrator of General Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca655794-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 16 of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/287">Public Law 114–287</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca655795-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t40/s1303">40 USC 1303 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca655796-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following at the end of subparagraph (a)(1): “<quotedText>The Account shall be under the custody and control of the Chairperson of the Board and deposits in the Account shall remain available until expended.</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca655797-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subparagraph (b)(1) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> in lieu thereof the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yca657ea8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Establishment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as the ‘Public Buildings Reform Board—Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Fund’). The Fund shall be under the custody and control of the Administrator of General Services and deposits in the Fund shall remain available until expended.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund, established by <ref href="/us/pl/93/642/s10">section 10 of Public Law 93–642</ref>, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Merit Systems Protection Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5509">5 U.S.C. 5509 note</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, for administrative expenses to adjudicate <page identifier="/us/stat/132/574">132 STAT. 574</page> retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5601/etseq">20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.</ref>), $1,975,000, to remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/289">Public Law 107–289</ref>); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/102/259/s6/7">section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/106/568/s817/a">section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5604/7">20 U.S.C. 5604(7)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available until expended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">environmental dispute resolution fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,366,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Archives and Records Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the National Archives and Records Administration and archived Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901">5 U.S.C. 5901</ref>), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $384,911,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the repair, alteration, and improvement of an additional leased facility to provide adequate storage for holdings of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008, <ref href="/us/pl/110/409">Public Law 110–409</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/4302">122 Stat. 4302</ref>–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,801,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/575">132 STAT. 575</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">repairs and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national historical publications and records commission</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants program</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical publications and records as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s2504">44 U.S.C. 2504</ref>, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Credit Union Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">community development revolving loan fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9812">42 U.S.C. 9812</ref>, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for technical assistance to low-income designated credit unions.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Government Ethics</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $16,439,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Personnel Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of trust funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca669019-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $129,341,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall <page identifier="/us/stat/132/576">132 STAT. 576</page> remain available until September 30, 2019, for information technology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes upon submitting to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives the plan of expenditure as required by the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount made available by the previous proviso may not be obligated until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 90 days of enactment a plan for expenditure of such amount, prepared in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of the United States Digital Service, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, that—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>identifies the full scope and cost of the IT systems remediation and stabilization project;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, part 7;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>includes a Major IT Business Case under the requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget Exhibit 300;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Government;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>complies with all Office of Management and Budget, Department of Homeland Security and National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements related to securing the agency’s information system as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s3554">44 U.S.C. 3554</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca66901f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>is reviewed and commented upon within 60 days of plan development by the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management, and such comments are submitted to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management before the date of such submission:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca669020-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount made available under this heading, $584,000 may be made available for strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t41/s4001/etseq">41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.</ref>)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such workforce and information technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisition management; and in addition $131,414,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the President’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal <page identifier="/us/stat/132/577">132 STAT. 577</page> year 2018, accept donations of money, property, and personal services: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such donations, including those from prior years, may be used for the development of publicity materials to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of trust funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $25,000,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Special Counsel</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/pl/95/454">Public Law 95–454</ref>), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/12">Public Law 101–12</ref>) as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/107/304">Public Law 107–304</ref>, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/199">Public Law 112–199</ref>), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/353">Public Law 103–353</ref>), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Postal Regulatory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (<ref href="/us/pl/109/435">Public Law 109–435</ref>), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of such Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/578">132 STAT. 578</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2000ee">42 U.S.C. 2000ee</ref>), $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Public Buildings Reform Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Reform Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/287">Public Law 114–287</ref>), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Securities and Exchange Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca672c61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $1,652,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which funding for information technology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 2017 level by not less than $45,000,000; of which not less than $14,748,358 shall be for the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of which not less than $68,950,000 shall be for the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca672c62-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s headquarters facilities, not to exceed $244,507,052, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s78ee/j">15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)</ref>) for fiscal year 2018, all amounts appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s78ee">15 U.S.C. 78ee</ref>) shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $1,652,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for necessary expenses of this account and not to exceed $244,507,052 of such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for costs under this heading associated <page identifier="/us/stat/132/579">132 STAT. 579</page> with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s headquarters facilities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if any amount of the appropriation for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s headquarters facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such amount that was derived from the general fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such amounts that were derived from fees or assessments collected for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities exchange and national securities association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such national securities exchange or national securities association under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s78ee">15 U.S.C. 78ee</ref>) in fiscal year 2018.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Selective Service System</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s4101–4118">5 U.S.C. 4101–4118</ref> for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; $22,900,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1341">31 U.S.C. 1341</ref>, whenever the President deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Small Business Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $268,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these purposes without further appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/108/447/dK/s132/a">section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447</ref>, during fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $6,100,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/580">132 STAT. 580</page> shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s657d">15 U.S.C. 657d</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">entrepreneurial development programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial and small business development, $247,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $130,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/m/4">15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)</ref>) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to carry out export programs that assist small business concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s649/l">15 U.S.C. 649(l)</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $19,900,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of advocacy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying out the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/94/305/tII">title II of Public Law 94–305</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s634a/etseq">15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.</ref>) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s601/etseq">5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</ref>), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">business loans program account</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $3,438,172, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018 commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $29,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018 commitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s696/7">15 U.S.C. 696(7)</ref>) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That during fiscal year 2018, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/581">132 STAT. 581</page> Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $152,782,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">administrative provisions—small business administration</inline></heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission and transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="530"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 530. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="531"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 531. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balances available for the Immediate Disaster Assistance Program authorized by section 42 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S. C. 657n) and the Expedited Disaster Assistance Loan Program authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s12085">section 12085 of Public Law 110–246</ref>, $2,600,000 are hereby permanently cancelled: <proviso>Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="532"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 532. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 7(m)(4)(E) of the Small Business Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s636/m/4/E">15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)(E)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>25 percent</quotedText>” each place such term appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>50 percent</quotedText>”.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Postal Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the postal service fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of <ref href="/us/usc/t39/s2401">section 2401 of title 39, United States Code</ref>, $58,118,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/582">132 STAT. 582</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $245,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (<ref href="/us/pl/109/435">Public Law 109–435</ref>).</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Tax Court</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $50,739,887, of which $500,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="601"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 601. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="602"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 602. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="603"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 603. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="604"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 604. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="605"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 605. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="606"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 606. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="607"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 607. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity <page identifier="/us/stat/132/583">132 STAT. 583</page> that has been convicted of violating <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="608"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 608. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That prior to any significant reorganization or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="609"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 609. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes authorized: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="610"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 610.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca68b303-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca68b304-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any official background investigation report on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/584">132 STAT. 584</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca68b305-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a determination with respect to the treatment of an organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca68b306-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca68b307-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the case of an official background investigation report, if such individual has given express written consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such request and during the same presidential administration; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca68b308-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>if such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="611"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 611. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The cost accounting standards promulgated under <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch15">chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code</ref> shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch89">chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="612"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 612. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="613"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 613. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="614"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 614. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The provision of section 613 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="615"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 615. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In order to promote Government access to commercial information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref> (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s11101">section 11101 of title 40, United States Code</ref>), that is a commercial item (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s103">section 103 of title 41, United States Code</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="616"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 616. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1353">section 1353 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="617"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 617. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act <page identifier="/us/stat/132/585">132 STAT. 585</page> may be used for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="618"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 618.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca692839-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca69283a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must consult with the General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current lessor.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca69283b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease may do so during any period declared by the President to require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca69283c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>Executive agency covered by this Act</term>” means any Executive agency provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the United States Postal Service.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="619"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 619.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca69765d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>There are appropriated for the following activities the amounts required under current law:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69765e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Compensation of the President (<ref href="/us/usc/t3/s102">3 U.S.C. 102</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69765f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Payments to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697660-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/s377/o">28 U.S.C. 377(o)</ref>);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697661-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/s376/c">28 U.S.C. 376(c)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697662-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/s178/l">28 U.S.C. 178(l)</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697663-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>Payment of Government contributions—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697664-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>with respect to the health benefits of retired employees, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch89">chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (<ref href="/us/stat/74/849">74 Stat. 849</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697665-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>with respect to the life insurance benefits for employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch87">5 U.S.C. ch. 87</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697666-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8348">5 U.S.C. 8348</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca697667-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch84">chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca697668-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="620"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 620. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to amounts made available in prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/204">Public Law 107–204</ref>) in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 of funds collected by the Board between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2018 shall remain available until expended.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="621"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 621. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report entitled “Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/586">132 STAT. 586</page> Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts” unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="622"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 622. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca69c489-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69c48a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Director, White House Office of Health Reform.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69c48b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69c48c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca69c48d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>White House Director of Urban Affairs.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="623"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 623. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final quality review processes for background investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, are being conducted by that contractor.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="624"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 624.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca69eb9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The head of each executive branch agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding the budget planning process related to information technology.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca69eb9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency funded by this Act that are available for information technology shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency and budget officials.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="625"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 625. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="626"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 626. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service to the public or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>) in a manner that violates the <ref href="/us/cons/amd4">Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="627"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 627. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t47/s54.307">section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, as in effect on July 15, 2015: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, developing, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to Mobility Fund Phase II.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="628"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 628. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds provided in this Act shall be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/587">132 STAT. 587</page> department or agency over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this requirement.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="629"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 629.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6a39c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6a39c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="630"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 630. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca6a60d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 633(a) of title VI of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6a60d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/stat/131/376">131 Stat. 376</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6a60d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of paragraph (1);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6a60d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (2); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6a60d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="631"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 631. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to trade associations.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="632"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 632.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6a60d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the “Thad Cochran United States Courthouse”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6a60d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Thad Cochran United States Courthouse”.</content></subsection></section> <num class="smallCaps" value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE</heading> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departments, Agencies, and Corporations</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="701"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 701. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2018 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as <page identifier="/us/stat/132/588">132 STAT. 588</page> defined in the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s802">21 U.S.C. 802</ref>)) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="702"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 702. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6aaef9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343">31 USC 1343 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with sub<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/c">section 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $19,997: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehicles: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/101/549">Public Law 101–549</ref> over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the limits set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="703"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 703. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5922–5924">5 U.S.C. 5922–5924</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="704"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 704. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6ad60a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3101">5 USC 3101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> otherwise specified in law during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1324b/a/3/B">8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B)</ref>; (3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee under <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1157">8 U.S.C. 1157</ref> or is granted asylum under <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1158">8 U.S.C. 1158</ref> and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his or her status are being complied with: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as necessary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this section shall not apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the Government of the United <page identifier="/us/stat/132/589">132 STAT. 589</page> States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6ad60b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3101">5 USC 3101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> this section does not apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement with another country.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="705"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 705. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (<ref href="/us/stat/73/479">73 Stat. 479</ref>), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (<ref href="/us/stat/86/216">86 Stat. 216</ref>), or other applicable law.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="706"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 706. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca6afd1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for the following purposes:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6afd1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any such programs adopted prior to the effective date of the Executive order.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6afd1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Other Federal agency environmental management programs, including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution prevention programs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6afd1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Other employee programs as authorized by law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="707"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 707. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch91">chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and the objects specified under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="708"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 708. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="709"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 709. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/590">132 STAT. 590</page></content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="710"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 710. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the period in which the head of any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term “<term>office</term>” shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the individual.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="711"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 711. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref>, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="712"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 712.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6b7250-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character that is excepted from the competitive service under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3302">section 3302 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, (pursuant to schedule C of <ref href="/us/cfr/t5/pt213/sptC">subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>) unless the head of the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White House.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6b7251-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3003/4">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</ref>)).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="713"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 713. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca6b9962-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6b9963-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6b9964-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/591">132 STAT. 591</page> employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="714"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 714.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6bc075-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6bc076-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6bc077-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6bc078-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6bc079-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or “new age” belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6bc07a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6bc07b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="715"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 715. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="716"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 716. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="717"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 717. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="718"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 718. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="719"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 719.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6c0e9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>In this section, the term “<term>agency</term>”—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6c0e9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>means an Executive agency, as defined under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s105">5 U.S.C. 105</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6c0e9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>includes a military department, as defined under section 102 of such title, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commission.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6c0e9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency <page identifier="/us/stat/132/592">132 STAT. 592</page> shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s6301/2">5 U.S.C. 6301(2)</ref>, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="720"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 720. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref> and section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="721"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 721. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref> and section 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse “General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy” with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, including improving coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups designated by the Director (including the President’s Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for performance improvement initiatives): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities related to Federal Government Priority Goals established by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1120">31 U.S.C. 1120</ref>, and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of “General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy” during fiscal year 2018 shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="722"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 722. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="723"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 723. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1346">31 U.S.C. 1346</ref>, or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/593">132 STAT. 593</page> budget of and resources connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="724"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 724. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in <ref href="/us/cfr/t2/pt200">part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="725"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 725.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6cd0f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of Individuals’ Internet Use<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to enter into any agreement with a third party (including another government agency) to collect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exceptions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The limitations established in subsection (a) shall not apply to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>any record of aggregate data that does not identify particular persons;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the Internet site.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For the purposes of this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>regulatory</term>” means agency actions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cd0fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>supervisory</term>” means examinations of the agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and soundness, overall financial condition, management practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards as provided in law.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="726"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 726.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6cf80b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6cf80c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cf80d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>any of the following religious plans:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cf80e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Personal Care’s HMO; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cf80f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6cf810-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/594">132 STAT. 594</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6cf811-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6cf812-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="727"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 727. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The United States is committed to ensuring the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight authorities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="728"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 728. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="729"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 729. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this or any other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to <ref href="/us/cfr/t5/pt300">part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="730"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 730. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="731"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 731. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="732"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 732. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a">section 552a of title 5, United States Code</ref> (popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations implementing that section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="733"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 733.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6d6d43-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s395/b">6 U.S.C. 395(b)</ref>) or any subsidiary of such an entity.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6d6d44-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Waivers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/595">132 STAT. 595</page></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6d6d45-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Government contract under the authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required in the interest of national security.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6d6d46-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report to congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any Secretary issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6d6d47-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>This section shall not apply to any Federal Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="734"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 734. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca6d9458-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">During fiscal year 2018, for each employee who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6d9459-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6d945a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>retires under any other provision of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an administrative expense under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8348/a/1/B">section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="735"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 735.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6dbb6b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as a condition of submitting the offer:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6dbb6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication that is made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal office.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6dbb6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6dbb6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In this section, each of the terms “contribution”, “expenditure”, “independent expenditure”, “electioneering communication”, “candidate”, “election”, and “Federal office” has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<ref href="/us/usc/t52/s30101/etseq">52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="736"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 736. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal government, including the President, the Vice President, a member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s133">section 133 of title 41, United States Code</ref>), or the head of an office of the legislative branch.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="737"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 737.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6e7ebf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca6e7ec0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6e7ec1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5343">5 USC 5343 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2018, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5342/a/2/A">section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code</ref>—</chapeau><page identifier="/us/stat/132/596">132 STAT. 596</page> <subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2018, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year 2018, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 2018 under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5303">section 5303 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in fiscal year 2018 under section 5304 of such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage of such payments which was effective in the previous fiscal year under such section.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5342/a/2">section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2017, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2017, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this subsection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ec9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service performed after September 30, 2017.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7eca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ecb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this subsection not in effect.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ecc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6e7ecd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in <page identifier="/us/stat/132/597">132 STAT. 597</page> fiscal year 2018 under sections 5344 and 5348 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ece-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>not less than the percentage received by employees in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and 5304 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, and prevailing rate employees described in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5343/a/5">section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated as “Rest of United States” pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">section 5304 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for purposes of this subsection; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6e7ecf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after September 30, 2017.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="738"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 738.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6f1b10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca6f1b11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5303">5 USC 5303 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>The Vice President may not receive a pay raise in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding the rate adjustment made under <ref href="/us/usc/t3/s104">section 104 of title 3, United States Code</ref>, or any other provision of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5318">section 5318 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection applies only to employees who are holding a position under a political appointment.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/pl/96/465">Public Law 96–465</ref>) or any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar year 2018 (except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6f1b15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6f1b16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-based payments under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">section 5304 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2018, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or to employees appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3161">section 3161 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or to employees in another pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 or below if <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch51">chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, applied to them.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/598">132 STAT. 598</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent employees who do not serve under a political appointment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><content>A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3392">section 3392 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, is not subject to this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><content>A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch and who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/pl/96/465">Public Law 96–465</ref>) is not subject to this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an authorized movement to a different covered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b1c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period of time subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6f1b1d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="k">(k) </num><content>If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2018 but ends in calendar year 2019, the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="739"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 739.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6fb75e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The head of any Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2018 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than $100,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6fb75f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Each report submitted shall include, for each conference described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a description of its purpose;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb761-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the number of participants attending;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb762-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>a detailed statement of the costs to the United States Government, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb763-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the cost of any food or beverages;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb764-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the cost of any audio-visual services;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb765-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the cost of employee or contractor travel to and from the conference; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb766-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>a discussion of the methodology used to determine which costs relate to the conference; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb767-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>a description of the contracting procedures used including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb768-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca6fb769-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the departmental component or office in evaluating potential contractors for the conference.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/599">132 STAT. 599</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6fb76a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees attending a conference held by any Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2018 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6fb76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6fb76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this or any other appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memorandum.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="740"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 740. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or any other appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="741"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 741. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule entitled “Competitive Area” published by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (<ref href="/us/fr/73/20180/etseq">73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="742"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 742. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="743"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 743.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca6fde7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca6fde7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="744"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 744.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca702c9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does <page identifier="/us/stat/132/600">132 STAT. 600</page> not contain the following provisions: “These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any classified information received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca702ca0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with the requirements for such agreement that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca702ca1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar language to that required in subsection (a).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="745"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 745. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="746"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 746. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/601">132 STAT. 601</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="747"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 747.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7053b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>During fiscal year 2018, on the date on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with <ref href="/us/pl/111/203/s1017">section 1017 of Public Law 111–203</ref>, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7053b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Any notification required by this section shall be made available on the Bureau’s public Web site.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="748"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 748. </inline> </num><content class="inline">If, for fiscal year 2018, new budget authority provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 2018 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the amount of the excess but the total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal year.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="749"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 749. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="VIII">TITLE VIII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="801"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 801. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="802"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 802. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="803"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 803.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca70c8e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the Federal funds provided under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or increased under this Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>re-establishes any program or project previously deferred through reprogramming;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/602">132 STAT. 602</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>augments any existing program, project, or responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca70c8eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility center,</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca70c8ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca70c8ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under this title through November 7, 2018.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="804"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 804. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123).</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="805"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 805. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca713e1e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For purposes of this section, the term “<term>official duties</term>” does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e20-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca713e25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="806"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 806.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca713e26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca713e27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/603">132 STAT. 603</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="807"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 807. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been determined by the local public health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="808"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 808. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a “conscience clause” which provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="809"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 809.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca716538-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s801/etseq">21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.</ref>) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca718c49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s801/etseq">21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.</ref>) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="810"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 810. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="811"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 811.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca71b35a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2018 that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca71b35b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program requirements.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="812"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 812. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="813"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 813.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca71da6c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise <page identifier="/us/stat/132/604">132 STAT. 604</page> and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca71da6d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca71da6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The District of Columbia government may not transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="814"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 814. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="815"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 815. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from appropriations of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes authorized: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="816"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 816.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca724f9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca724fa0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>During fiscal year 2019, during a period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity for which local funds are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (subject to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period during which this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724fa1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2019 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 for purposes of section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official Code).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724fa2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be available—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca724fa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>during any period in which a District of Columbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2019 is in effect; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca724fa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>upon the enactment into law of the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2019.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724fa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under the authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724fa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2019 for which this section applies to such project or activity.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/605">132 STAT. 605</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724fa7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><chapeau>This section shall not apply to a project or activity during any period of fiscal year 2019 if any other provision of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca724fa8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or grants authority for such project or activity to continue for such period; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca724fa9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>specifically provides that no appropriation shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall be granted for such project or activity to continue for such period.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca724faa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="817"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 817. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca73611b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to “this Act” contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018.

 OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary and Executive Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for executive management for operations and support, $139,602,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary complies with section 107 of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Management Directorate</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for operations and support, $710,297,000, of which $227,516,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, $29,569,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/606">132 STAT. 606</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for research and development, $2,545,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Office of Operations Coordination for operations and support, $245,905,000, of which $77,915,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to buildings.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for operations and support, $168,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Hereafter,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca73d64e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t6/s454">6 USC 454 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the time the President’s budget proposal is submitted pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as authorized by section 874 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s454">6 U.S.C. 454</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the last day of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the appropriation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca73fd5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding section 518 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref>), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2018, to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition during fiscal years 2017 and 2018.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca73fd60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Inspector General shall review the report required by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than February 15, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/607">132 STAT. 607</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers of funds available under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9703/g/4/B">section 9703(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code</ref> (as added by <ref href="/us/pl/102/393">Public Law 102–393</ref>) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of the proposed transfers.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">All official costs associated with the use of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the Secretary.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca742471-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, a report for fiscal year 2017 on visa overstay data by country as required by <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1376">section 1376 of title 8, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the report on visa overstay data shall also include—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca742472-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>overstays from all nonimmigrant visa categories under the immigration laws, delineated by each of the classes and sub-classes of such categories; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca744b83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>numbers as well as rates of overstays for each class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories on a per-country basis.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca744b84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish on the Department’s website the metrics developed to measure the effectiveness of security between the ports of entry, including the methodology and data supporting the resulting measures.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of air and marine support to Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type <page identifier="/us/stat/132/608">132 STAT. 608</page> vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; $11,485,164,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9505/c/3">26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)</ref>) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s551/e/1">6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)</ref>); of which $681,441,500 shall be available until September 30, 2019; and of which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s58c/f/3">19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)</ref>), shall be derived from that account: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the maintenance and repair of roads on Native American reservations, as required by the Border Patrol: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for procurement, construction, and improvements, including procurements to buy marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems, $2,281,357,000, of which $846,343,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and of which $1,435,014,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facilities; $6,993,975,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; of which $33,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for investigation of intellectual property rights violations, including operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair and maintenance projects; of which not less than $84,000,000 shall be available for vehicle fleet recapitalization; and of which not less than $4,110,337,000 shall be for enforcement, detention, and removal operations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2081">19 U.S.C. 2081</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/132/609">132 STAT. 609</page> further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives the report required under section 212 of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, $81,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which not less than $29,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair and maintenance projects.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Transportation Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for operations and support, $7,207,851,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That security service fees authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44940">section 44940 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation security: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum appropriated under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $4,737,851,000.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for procurement, construction, and improvements, $167,314,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for research and development, $20,190,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Coast Guard</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent <page identifier="/us/stat/132/610">132 STAT. 610</page> and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deployments and activities; payments pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/97/377/s156">section 156 of Public Law 97–377</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s402">42 U.S.C. 402 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/96/1920">96 Stat. 1920</ref>); and recreation and welfare; $7,373,313,000; of which $503,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities, of which $163,000,000 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 and shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress; and of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2712/a/5">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 220 of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">environmental compliance and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under <ref href="/us/usc/t14/ch19">chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code</ref>, $13,397,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reserve training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve; operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve Program; personnel and training costs; and equipment and services; $114,875,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">acquisition, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $2,694,745,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2712/a/5">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)</ref>); and of which $2,573,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2022, of which $95,000,000 shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for long lead time materials for the eleventh National Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for production or post-production costs.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research, development, test, and evaluation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $29,141,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $500,000 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/611">132 STAT. 611</page> shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2712/a/5">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That there may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">retired pay</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under <ref href="/us/usc/t37/s356">section 356 of title 37, United States Code</ref>, concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch55">chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, $1,676,117,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Secret Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behavioral research in support of protective intelligence and operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and payment, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5702">section 5702 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations; $1,915,794,000; of which $39,692,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of which $9,866,000 shall be for premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547/a">section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547">5 U.S.C. 5547 note</ref>), as amended by the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, $90,480,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/612">132 STAT. 612</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for research and development, $250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca75d225-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>For fiscal year 2018, the overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s267/c/1">19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)</ref>) shall be $45,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds such limitation, except in individual cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary for national security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, or in cases of immigration emergencies.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca75d226-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available by this Act for the following accounts shall be available to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $45,000:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca75d227-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support”, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive such amount as necessary for national security purposes and in cases of immigration emergencies.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca75d228-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>“United States Secret Service—Operations and Support”, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, may waive such amount as necessary for national security purposes.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funding made available under the heading “<headingText>U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support</headingText>” and “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico in addition to funding provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t48/s740">48 U.S.C. 740</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Hereafter,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca75d229-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t6/s211">6 USC 211 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> no U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Department of Homeland Security without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/42">Public Law 112–42</ref>), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s58c/a/5">19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)</ref>) shall be available until expended.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support”, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2018 from amounts authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1356/i">8 U.S.C. 1356(i)</ref>), section 10412 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8311">7 U.S.C. 8311</ref>), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act <page identifier="/us/stat/132/613">132 STAT. 613</page> of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/25">Public Law 114–25</ref>), or other such authorizing language: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to the extent that amounts realized from such collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until expended.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca76204a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available in this Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the prescription drug may not be—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca76204b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s802">21 U.S.C. 802</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca76204c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s262">42 U.S.C. 262</ref>).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s501/b">section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code</ref>, for the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s501/b">section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code</ref>, with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of such requests.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca76475d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca76475e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca76475f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border crossing fee.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca764760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In this section, the term “<term>border crossing fee</term>” means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Without regard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may reprogram within and transfer funds to “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support” as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens prioritized for removal.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided under the heading “<headingText>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support</headingText>” may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority <page identifier="/us/stat/132/614">132 STAT. 614</page> authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1357/g">8 U.S.C. 1357(g)</ref>) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided under the heading “<headingText>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support</headingText>” may be used to continue any contract for the provision of detention services if the two most recent overall performance evaluations received by the contracted facility are less than “adequate” or the equivalent median score in any subsequent performance evaluation system.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives that (a) identifies any instance during fiscal year 2017 or 2018 in which payments have been made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have erroneously entered into financial obligations, for activities in violation of <ref href="/us/cfr/t5/pt550/sptD">subpart D of part 550 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>; (b) includes specific actions the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor will take to improve agency-wide understanding of such subpart D; and (c) includes a certification by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor have developed a plan and implemented training necessary for strengthening internal controls necessary to avoid violations of such subpart D.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca769581-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their dependents eligible for Payments During Evacuation in accordance with <ref href="/us/cfr/t5">title 5, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, part 550, from August 23, 2017, through December 1, 2017, as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the requirement of section 550.405(b)(2) of such title to reduce subsistence expenses to 60 percent of the applicable rate shall not apply.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca769582-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security may authorize reimbursement for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for such employees and their dependents using the actual expense method set forth in subpart D of part 301–11 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, subject to the cap of 300 percent of the applicable maximum per diem rate, as provided in such section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 215. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any award by the Transportation Security Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/615">132 STAT. 615</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 216. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44923">section 44923 of title 49, United States Code</ref>, for fiscal year 2018, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44923/h">section 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, may be used for the procurement and installation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such title.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility described in <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44903/n/1">section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States Code</ref>, any requirement that airport operators provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="218"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 218. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Operating Expenses</headingText>” shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s12114">section 12114 of title 46, United States Code</ref>, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Operating Expenses</headingText>”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to the extent such fees are insufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions under <ref href="/us/usc/t46/ch121/schII">subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code</ref>, may perform documentation under section 12114.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="219"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 219. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Without regard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay and Allowances funding category within “Coast Guard—Operating Expenses” in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="220"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 220. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second proviso under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements</headingText>” in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/4">Public Law 114–4</ref>), which shall be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such heading.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="221"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 221. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="222"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 222. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="223"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 223. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available in this Act may be used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil <page identifier="/us/stat/132/616">132 STAT. 616</page> engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="224"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 224. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Operating Expenses</headingText>” may be allocated by program, project, and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="225"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 225. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca770ab3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><ref href="/us/usc/t14/s423">Section 423 of title 14, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subsection (c) the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7731c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><content>In addition to amounts computed pursuant to subsections (a) through (c) of this section, a full TSP member (as defined in section 8440e(a) of title 5) of the Coast Guard is entitled to continuation pay pursuant to section 356 of title 37.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="226"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 226. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The United States Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s105">section 105 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available under the heading “<headingText>United States Secret Service—Operations and Support</headingText>” at the end of the fiscal year.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="227"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 227. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Director of the United States Secret Service may enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="228"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 228. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="229"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 229. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funding made available in this Act for “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support” is available for travel of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="230"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 230.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca777fe5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Of the amount made available in this Act under “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements”, $1,571,000,000 shall be available only as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777fe6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$251,000,000 for approximately 14 miles of secondary fencing, all of which provides for cross-barrier visual situational awareness, along the southwest border in the San Diego Sector;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777fe7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$445,000,000 for 25 miles of primary pedestrian levee fencing along the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777fe8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$196,000,000 for primary pedestrian fencing along the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777fe9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$445,000,000 for replacement of existing primary pedestrian fencing along the southwest border;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777fea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$38,000,000 for border barrier planning and design; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca777feb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$196,000,000 for acquisition and deployment of border security technology.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/617">132 STAT. 617</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca777fec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The amounts designated in subsection (a)(2) through (a)(4) shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize agent safety.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca777fed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>None of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be obligated for construction of a border barrier in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="231"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 231.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca78433e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States, including the use of personnel, fencing, other forms of tactical infrastructure, and technology, to include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78433f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>A statement of goals, objectives, activities, and milestones for the plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784340-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>A detailed implementation schedule for the plan with estimates for the planned obligation of funds for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 that are linked to the milestone-based delivery of specific—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784341-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>capabilities and services;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784342-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>mission benefits and outcomes;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784343-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>program management capabilities; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784344-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>lifecycle cost estimates.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784345-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>A description of the manner in which specific projects under the plan will enhance border security goals and objectives and address the highest priority border security needs.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784346-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>An identification of the planned locations, quantities, and types of resources, such as fencing, other physical barriers, or other tactical infrastructure and technology, under the plan.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784347-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>A description of the methodology and analyses used to select specific resources for deployment to particular locations under the plan that includes—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784348-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>analyses of alternatives, including comparative costs and benefits;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784349-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>an assessment of effects on communities and property owners near areas of infrastructure deployment; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a description of other factors critical to the decision-making process.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>An identification of staffing requirements under the plan, including full-time equivalents, contractors, and detailed personnel, by activity.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>A description of performance metrics for the plan for assessing and reporting on the contributions of border security capabilities realized from current and future investments.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>A description of the status of the actions of the Department of Homeland Security to address open recommendations by the Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office relating to border security, including plans, schedules, and associated milestones for fully addressing such recommendations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>A plan to consult State and local elected officials on the eminent domain and construction process relating to physical barriers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca78434f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>An analysis, following consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, of the environmental impacts, including on <page identifier="/us/stat/132/618">132 STAT. 618</page> wildlife, of the construction and placement of physical barriers planned along the Southwest border, including in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784350-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><chapeau>Certifications by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784351-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the plan has been reviewed and approved in accordance with an acquisition review management process that complies with capital planning and investment control and review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including as provided in Circular A–11, part 7; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca784352-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>all activities under the plan comply with Federal acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and practices.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca784353-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary shall concurrently submit the plan required in subsection (a) to the Comptroller General of the United States, who shall evaluate the plan and report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the strengths and weaknesses of such plan not later than 120 days after receiving such plan.</content></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Protection and Programs Directorate</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Programs Directorate for operations and support, $1,482,165,000, of which $8,912,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal protective service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Programs Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, $414,111,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Protection and Programs Directorate for research and development, $15,126,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/619">132 STAT. 619</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Health Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs for operations and support, $121,569,000, of which $14,020,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Emergency Management Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for operations and support, $1,030,135,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, $85,276,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal assistance</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca792db4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $3,293,932,000, which shall be allocated as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792db5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$507,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s605">6 U.S.C. 605</ref>), of which $85,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden, and $10,000,000 shall be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under such 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2018, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792db6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$630,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s604">6 U.S.C. 604</ref>), of which $50,000,000 shall be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792db7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s1135">6 U.S.C. 1135</ref>, 1163, and 1182), of which $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such public transportation security assistance shall be provided directly to public transportation agencies.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/620">132 STAT. 620</page></proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792db8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t46/s70107">section 70107 of title 46, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792db9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $350,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $350,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s2229">15 U.S.C. 2229</ref> and 2229a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792dba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$350,000,000 for emergency management performance grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4001">42 U.S.C. 4001</ref>), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121">42 U.S.C. 5121</ref>), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7701">42 U.S.C. 7701</ref>), <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s762">section 762 of title 6, United States Code</ref>, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792dbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$249,200,000 for the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5133">42 U.S.C. 5133</ref>), to remain available until expended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792dbc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$262,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4101/f/2">42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)</ref>), to remain available until expended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792dbd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$120,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s11331">42 U.S.C. 11331</ref>), to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total administrative costs.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca792dbe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$275,201,000 to sustain current operations for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">disaster relief fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>), $7,900,720,000, to remain available until expended, of which $7,366,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>) and is designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national flood insurance fund</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca797bdf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4001/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.</ref>), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4001/etseq">42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.</ref>), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/126/916">126 Stat. 916</ref>), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/89">Public Law 113–89</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/128/1020">128 Stat. 1020</ref>), $203,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4015/d">42 U.S.C. 4015(d)</ref>); of which $13,573,000 shall be available for mission support associated with flood management; <page identifier="/us/stat/132/621">132 STAT. 621</page> and of which $189,927,000 shall be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4015/d">42 U.S.C. 4015(d)</ref>) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account, to be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in fiscal year 2018, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4017">42 U.S.C. 4017</ref>) in excess of—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca797be0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$165,224,000 for operating expenses and salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance operations;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca797be1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca797be2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury borrowings; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca797be3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$175,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4104c">42 U.S.C. 4104c</ref>), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4104c/e">42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)</ref>, 4017):</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca797be4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts collected under section 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4012a">42 U.S.C. 4012a</ref>) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4012a/f/8">42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8)</ref>, 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4033">42 U.S.C. 4033</ref>).</proviso></continuation></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s609/a/12">6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)</ref>) or any other provision of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) through (4) under “Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance”, may be used by the grantee for expenses directly related to administration of the grant.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Applications for grants under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance</headingText>”, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt of an application.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance</headingText>”, for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance</headingText>”, for grants under paragraphs (1) and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/622">132 STAT. 622</page> (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s604">6 U.S.C. 604</ref> and 605) using funds provided under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance</headingText>” for grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and Local Programs</headingText>” in <ref href="/us/pl/114/4">Public Law 114–4</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dF">division F of Public Law 113–76</ref>, or <ref href="/us/pl/113/6/dD">division D of Public Law 113–6</ref> may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor where they are encountered after entering the United States, provided that such costs were incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014, or during the award period of performance.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca79ca05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) under the heading “<headingText>Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund</headingText>” in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/4">Public Law 114–4</ref>) shall be applied in fiscal year 2018 with respect to budget year 2019 and current fiscal year 2018, respectively—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca79f116-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1) by substituting “fiscal year 2019” for “fiscal year 2016”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca79f117-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (2) by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>business</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>fifth</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 307. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In making grants under the heading “<headingText>Firefighter Assistance Grants</headingText>”, the Secretary may grant waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s2229a">15 U.S.C. 2229a</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 308. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5196e">42 U.S.C. 5196e</ref>), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2018, and remain available until expended.</proviso></content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, $108,856,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/623">132 STAT. 623</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for procurement, construction, and improvements of the E-Verify Program, $22,657,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $254,000,000, of which $62,701,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science and Technology Directorate</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $331,113,000, of which $196,361,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for research and development, $509,830,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for operations and support, $54,664,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">procurement, construction, and improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for procurement, construction, and improvements, $89,096,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">research and development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for research and development, $145,661,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/624">132 STAT. 624</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $46,019,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences and places of employment.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of background checks required by law to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 403. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees (including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 404.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7a8d58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1356/n">section 1356(n) of title 8, United States Code</ref>, of the funds deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to $10,000,000 may be allocated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2018 for the purpose of providing an Immigrant Integration grants program.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7a8d59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration under subsection (a) may be used to provide services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 405. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training accreditation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 406. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accreditation process to continue the implementation of measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="407"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 407.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7ab46a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>There is to be established a “Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” appropriations account for planning, operational development, engineering, and purchases prior to sustainment and for information technology-related procurement, construction, and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/625">132 STAT. 625</page> improvements, including non-tangible assets of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7ab46b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers may accept transfers to the account established by subsection (a) from Government agencies requesting the construction of special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1535/b">31 U.S.C. 1535(b)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers maintain administrative control and ownership upon completion of such facilities.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="408"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 408. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s501">31 U.S.C. 501 note</ref>).</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers and rescissions of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7b50ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7b50ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7b50ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>contracts out any function or activity presently performed by Federal employees or any new function or activity proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Homeland Security;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7b50af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>augments funding for existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7b50b0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7b50b1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7b50b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of such reprogramming.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/626">132 STAT. 626</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7b50b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7b50b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7b50b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7b50b6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established by <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 note</ref>, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department of Homeland Security: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca7b77c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s501">31 USC 501 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 504 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dF">division F of Public Law 115–31</ref>), related to the operations of a working capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such section applied to funds made available in that Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 505. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018, as recorded in the financial records at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than June 30, 2019, from appropriations for “Operations and Support” and for “Coast Guard—Operating Expenses”, and salaries and expenses for “Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements” and “Coast Guard—Reserve Training” for fiscal year 2018 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2019, in the account and for the purposes for which the appropriations were provided: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with section 503 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 506. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available by 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/s414">50 U.S.C. 414</ref>) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 507.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7bc5e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 3 full business days in advance of—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bc5e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>making or awarding a grant allocation, grant, contract, other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/627">132 STAT. 627</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bc5ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bc5eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>making a sole-source grant award; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bc5ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>announcing publicly the intention to make or award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7bc5ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7bc5ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>A notification under this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bc5ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>may not involve funds that are not available for obligation; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7bed00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type of contract; and the account from which the funds are being drawn.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 508. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 509. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus otherwise required under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch33">chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/161/dE">division E of Public Law 110–161</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/121/2073">121 Stat. 2073</ref> and 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such sections applied to funds made available in that Act.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy American Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “<term>Buy American Act</term>” means <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch83">chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1448">8 U.S.C. 1448</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 513. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dF/s519">Section 519 of division F of Public Law 114–113</ref>, regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such section applied to funds made available in that Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 514. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds provided or otherwise made available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/628">132 STAT. 628</page> the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s452">6 U.S.C. 452</ref>) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 515. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 516. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any official that is required by this Act to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 517. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca7c3b21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7c3b22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7c3b23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 519. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1324a/h/3">8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)</ref>).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 521. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Hereafter,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca7c6234-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44901">49 USC 44901 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> in developing any process to screen aviation passengers and crews for transportation or national security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t41/stI">subtitle I of title 41, United States Code</ref>, or <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch137">chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 523.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7c8945-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>For an additional amount for financial systems modernization, $41,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7c8946-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7c8947-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/629">132 STAT. 629</page></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 524.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7c8948-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7c8949-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 526. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single international conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that determination and the basis for that determination: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section the term “<term>international conference</term>” shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total cost to the Department of Homeland Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its participation in a National Special Security Event.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="528"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 528. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca7cd76a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that includes—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7cd76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the number of full-time positions affected by such change;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7cd76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>funding required for such change for the current year and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7cd76d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>justification for such change; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7cd76e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change that were considered by the Department.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="529"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 529.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7cfe7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7cfe80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7cfe81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the public posting of the report compromises homeland or national security; or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/630">132 STAT. 630</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7d2592-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the report contains proprietary information.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7d2593-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such report has been made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="530"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 530.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7d2594-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Funding provided in this Act for “Operations and Support” and funding provided in this Act for “Coast Guard—Operating Expenses” may be used for minor procurement, construction, and improvements.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7d2595-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For purposes of subsection (a), “minor” refers to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and $2,000,000 or less for real property.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="531"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 531. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="532"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 532. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Security may provide, out of discretionary funds available to the Department of Homeland Security, for the primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Department of Homeland Security personnel who are stationed outside the continental United States and for the transportation of such dependents in the same manner and to the same extent that, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t14/s544">section 544 of title 14, United States Code</ref>, the Secretary may provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling of, and the transportation of, dependents of Coast Guard personnel stationed outside the continental United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be provided from amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be provided from amounts that were designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="533"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 533. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within 60 days of any budget submission for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior to October 1, 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="534"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 534.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7dc1d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>For an additional amount for “Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance”, $41,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, exclusively for providing reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs for protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with any residence of the President that is designated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret Service.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7dc1d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Funds under subsection (a) shall be available only for costs that a State or local agency—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>incurs on or after October 1, 2017, and before October 1, 2018;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>can demonstrate to the Administrator as being—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/631">132 STAT. 631</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in excess of the costs of normal and typical law enforcement operations;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>directly attributable to the provision of protection described herein; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>associated with a non-governmental property designated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret Service pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/pl/94/524">Public Law 94–524</ref>); and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7dc1dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>certifies to the Administrator as being for protection activities requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7dc1de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For purposes of subsection (a), a designation or identification of a property to be secured under subsection (b)(2)(C) made after incurring otherwise eligible costs shall apply retroactively to October 1, 2017.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7dc1df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The Administrator may establish written criteria consistent with subsections (a) and (b).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7dc1e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>None of the funds provided shall be for hiring new or additional personnel.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7dc1e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><content>The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall audit reimbursements made under this section.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="535"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 535.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7e3612-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security may include in the President’s budget proposal for Coast Guard for fiscal year 2019, submitted pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, and accompanying justification materials, an account structure established by section 563 of Division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e3613-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Not earlier than October 1, 2018, the accounts designated under subsection (a) may be established, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may execute appropriations of the Department as provided pursuant to such subsection, including any continuing appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019 before enactment of a regular appropriations Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e3614-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer any appropriation made available to the Department of Homeland Security by any appropriations Acts to the accounts created pursuant to subsection (b) to carry out the requirements of such subsection, and shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 5 days of each transfer.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e3615-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca7e3616-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Not later than November 1, 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish the preliminary baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities and submit the report specified in paragraph (2) to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e3617-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>The report required in this subsection shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e3618-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>a delineation of the amount and account of each transfer made pursuant to subsection (b) or (c);</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e3619-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President’s budget proposal, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, adjustments made pursuant to the transfer authority in subsection (b) or (c), and the fiscal year level;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e361a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a delineation in the table for each appropriation, adjusted as described in paragraph (2), both by budget <page identifier="/us/stat/132/632">132 STAT. 632</page> activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e361b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>an identification of funds directed for a specific activity.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e361c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><chapeau>The Secretary shall not exercise the authority provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) unless, not later than June 1, 2018, the Chief Financial Officer has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e361d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>technical assistance on new legislative language in the account structure under subsection (a); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e361e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>comparison tables of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 in the account structure under subsection (a).</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="536"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 536.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7e843f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated by this or previous appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used to establish accounts in the Treasury of the United States for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency until Congress has enacted a law that specifically authorizes such Office or Agency and such authorization identifies the functions that are authorized to be transferred to such Office or Agency.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e8440-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subject to the limitation in subsection (a), if Congress enacts a law on or after the date of enactment of this Act that specifically authorizes the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and such authorization identifies the functions that are authorized to be transferred to such Office or Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security may—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e8441-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>not earlier than October 1, 2018, establish accounts in the Treasury of the United States necessary to carry out the functions of the Office or Agency as authorized;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e8442-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>execute appropriations of the Department of Homeland Security as provided in subparagraph (1), including any continuing appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019, before enactment of a regular appropriations Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7e8443-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>transfer any funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security by any appropriations Acts to the accounts created in subparagraph (1) for functions that are authorized to be transferred to such Office or Agency and to be used for the purpose of executing authorization of such Office or Agency.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7e8444-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The authority provided in subsection (b)(3) shall only be available if the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 15 days in advance of each such transfer.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="537"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 537. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/124/2950">124 Stat. 2950</ref>), as amended, shall be applied in subsection (b) by substituting “September 30, 2018” for “September 30, 2017”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="538"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 538.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca7eab55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca7eab56-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t6/s391">6 USC 391 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s391">6 U.S.C. 391</ref>) shall be applied—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7eab57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>In subsection (a), by substituting “September 30, 2018,” for “September 30, 2017,”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7eab58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In subsection (c)(1), by substituting “September 30, 2018,” for “September 30, 2017”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7eab59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the authority of section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s391/a">6 U.S.C. 391(a)</ref>), may carry out prototype projects under section 2371b of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/633">132 STAT. 633</page> <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, and the Secretary shall perform the functions of the Secretary of Defense as prescribed.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca7eab5a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security under section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s391/d">6 U.S.C. 391(d)</ref>) may use the definition of nontraditional government contractor as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2371b/e">section 2371b(e) of title 10, United States Code</ref>.</content></subsection></section> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="539"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 539. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca7f208b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<ref href="/us/pl/99/177">Public Law 99–177</ref>):</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f208c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$44,557,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Transportation Security Administration—Operations and Support</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f208d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$1,785,697 from <ref href="/us/pl/108/334">Public Law 108–334</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f208e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$1,920,100 from <ref href="/us/pl/109/90">Public Law 109–90</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f208f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$1,791,454 from <ref href="/us/pl/109/295">Public Law 109–295</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2090-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$3,221,594 from <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2091-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$3,680,885 from <ref href="/us/pl/111/83">Public Law 111–83</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2092-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$25,000,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2093-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$2,000,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Science and Technology—Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations</headingText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2094-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>$2,000,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and Support</headingText>” account 70 17/18 0800;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2095-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>$6,000,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Science and Technology Directorate—Research and Development</headingText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f2096-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>$4,307,000 from <ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref> under the heading “<headingText>Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination—Operations and Support</headingText>”.</content></paragraph></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="540"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 540. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca7f47a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Of the funds transferred to the Department of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f47a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$66,024 from “Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements” account 70x0613;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f47a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$2,400 from “Transportation Security Administration—Salaries and Expenses” account 70x0508; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f47aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$31,948 from “U.S. Customs and Border Protection” account 70x0503.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/634">132 STAT. 634</page></content></paragraph></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="541"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 541. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca7f6ebb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The following unobligated balances made available to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>) are rescinded:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ebc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$2,941,804 from “U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ebd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$24,337,865 from “Coast Guard—Operating Expenses”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ebe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$260,584 from “Coast Guard—Reserve Training”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ebf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$308,974 from “Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ec0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$106,894 from “Federal Emergency Management Agency—Operations and Support”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca7f6ec1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$23,938 from “Office of Health Affairs—Operations and Support”.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="542"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 542. </inline> </num><content class="inline">From the unobligated balances available in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9703">section 9703 of title 31, United States Code</ref> (added by <ref href="/us/pl/102/393/s638">section 638 of Public Law 102–393</ref>), $364,162,000 shall be permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="543"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 543. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c/b/2/B/ii">section 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 42, United States Code</ref>, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall allow flood protection systems constructed in 2016 on property acquired with hazard mitigation assistance provided under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c">section 5170c of title 42, United States Code</ref>, in an inadvertent violation of the terms and conditions of such assistance to remain in place on such property: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no new or additional structure may be erected on the property unless the new or additional structure complies with <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c/b/2/B/ii">section 5170c(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 42, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this provision does not otherwise excuse compliance with all other applicable laws including statutes, executive orders, regulations, and program and grant legal requirements pertaining to the floodwall structure or the acquired property.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="544"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 544. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca7fbce2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 545 of title V of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 20607 of title VI of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="545">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 545.</inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="yca800b04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Premium Pay Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>During calendar year 2017, any premium pay that is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547/a">section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Overtime Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>During calendar year 2017, any overtime pay that is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, by the ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’ and that is payable under an authority outside of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be exempted from any annual limit on the amount of overtime pay payable in a calendar or fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/635">132 STAT. 635</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability of Aggregate Limitation on Pay<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In determining whether an employee’s aggregate pay exceeds the applicable annual rate of basic pay payable under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5307">section 5307 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, the head of an Executive agency shall not include pay exempted under this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation of Pay Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca800b08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>Pay exempted from otherwise applicable limits under subsection (a) or (b) shall not cause the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay for the applicable calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5313">section 5313 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, as in effect at the end of such calendar year.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca800b09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee who would otherwise be subject to the premium pay limits established under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547">section 5547 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, ‘premium pay’ means the premium pay paid under the provisions of law cited in section 5547(a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca800b0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee under a premium pay limit established under an authority other than <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5547">section 5547 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, the agency responsible for administering such limit shall determine what payments are considered premium pay.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>This section shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2016.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca800b0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of Additional Pay<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If application of this section results in the payment of additional premium pay to a covered employee of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, that additional pay shall not—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca800b0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>be considered to be basic pay of the covered employee for any purpose; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca800b0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>be used in computing a lump-sum payment to the covered employee for accumulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 or <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5552">section 5552 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></section> </level>

  This division may be cited as the “Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

 OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Land Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">management of lands and resources</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca803221-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/96/487/s1010/a">section 1010(a) of Public Law 96–487</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3150/a">16 U.S.C. 3150(a)</ref>), $1,183,043,000, to remain available <page identifier="/us/stat/132/636">132 STAT. 636</page> until expended, including all such amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as authorized but made subject to future appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s191">30 U.S.C. 191</ref>), except that amounts from permit processing fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and related use of authorizations.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca803222-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,183,043,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site activities.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">land acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of <ref href="/us/pl/94/579">Public Law 94–579</ref>, including administrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $24,916,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">oregon and california grant lands</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s2605">43 U.S.C. 2605</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">range improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1751">43 U.S.C. 1751</ref>), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s315b">43 U.S.C. 315b</ref>, 315m) and the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/637">132 STAT. 637</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">service charges, deposits, and forfeitures</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected under <ref href="/us/pl/94/579">Public Law 94–579</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1701/etseq">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</ref>), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s185">30 U.S.C. 185</ref>), to remain available until expended:<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca80a753-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735">43 USC 1735 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of <ref href="/us/pl/94/579/s305/a">section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735/a">43 U.S.C. 1735(a)</ref>), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1735/c">43 U.S.C. 1735(c)</ref>), shall be available and may be expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged public lands.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">miscellaneous trust funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under <ref href="/us/pl/94/579/s307">section 307 of Public Law 94–579</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1737">43 U.S.C. 1737</ref>), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1721/b">43 U.S.C. 1721(b)</ref>), to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/90/620">Public Law 90–620</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t44/s501">44 U.S.C. 501</ref>), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/638">132 STAT. 638</page> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">resource management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources, $1,279,002,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $18,818,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1533">16 U.S.C. 1533</ref>) (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $66,540,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">land acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t54/ch2003">chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code</ref>, including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $63,839,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s200306">section 200306 of title 54, United States Code</ref>, not more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other management costs.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">cooperative endangered species conservation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1535">16 U.S.C. 1535</ref>), $53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which $33,857,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of which $19,638,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/639">132 STAT. 639</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national wildlife refuge fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s715s">16 U.S.C. 715s</ref>), $13,228,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">north american wetlands conservation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4401/etseq">16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.</ref>), $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">neotropical migratory bird conservation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6101/etseq">16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.</ref>), $3,910,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">multinational species conservation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4201/etseq">16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.</ref>), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s4261/etseq">16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.</ref>), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5301/etseq">16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6301/etseq">16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</ref>), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6601/etseq">16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.</ref>), $11,061,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and tribal wildlife grants</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, $63,571,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the total population of all such States: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/640">132 STAT. 640</page> amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any amount apportioned in 2018 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2019, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2020, in the manner provided herein.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s501">44 U.S.C. 501</ref>, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under the heading “<headingText>United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management</headingText>” and shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Park Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operation of the national park system</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,477,969,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and $134,461,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets shall remain available until September 30, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/641">132 STAT. 641</page> 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act are available for the purposes of <ref href="/us/pl/95/348/s5">section 5 of Public Law 95–348</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national recreation and preservation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $63,638,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">historic preservation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic Preservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/stIII/dA">division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code</ref>), $96,910,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which $13,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of national significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/s3089">54 U.S.C. 3089</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $500,000 is for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $5,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic properties of national, State and local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/s302904">54 U.S.C. 302904</ref>) of the National Historical Preservation Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such competitive grants shall be made without imposing the matching requirements in <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s302902/b/3">section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code</ref>, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit organizations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas administered by the National Park Service, $359,704,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2018 with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause availability of funds found at <ref href="/us/cfr/t48/s52.232">48 CFR 52.232</ref>–18: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/642">132 STAT. 642</page> That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park Service Construction appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges authorized by this section.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">land acquisition and state assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out <ref href="/us/usc/t54/ch2003">chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code</ref>, including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $180,941,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 is for the State assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t54/ch3081">chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">centennial challenge</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s101701">section 101701 of title 54, United States Code</ref>, relating to challenge cost share agreements, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca825504-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to other uses set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s101917/c/2">section 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code</ref>, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca825505-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</ref>), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca825506-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/643">132 STAT. 643</page> for purposes authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s204">23 U.S.C. 204</ref>. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Geological Survey</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">surveys, investigations, and research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s31">43 U.S.C. 31</ref>, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s641">30 U.S.C. 641</ref>); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s3">30 U.S.C. 3</ref>, 21a, and 1603; <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s98g/1">50 U.S.C. 98g(1)</ref>) and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,148,457,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019; of which $78,537,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca827c17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s50">43 USC 50</ref>.</p></sidenote> no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such procedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6302">section 6302 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s6101">41 U.S.C. 6101</ref>, for the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, relating to tort <page identifier="/us/stat/132/644">132 STAT. 644</page> claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ocean energy management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $171,000,000, of which $114,166,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which $56,834,000 is to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $114,166,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">offshore safety and environmental enforcement</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca82f148-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $136,411,000, of which $108,540,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which $27,871,000 is to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $108,540,000.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca82f149-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from <page identifier="/us/stat/132/645">132 STAT. 645</page> non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2018, as provided in this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspection fees exceed $50,000,000, the amounts realized in excess of $50,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1331/etseq">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</ref>), including the review of applications for permits to drill.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">oil spill research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">regulation and technology</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca83185a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, <ref href="/us/pl/95/87">Public Law 95–87</ref>, $115,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca83185b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1211">30 USC 1211 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca83185c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits issued by the Office pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/95/87/s507">section 507 of Public Law 95–87</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1257">30 U.S.C. 1257</ref>), $40,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca83185d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1257">30 USC 1257 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation estimated at not more than $115,804,000.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">abandoned mine reclamation fund</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca833f6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, <ref href="/us/pl/95/87">Public Law 95–87</ref>, $24,672,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/97/365">Public Law 97–365</ref>, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under <ref href="/us/pl/95/87/tIV">title IV of Public Law 95–87</ref> may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such projects must <page identifier="/us/stat/132/646">132 STAT. 646</page> be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca833f6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such additional amount shall be used for economic and community development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1233/a">30 U.S.C. 1233(a)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s1233/a">30 U.S.C. 1233(a)</ref>), for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used for economic and community development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such additional amount shall be allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operation of indian programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s13">25 U.S.C. 13</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5301/etseq">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>), the Education Amendments of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2001–2019">25 U.S.C. 2001–2019</ref>), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2501/etseq">25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</ref>), $2,411,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $76,000,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $673,425,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall <page identifier="/us/stat/132/647">132 STAT. 647</page> become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $53,991,000 shall remain available until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5301/etseq">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2008">25 U.S.C. 2008</ref>), not to exceed $81,036,000 within and only from such amounts made available for school operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2019, may be transferred during fiscal year 2020 to an Indian forest land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2020: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s202/b/1">23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contract support costs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2018, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/87/483">Public Law 87–483</ref>; $354,113,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts as may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s13">25 U.S.C. 13</ref>), shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/648">132 STAT. 648</page> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, in implementing new construction, replacement facilities construction, or facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under <ref href="/us/pl/100/297">Public Law 100–297</ref>, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in <ref href="/us/cfr/t43/pt12">part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, as the regulatory requirements: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such grants shall not be subject to <ref href="/us/cfr/t43/s12.61">section 12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as required by <ref href="/us/pl/95/561/tXI/s1125/b">section 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95–561</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2005/b">25 U.S.C. 2005(b)</ref>), with respect to organizational and financial management capabilities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in <ref href="/us/pl/100/297/s5206/f">section 5206(f) of Public Law 100–297</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2504/f">25 U.S.C. 2504(f)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in <ref href="/us/pl/107/110/s5208/e">section 5208(e) of Public Law 107–110</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2507/e">25 U.S.C. 2507(e)</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and commenced construction: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to indians</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments and necessary administrative expenses for implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implementation of other land and water rights settlements, $55,457,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">indian guaranteed loan program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $9,272,000, of which $1,252,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $123,565,389.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/649">132 STAT. 649</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding <ref href="/us/pl/87/279">Public Law 87–279</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s15">25 U.S.C. 15</ref>), the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/413">Public Law 103–413</ref>).</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools under <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s452/etseq">25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.</ref>, shall be available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</ref>)), except that a charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate <page identifier="/us/stat/132/650">132 STAT. 650</page> and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and performing functions related to the charter school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/appC/tI/s113">section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113</ref>, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on <ref href="/us/pl/101/301/s5/f">section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301</ref>, the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by busing students extended distances: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no funds available under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not owned by the Bureau: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the term “<term>satellite school</term>” means a school location physically separated from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing school in all other respects.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8450e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the prior year unobligated balances available for the “Operation of Indian Programs” account, $8,000,000 are permanently rescinded.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Offices</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">departmental operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $124,182,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which $10,242,000 for the Office of Valuation Services is to be derived <page identifier="/us/stat/132/651">132 STAT. 651</page> from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal year 2018, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch69">chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, may be retained for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts available for payments authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch69">chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca8477f9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6093">31 USC 6093 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, That in the event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local government, then the payment to each local government shall be made proportionally: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to individual units of local government to correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Insular Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">assistance to territories</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions identified in <ref href="/us/pl/108/188/s104/e">section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188</ref>, $96,870,000, of which: (1) $87,422,000 shall remain available until expended for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1661/c">48 U.S.C. 1661(c)</ref>); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands<i>,</i> as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands<i>,</i> as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/pl/94/241">Public Law 94–241</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/90/272">90 Stat. 272</ref>); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019, for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca84c61a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1469b">42 USC 1469b</ref>.</p></sidenote>That all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/ch35">chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/652">132 STAT. 652</page> timely maintenance of its capital assets: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5170c">42 U.S.C. 5170c</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">compact of free association</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants and necessary expenses, $3,363,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/658">Public Law 99–658</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</ref>.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under <ref href="/us/pl/108/188/s104/e">section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>, that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee loans under such authorities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Solicitor</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $66,675,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $51,023,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/653">132 STAT. 653</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal trust programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $119,400,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $18,990,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds for trust management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, “Operation of Indian Programs” account; the Office of the Solicitor, “Salaries and Expenses” account; and the Office of the Secretary, “Departmental Operations” account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2018, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5301/etseq">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</ref>), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account holder: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/pl/103/412">Public Law 103–412</ref>) or any other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at least five years and shall not be required to generate periodic statements of performance for the individual accounts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and such funds shall remain available to the individual account holders.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department-Wide Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">wildland fire management</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department <page identifier="/us/stat/132/654">132 STAT. 654</page> of the Interior, $948,087,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided $184,000,000 is for fuels management activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That persons hired pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1469">43 U.S.C. 1469</ref> may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1856d">42 U.S.C. 1856d</ref>, sums received by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1856/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.</ref>, protection of United States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and monitoring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (<ref href="/us/pl/109/154">Public Law 109–154</ref>), or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1531/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</ref>) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided <page identifier="/us/stat/132/655">132 STAT. 655</page> for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal emergency response actions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to or through the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States and international organizations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">central hazardous materials fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">natural resource damage assessment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</ref>), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1251/etseq">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</ref>), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s2701/etseq">33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</ref>), and <ref href="/us/usc/t54/s100721/etseq">54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq.</ref>, $7,767,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">working capital fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and business management system, information technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $62,370,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government employees for training services provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than training related to <ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or professional services of the National Indian Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s3306/a">section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code</ref>) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Center: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/656">132 STAT. 656</page> all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provision</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of natural resources revenue</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for management of the collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $137,757,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019; of which $41,727,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue management activities: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions, Department of the Interior</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emergency transfer authority—intra-bureau</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emergency transfer authority—department-wide</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-<page identifier="/us/stat/132/657">132 STAT. 657</page> over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in <ref href="/us/pl/106/224/s417/b">section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7717/b">7 U.S.C. 7717(b)</ref>); for emergency reclamation projects under <ref href="/us/pl/95/87/s410">section 410 of Public Law 95–87</ref>; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for “wildland fire suppression” shall be exhausted within 30 days: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as possible: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">authorized use of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">authorized use of funds, indian trust management</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/658">132 STAT. 658</page></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2018. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ellis, governors, and liberty islands</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">outer continental shelf inspection fees</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca86c1eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>In fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the “Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement” account, from the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under <ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1348/c">43 U.S.C. 1348(c)</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca86c1ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2018 shall be:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca86c1ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing equipment or gathering lines;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca86c1ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca86c1ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca86c1f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2018. Fees for fiscal year 2018 shall be:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca86c1f1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 500 feet or more; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca86c1f2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of less than 500 feet.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca86c1f3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of billing.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/659">132 STAT. 659</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement reorganization</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca86e904-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1336">16 USC 1336 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s3903">section 3903 of title 41, United States Code</ref> (except that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mass marking of salmonids</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and recreational fishers.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">exhaustion of administrative review</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Paragraph (1) of <ref href="/us/pl/112/74/dE/s122/a">section 122(a) of division E of Public Law 112–74</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/125/1013">125 Stat. 1013</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2020,</quotedText>” in the first sentence and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>through 2022,</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contracts and agreements with indian affairs</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2018, in carrying out work involving cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">humane transfer of excess animals</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses or burros that have been removed from the public lands to other Federal, State, and local government agencies for use as work animals: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/660">132 STAT. 660</page> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may make any such transfer immediately upon request of such Federal, State, or local government agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any excess animal transferred under this provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any Federal, State, or local government agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction into commercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products; or euthanize the horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">republic of palau</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">There is appropriated $123,824,000 for an additional amount for “Compact of Free Association”, which shall remain available until expended for use in meeting the financial obligations of the Government of the United States under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review, signed on September 3, 2010, with the funding schedule therein modified by the Parties as necessary and appropriate (“Compact Review Agreement”): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds may not be made available under this section prior to the Compact Review Agreement and its appendices entering into force.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">department of the interior experienced services program</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca875e35-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca875e36-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca875e37-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the Department, including partial displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca875e38-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>result in the use of an individual under the Department of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the Department; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca875e39-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>affect existing contracts for services.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">jay s. hammond wilderness</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca875e3a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1132">16 USC 1132 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="yca87854b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Designation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The approximately 2,600,000 acres of National Wilderness Preservation System land located within the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve designated by section 701(6) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act <page identifier="/us/stat/132/661">132 STAT. 661</page> (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1132">16 U.S.C. 1132 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/96/487">Public Law 96–487</ref>) shall be known and designated as the “Jay S. Hammond Wilderness”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca87854c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">References<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the wilderness area referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Jay S. Hammond Wilderness”.<?GPOvSpace -02?></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">extension of authorities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 117.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca87ac5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><content><ref href="/us/pl/104/333/dII">Division II of Public Law 104–333</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/s320101">54 U.S.C. 320101 note</ref>), as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/s116/b/2">section 116(b)(2) of Public Law 114–113</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in each of sections 203, 310, and 607, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca87ac5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Section 140(j) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/s320101">54 U.S.C. 320101 note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/108/108">Public Law 108–108</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/117/1280">117 Stat. 1280</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>15 years</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>17 years</quotedText>”.<?GPOvSpace -02?></content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 118. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6906">Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>each of fiscal years 2008 through 2014</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2018</quotedText>”.<?GPOvSpace -02?></content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">morristown national historical park</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="119"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 119. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca87ac5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The first section of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the addition of lands to Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes”, approved September 18, 1964 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s409g">16 U.S.C. 409g</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca87ac60-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, from a willing owner only,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca87ac61-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>615</quotedText>” each place it appears and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>715</quotedText>”.<?GPOvSpace -04?></content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">sage-grouse</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="120"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 120. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca87d372-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1533">16 U.S.C. 1533</ref>)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca87d373-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (<i>Centrocercus urophasianus</i>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca87d374-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse.<?GPOvSpace -02?></content></paragraph></section> </level><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">incorporation by reference</heading> <section class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca882195-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="121"><ref idref="fn-d6467e19918">*</ref> <footnote id="fn-d6467e19918" style="-uslm-lc:I658138"><num>* </num>See Endnote on <ref href="/us/stat/132/1225">132 Stat. 1225</ref>.</footnote> <inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 121.</inline></num><subsection class="inline" id="yca882196-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a"> (a) </num><chapeau>The following provisions of S.  1460 (Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017) of the 115th Congress, as placed on the calendar of the Senate on June 29, 2017, are hereby enacted into law:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca882197-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Section 7130<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca882198-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t40/s8903">40 USC 8903 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> (Modification of the Second Division Memorial).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca882199-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Section 7134<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca88219a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s460cccc">16 USC 460cccc</ref>.</p></sidenote> (Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca88219b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca88219c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1132">16 USC 1132 note</ref>.<?GPOvSpace 04?></p></sidenote><content>H.R. 1281 as introduced in the 115th Congress (A bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act) and  H.R.  4134  as  introduced  in  the  115th  Congress  (Cecil  D. <footnote style="-uslm-lc:I658138">* See Endnote on <ref href="/us/stat/132/1225">132 Stat. 1225</ref>.</footnote><page/> <page identifier="/us/stat/132/662">132 STAT. 662</page> <?removedLocator I658120?>Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act) are hereby enacted into law.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca88219d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca88219e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t1/s112">1 USC 112 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content>In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at large pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t1/s112">section 112 of title 1, United States Code</ref>, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the bill and the bills referred to in subsections (a) and (b), respectively.</content></subsection></section> </appropriations> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mineral withdrawal subject to valid existing rights</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="122"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 122.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca8848af-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The mineral estate identified in Bureau of Land Management contracts number CA 20139 and CA 22901 is hereby withdrawn from all forms of mineral entry authority of the Secretary, subject to valid existing rights.</content></subsection></section> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Science and Technology</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For science and technology, including research and development activities, which shall include research and development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of research and development, $713,823,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds included under this heading, $4,100,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of unobligated balances from appropriations made available under this heading, $7,350,000 are permanently rescinded: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts made available in the first proviso for Research: National Priorities.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Environmental Programs and Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8896d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,643,299,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds <page identifier="/us/stat/132/663">132 STAT. 663</page> included under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds included under this heading, $447,857,000 shall be for Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the unobligated balances from appropriations made available under this heading, $45,300,000 are permanently rescinded: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts made available in the first proviso for Environmental Protection: National Priorities, from amounts made available in the second proviso for Geographic Programs, or from the National Estuary Program (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1330">33 U.S.C. 1330</ref>).</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8896d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s2625/b/1">15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited in the “TSCA Service Fee Fund” as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2018 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year 2018, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent that amounts realized from such receipts exceed $10,000,000, those amount in excess of $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the “TSCA Service Fee Fund” as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2018, shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds included in the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6939g">42 U.S.C. 6939g</ref>), including the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by such section, $3,674,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections under such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 2018, which shall remain available until expended and be used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent such offsetting collections received in fiscal year 2018 exceed $3,674,000, those excess amounts shall remain available until expended and be used for necessary expenses in this appropriation.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/664">132 STAT. 664</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Inspector General</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Buildings and Facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $34,467,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Hazardous Substance Superfund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9611">42 U.S.C. 9611</ref>) $1,091,947,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2017, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,091,947,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $8,778,000 shall be paid to the “Office of Inspector General” appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2019, and $15,496,000 shall be paid to the “Science and Technology” appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Inland Oil Spill Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/665">132 STAT. 665</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">State and Tribal Assistance Grants</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8a1d72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $3,562,161,000, to remain available until expended, of which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,393,887,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $863,233,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applications and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, funds made available under this title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2018 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences or small commercial establishments: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences or small commercial <page identifier="/us/stat/132/666">132 STAT. 666</page> establishments: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation and management of the treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined in <ref href="/us/pl/92/203">Public Law 92–203</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That 10 percent of the funds made available under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the funds made available under this title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used by the State only where such funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be used to help address a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal <page identifier="/us/stat/132/667">132 STAT. 667</page> drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in a State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border commission: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal government unless that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of these funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1301">33 U.S.C. 1301</ref>) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1921/etseq">7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.</ref>) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in regional hub communities;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this section, the term “<term>persistent poverty counties</term>” means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$75,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$40,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory <page identifier="/us/stat/132/668">132 STAT. 668</page> statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>$4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</ref>); and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca8a1d7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>$1,076,041,000 shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in <ref href="/us/pl/104/134">Public Law 104–134</ref>, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program</headingText>” to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State participation in national- and State-level statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to State monitoring programs; $10,000,000 shall be for multipurpose grants, including interagency agreements: <proviso><i> Provided</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca8a448b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s4368b">42 USC 4368b note</ref>.</p></sidenote> That hereafter, notwithstanding other applicable provisions of law, the funds appropriated for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program shall be available to federally recognized tribes for solid waste and recovered materials collection, transportation, backhaul, and disposal services.</proviso></content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8a448c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $610,000,000.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8a448d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8a6b9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/669">132 STAT. 669</page></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions—Environmental Protection Agency</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers and rescission of funds)</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9bf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal year 2018, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s6303/1">31 U.S.C. 6303(1)</ref> and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/112/177">Public Law 112–177</ref>, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s136w–8/d/2">7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)</ref>), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s136w–8">7 U.S.C. 136w–8</ref>) for fiscal year 2018.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading “<headingText>Environmental Programs and Management</headingText>” to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities<i>,</i> provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For fiscal year 2018, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1377/f">33 U.S.C. 1377(f)</ref>), the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Environmental Programs and Management</headingText>” for fiscal year 2018 to provide grants to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances available for the “State and Tribal Assistance Grants” account, $96,198,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from <page identifier="/us/stat/132/670">132 STAT. 670</page> amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts that were made available by subsection (a) of section 196 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dC">division C of Public Law 114–223</ref>), as amended by the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/254">Public Law 114–254</ref>).</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ab9c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $1,000,000 of the funds made available under this title for the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4).</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Forest Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environment mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">forest and rangeland research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $297,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds provided, $77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state and private forestry</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including rescission of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8ae0d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and others, and for forest health management, and conducting an international program as authorized, $335,525,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, as authorized by law; of which $67,025,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8b07e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for the Forest Legacy Program and derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, $5,938,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from projects with cost savings or failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress <page identifier="/us/stat/132/671">132 STAT. 671</page> as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national forest system</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, $1,923,750,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s7303/f">16 U.S.C. 7303(f)</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $366,000,000 shall be for forest products: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $430,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under the “State and Private Forestry” appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National Forest System lands: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $15,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management activities, and for training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources on Federal land: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available to implement the Community Forestry Restoration Act, <ref href="/us/pl/106/393/tVI">Public Law 106–393, title VI</ref>, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest Service under the “State and Private Forestry” appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca8b2efa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1751">43 USC 1751 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s1012">7 U.S.C. 1012</ref>), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, that the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for conservation practices approved by the Secretary.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital improvement and maintenance</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $449,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s532–538">16 U.S.C. 532–538</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s101">23 U.S.C. 101</ref> and 205: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds becoming available <page identifier="/us/stat/132/672">132 STAT. 672</page> in fiscal year 2018 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s501">16 U.S.C. 501</ref>) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">land acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t54/ch2003">chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code</ref>, including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $64,337,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">acquisition of lands for national forests special acts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $850,000, to be derived from forest receipts.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</ref>), to remain available through September 30, 2021, (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s516–617a">16 U.S.C. 516–617a</ref>, 555a; <ref href="/us/pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/76/589">Public Law 76–589</ref>, 76–591; and <ref href="/us/pl/78/310">Public Law 78–310</ref>).</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">range betterment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/94/579/s401/b/1">section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579</ref>, to remain available through September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1643/b">16 U.S.C. 1643(b)</ref>, $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">management of national forest lands for subsistence uses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3111/etseq">16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.</ref>), $2,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/673">132 STAT. 673</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">wildland fire management</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, $2,880,338,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds including unobligated balances under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the “National Forest System” account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal emergency response: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds designated for wildfire suppression, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against other agency programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the $65,000,000 made available under this heading in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</ref>) for the purpose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation airtanker fleet shall instead be available until expended for the purpose of enhancing firefighting mobility, effectiveness, efficiency, and safety.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions—forest service</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c677b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2225">7 U.S.C. 2225</ref>, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</ref>); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</ref>; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s558a">16 U.S.C. 558a</ref>, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3718/c">31 U.S.C. 3718(c)</ref>.</p><page identifier="/us/stat/132/674">132 STAT. 674</page> <p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e8c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Wildland Fire Management</headingText>” will be obligated within 30 days: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as possible.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e8d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e8e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, such transferred funds shall remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this section does not apply to funds appropriated to the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund or funds derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e8f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e90-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e91-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca8c8e92-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s556i">16 USC 556i</ref>.</p></sidenote>None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2257">7 U.S.C. 2257</ref>), <page identifier="/us/stat/132/675">132 STAT. 675</page> <ref href="/us/pl/106/224/s442">section 442 of Public Law 106–224</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s7772">7 U.S.C. 7772</ref>), or <ref href="/us/pl/107/171/s10417/b">section 10417(b) of Public Law 107–171</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t7/s8316/b">7 U.S.C. 8316(b)</ref>).</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center and the Department of Agriculture’s International Technology Service.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e95-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1721/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</ref>).</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e96-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e97-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of <ref href="/us/pl/101/593">Public Law 101–593</ref>, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match funds made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one basis: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e98-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/98/244/s2/b/2">section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244</ref>, up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e99-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/676">132 STAT. 676</page></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and <ref href="/us/pl/99/663/s16/a/2">section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3056/c/2">42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)</ref>).</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service<i>,</i> not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3056/etseq">42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.</ref>) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of <ref href="/us/usc/t28/ch171">chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8e9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca8c8ea0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Forest Service shall submit, through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed system of administrative control of funds for its accounts, as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1514">31 U.S.C. 1514</ref>, not later than June 21, 2018.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Indian Health Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">indian health services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (<ref href="/us/stat/68/674">68 Stat. 674</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $3,952,290,000, together with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s238/b">42 U.S.C. 238(b)</ref>, 238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450">25 U.S.C. 450</ref>), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $2,000,000 shall be available <page identifier="/us/stat/132/677">132 STAT. 677</page> for grants or contracts with public or private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification services: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $962,695,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, up to $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $11,000,000 shall remain available until expended to supplement funds available for operational costs at tribal clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact or contract where health care is delivered in space acquired through a full service lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and improvement and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, and $58,000,000 shall be for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1613a">25 U.S.C. 1613a</ref> and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1616a–1">25 U.S.C. 1616a–1</ref>) and shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1616a–1/c">25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)</ref>), funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s1613a">25 U.S.C. 1613a</ref> and 1616a): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts made available within this account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian employees, for aftercare pilot programs at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, to improve collections from public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants for which the performance period falls within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health <page identifier="/us/stat/132/678">132 STAT. 678</page> facilities pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>, such individually identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1400/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $72,280,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the accreditation emergency funds may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contract support costs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2018, such sums as may be necessary: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">indian health facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2004a">42 U.S.C. 2004a</ref>), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, $867,504,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be located: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the “Indian Health Services” account may be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal buildings.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/679">132 STAT. 679</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions—indian health service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2651–2653">42 U.S.C. 2651–2653</ref>) shall be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under <ref href="/us/pl/86/121">Public Law 86–121</ref>, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and <ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5321/etseq">25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.</ref> (title I), 5381 et seq. (title V)), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service <page identifier="/us/stat/132/680">132 STAT. 680</page> to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such hospitals: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of environmental health sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9660/a">42 U.S.C. 9660(a)</ref>) and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $77,349,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">toxic substances and environmental public health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare providers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2018, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/681">132 STAT. 681</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Executive Office of the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, $3,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>, and for services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref> but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">5 U.S.C. 5376</ref>, $11,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca8e1541-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t5/app8G">5 USC app. 8G</ref> note.</p></sidenote> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/93/531">Public Law 93–531</ref>, $15,431,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a <page identifier="/us/stat/132/682">132 STAT. 682</page> new or replacement home is provided for such household: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/93/531/s11">section 11 of Public Law 93–531</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/88/1716">88 Stat. 1716</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of <ref href="/us/pl/99/498/tXV">title XV of Public Law 99–498</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s4411/etseq">20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.</ref>), $9,835,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Smithsonian Institution</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $731,444,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended; and including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">facilities capital</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (<ref href="/us/stat/63/623">63 Stat. 623</ref>), and for construction, including necessary personnel, $311,903,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/683">132 STAT. 683</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Gallery of Art</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (<ref href="/us/stat/50/51">50 Stat. 51</ref>), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5901–5902">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</ref>); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $141,790,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed $3,620,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">repair, restoration and renovation of buildings</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $24,203,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operations and maintenance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $23,740,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital repair and restoration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $16,775,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/684">132 STAT. 684</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/stat/82/1356">82 Stat. 1356</ref>) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for the Arts</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $152,849,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for the Humanities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $152,848,000 to remain available until expended, of which $141,548,000 shall be available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and $11,300,000 shall be available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including $9,100,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract documents which do not include the text of <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception and representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such small <page identifier="/us/stat/132/685">132 STAT. 685</page> grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission of Fine Arts</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch91">chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, $2,762,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Commission is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study<i>,</i> or education: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception and representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national capital arts and cultural affairs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/99/190">Public Law 99–190</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s956a">20 U.S.C. 956a</ref>), $2,750,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Advisory Council on Historic Preservation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (<ref href="/us/pl/89/665">Public Law 89–665</ref>), $6,400,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Capital Planning Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch87">chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, including services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, $8,099,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception and representational expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical development of world capitals.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">holocaust memorial museum</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/106/292">Public Law 106–292</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t36/s2301–2310">36 U.S.C. 2301–2310</ref>), $59,000,000, of which $1,715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/686">132 STAT. 686</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission for design and construction of a memorial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/106/79">Public Law 106–79</ref>, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the contract with respect to the procurement shall contain the “availability of funds” clause described in section 52.232.18 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t48">title 48, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds appropriated herein shall be deemed to satisfy the criteria for issuing a permit contained in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s8906/a/4">40 U.S.C. 8906(a)(4)</ref> and (b).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">women’s suffrage centennial commission</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dG/s431/a/3">section 431(a)(3) of division G of Public Law 115–31</ref>), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">world war i centennial commission</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission Act (<ref href="/us/pl/112/272">Public Law 112–272</ref>) and the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</ref>), for necessary expenses of the World War I Centennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in addition to the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive branch agency for activities of the Commission.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfers of funds)</subheading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">restriction on use of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1913">18 U.S.C. 1913</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/687">132 STAT. 687</page></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">obligation of appropriations</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">disclosure of administrative expenses</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 403. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mining applications</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 404.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca8fea02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Limitation of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca8fea03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exceptions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s29">30 U.S.C. 29</ref> and 30) for vein or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s35">30 U.S.C. 35</ref>, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s42">30 U.S.C. 42</ref>) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca8fea04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On September 30, 2019, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca8fea05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Mineral Examinations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/688">132 STAT. 688</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contract support costs, prior year limitation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 405. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</ref>) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contract support costs, fiscal year 2018 limitation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 406. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2018 under the headings “Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs” and “Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs” are the only amounts available for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2018 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract support costs for prior years.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">forest management plans</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="407"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 407.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca901116-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1604">16 USC 1604 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1604/f/5/A">16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)</ref>) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1600/etseq">16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.</ref>) or any other law: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition within national monuments</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="408"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 408. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t30/s181/etseq">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</ref>) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1331/etseq">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</ref>) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s431/etseq">16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.</ref>) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on takings</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="409"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 409. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/689">132 STAT. 689</page> Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">timber sale requirements</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="410"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 410. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber sale holder.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition on no-bid contracts</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="411"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 411. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca908647-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the requirements of <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch33">Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, or <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch137">Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca908648-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered into without regard for these requirements, including formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca908649-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/pl/93/638">Public Law 93–638</ref>, <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450/etseq">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</ref>) or by any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s450b/e">25 U.S.C. 450b(e)</ref>); or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90864a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">posting of reports</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="412"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 412.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca90ad5b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca90ad5c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90ad5d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the public posting of the report compromises national security; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90ad5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the report contains proprietary information.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca90ad5f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/690">132 STAT. 690</page></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national endowment for the arts grant guidelines</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="413"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 413. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca90d470-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the Arts—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90d471-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90d472-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any other organization or individual to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods and services.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca90d473-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, including identified programs or projects.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national endowment for the arts program priorities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="414"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 414.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca912294-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca912295-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca912296-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>underserved population</term>” means a population of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca912297-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>poverty line</term>” means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9902/2">42 U.S.C. 9902(2)</ref>)) applicable to a family of the size involved.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca912298-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>In providing services and awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca912299-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca91229a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of national impact or availability or are able to tour several States;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca91229b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);<page identifier="/us/stat/132/691">132 STAT. 691</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9149ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of such Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9149ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and support community-based music performance and education.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">status of balances of appropriations</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="415"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 415. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each program and activity.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition on use of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="416"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 416. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s7661/etseq">42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.</ref>) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">greenhouse gas reporting restrictions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="417"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 417. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">funding prohibition</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="418"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 418. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s2601/etseq">15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</ref>) or any other law.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contracting authorities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="419"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 419. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/112/74/dE/s412">Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112–74</ref> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>fiscal year 2019</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">chesapeake bay initiative</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="420"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 420.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca9170be-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t54/s320101">54 USC 320101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/pl/105/312">Public Law 105–312</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s461">16 U.S.C. 461 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">extension of grazing permits</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="421"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 421. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The terms and conditions of <ref href="/us/pl/108/108/s325">section 325 of Public Law 108–108</ref> (<ref href="/us/stat/117/1307">117 Stat. 1307</ref>), regarding grazing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration <page identifier="/us/stat/132/692">132 STAT. 692</page> under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1752">43 U.S.C. 1752</ref>), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2018.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">funding prohibition</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="422"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 422.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca9197cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca9197d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">forest service facility realignment and enhancement act</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="423"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 423. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s580d">16 U.S.C. 580d note</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/109/54">Public Law 109–54</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2016</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">use of american iron and steel</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="424"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 424.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca920d01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca920d02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300j–12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</ref>) shall be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca920d03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In this section, the term “<term>iron and steel</term>” products means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca920d04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the “Administrator”) finds that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca920d05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca920d06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca920d07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca920d08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca920d09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/693">132 STAT. 693</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca920d0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">midway island</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="425"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 425. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures on Midway Island that have been recommended by the United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (<ref href="/us/usc/t54/s302101">54 U.S.C. 302101</ref>).</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">john f. kennedy center reauthorization</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="426"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 426. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca920d0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s76r">20 U.S.C. 76r</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> subsections (a) and (b) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca92341c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps"> Maintenance, Repair, and Security<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $23,740,000 for fiscal year 2018.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca92341d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps"> Capital Projects<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,775,000 for fiscal year 2018.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment and supplies for wildfires</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="427"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 427. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 121(c) of <ref href="/us/usc/t40">title 40, United States Code</ref>, or <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s521">section 521 of title 40, United States Code</ref>, the Secretary is further authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such organizations.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">alaska native regional health entities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="428"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 428. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 424 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">treatment of certain hospitals</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="429"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 429. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca925b2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 1886(d)(12)(C) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395ww/d/12/C">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new clause:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="yca92823f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of indian health service and non-indian health service facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of determining whether—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yca928240-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>a subsection (d) hospital of the Indian Health Service (whether operated by such Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act)), or<page identifier="/us/stat/132/694">132 STAT. 694</page></content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="yca928241-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>a subsection (d) hospital other than a hospital of the Indian Health Service meets the mileage criterion under clause (i) with respect to fiscal year 2011 or a succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall apply the policy described in the regulation at part 412.101(e) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t42">title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (as in effect on the date of enactment of this clause).”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">infrastructure</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="430"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 430.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca92d062-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>For an additional amount for “Environmental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance Superfund”, $63,000,000, of which $54,389,000 shall be for the Superfund Remedial program and $8,611,000 shall be for the Superfund Emergency Response and Removal program, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2017, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $63,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca92d063-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>For an additional amount for “Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,” for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $650,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca92d064-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca92d065-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$20,000,000 shall be for grants for small and disadvantaged communities authorized in section 2104 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca92d066-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$20,000,000 shall be for grants for lead testing in school and child care program drinking water authorized in section 2107 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</ref>);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca92d067-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$10,000,000 shall be for grants for reducing lead in drinking water authorized in section 2105 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca92d068-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For an additional amount for “Environmental Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account”, $53,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the cost of direct loans, for the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, of which $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, may be used for such administrative expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That these additional funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $6,100,000,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/695">132 STAT. 695</page></proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">policies relating to biomass energy</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="431"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 431. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xca934599-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">To support the key role that forests in the United States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, jointly—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is consistent across all Federal departments and agencies; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest management; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy production does not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca93459f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>encourage private investment throughout the forest biomass supply chain, including in—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>working forests;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>harvesting operations;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>forest improvement operations;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>forest bioenergy production;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">(v) </num><content>wood products manufacturing; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="vi">(vi) </num><content>paper manufacturing;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>encourage forest management to improve forest health; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9345a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest biomass.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">clarification of exemptions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="432"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 432. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1251/etseq">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</ref>) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s1344/f/1/A">33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A)</ref>, (C)).</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">small remote incinerators</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="433"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 433. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca936cb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at <ref href="/us/cfr/t40/pt60">40 CFR part 60</ref> subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as “small, remote incinerator” units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior to such date.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.132 STAT. 696

 DIVISION H—

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num value="I">TITLE I</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca936cbb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employment and Training Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">training and employment services</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9408fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as “WIOA”), the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,486,200,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9408fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>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:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9408fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$845,556,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $133,556,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca9408ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$903,416,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca940900-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$1,040,860,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $180,860,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019:</content></subparagraph><continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xca940901-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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</proviso></continuation></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca940902-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>for national programs, $696,368,000 as follows:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca940903-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>$220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and demonstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 “Secretary”) may reserve not more than 10 percent of such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/697">132 STAT. 697</page> funds to provide technical assistance and carry out additional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this subparagraph, $30,000,000 shall be for training and employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA for workers in the Appalachian region, as defined by <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s14102/a/1">40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1)</ref> and workers in the Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (<ref href="/us/pl/100/460">Public Law 100–460</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/2246">102 Stat. 2246</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s2009aa/2">7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)</ref>);</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca940904-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>$54,000,000 for Native American programs under section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca940905-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>$87,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including $81,447,000 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, 2018 through June 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision 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;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca942f16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>$89,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca942f17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>$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, 2018 through June 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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;</proviso></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca942f18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>$6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca942f19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>$145,000,000 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, 2018 through June 30, 2019.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">job corps</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca94562a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor <page identifier="/us/stat/132/698">132 STAT. 698</page> vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIOA, $1,718,655,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca94562b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca94562c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$83,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021, and which may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items of equipment: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provision shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca94562d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca94562e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">community service employment for older americans</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal unemployment benefits and allowances</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payments during fiscal year 2018 of trade adjustment benefit 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, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this heading may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2317/c">19 U.S.C. 2317(c)</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/132/699">132 STAT. 699</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">state unemployment insurance and employment service operations</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca95197f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,380,625,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (“the Trust Fund”), of which:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951980-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$2,639,600,000 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 $120,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide reemployment services and referrals to training as appropriate, for claimants of unemployment insurance for ex-service members under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8521">5 U.S.C. 8521</ref> et. seq. and for claimants of regular unemployment compensation, including those who are profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits in each State: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such activities shall not be subject to section 306 of the Social Security 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8501–8523">5 U.S.C. 8501–8523</ref>, and the administration of trade readjustment 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, 2018, except that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2018, and for State obligation through September 30, 2020, or, if the automation is being carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation through September 30, 2023, and for expenditure through September 30, 2024, 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 reemployment services and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2018, and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2020, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the State through September 30, 2019, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 2018 shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2018;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951981-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$13,897,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951982-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$645,000,000 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, 2018 through June 30, 2019;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/700">132 STAT. 700</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951983-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities 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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951984-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration 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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca951985-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>$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, 2018 through June 30, 2019:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca951986-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (“AWIU”) for fiscal year 2018 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,246,000, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the final rule entitled “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” at <ref href="/us/cfr/t2/pt200">part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/701">132 STAT. 701</page> such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s9a">29 U.S.C. 9a</ref>, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, 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, 2019, for such purposes.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8509">5 U.S.C. 8509</ref>, and to the “Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances” account, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Employee Benefits Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2019, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">pension benefit guaranty corporation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“Corporation”) is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">31 U.S.C. 9104</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2018, for the Corporation: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2018 shall be available for obligations for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/702">132 STAT. 702</page> administrative expenses in excess of $424,417,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2018, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 2019, for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Wage and Hour Division</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $227,500,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Labor-Management Standards</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management Standards, $40,187,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, $103,476,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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’ Compensation Act.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">special benefits</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca95dcd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading “<headingText>Civilian War Benefits</headingText>” in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/app2012">50 U.S.C. App. 2012</ref>); obligations incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1701/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</ref>); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/703">132 STAT. 703</page> benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $220,000,000, 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8147/a">5 U.S.C. 8147(a)</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts appropriated may be used under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8104">5 U.S.C. 8104</ref> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2017, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8147/c">5 U.S.C. 8147(c)</ref> to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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, $71,188,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca95dcd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, $24,540,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca95dcd9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>For automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca95dcda-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>For periodic roll disability management and medical review, $21,946,000;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca95dcdb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>For program integrity, $1,734,000; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca95dcdc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca95dcdd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">special benefits for disabled coal miners</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9603ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/107/275">Public Law 107–275</ref>, $54,319,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9603ef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9603f0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness compensation fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,846,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may <page identifier="/us/stat/132/704">132 STAT. 704</page> 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">black lung disability trust fund</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Such<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca962b01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9501">26 USC 9501 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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 2018 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 Departmental 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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Occupational Safety and Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca967922-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $552,787,000, including not to exceed $100,850,000 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, 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 education: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s9a">29 U.S.C. 9a</ref>, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/705">132 STAT. 705</page> 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—</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a033-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a034-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a035-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to imminent dangers;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a036-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to health hazards;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a037-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca96a038-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>to take any action authorized by the Act with respect to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under the Act:</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xca96a039-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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–GY–16–02 (referenced in the notice of availability of funds published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (<ref href="/us/fr/81/30568">81 Fed. Reg. 30568</ref>)) for program activities starting not later than September 30, 2018 and lasting for a period of 12 months: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs.</proviso></continuation></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Mine Safety and Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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” published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on May 1, 2014 (<ref href="/us/fr/79/24813/etseq">79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et seq.</ref>), for operators that demonstrate financial need as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided </i><page identifier="/us/stat/132/706">132 STAT. 706</page> further, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca96c74a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s966">30 USC 966 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca96c74b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t30/s962">30 USC 962</ref>.</p></sidenote>, 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 private: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding 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 chapters or in the national organization: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Bureau of Labor Statistics</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $547,000,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Disability Employment Policy</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $337,536,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/707">132 STAT. 707</page> Unemployment Trust Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $59,825,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds available 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open competition: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds available for program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">veterans employment and training</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca97638c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $245,041,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, of which:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca97638d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4102A/b/5">38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5)</ref> to support disabled veterans’ outreach 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, 2018, 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, in addition, such funds may be used to support such specialists and representatives 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;</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca97638e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$19,500,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance Program under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4113">38 U.S.C. 4113</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1144">10 U.S.C. 1144</ref>;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/708">132 STAT. 708</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca97638f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$42,127,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca976390-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4109">38 U.S.C. 4109</ref>:<list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca976391-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><listContent> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made.</proviso></listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca976392-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><listContent>   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 <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2018, to provide services under such section: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10 depth0" id="xca978aa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><listContent>   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, as amended herein, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for such purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3) of this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 2(d) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4100">38 U.S.C. 4100 note</ref>) shall not apply.</proviso></listContent></listItem></list></content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">it modernization</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized infrastructure technology investment activities related to support systems and modernization, $20,769,000, which shall be available through September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/709">132 STAT. 709</page> 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2916a">29 U.S.C. 2916a</ref>) 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 occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Employment and Training Administration</headingText>” 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 programs.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca97ffd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 Administration” when it is determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by Federal employees: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca97ffd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/710">132 STAT. 710</page> that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 program integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds transferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca9826e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. 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, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca9826e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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”.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning October 1, 2017, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may select an entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center on a competitive basis in accordance with section 147 of the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Center has had consistently low performance under the performance accountability system in effect for the Job Corps program prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected levels of performance established under section 159(c) of such Act beginning July 1, 2016.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca987508-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s207">29 U.S.C. 207</ref>) shall be applied as if the following text is part of such section:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca98c329-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="s">“(s)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="yca98c32a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>The provisions of this section shall not apply for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any employee—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c32b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/711">132 STAT. 711</page> marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c32c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>who receives from such employer on average weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum 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</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c32d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>whose duties include any of the following:</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca98c32e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>interviewing insured individuals, individuals who suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca98c32f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>inspecting property damage or reviewing factual information to prepare damage estimates;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca98c330-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>evaluating and making recommendations regarding coverage or compensability of claims or determining liability or value aspects of claims;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca98c331-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content>negotiating settlements; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca98c332-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="v">“(v) </num><content>making recommendations regarding litigation.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca98c333-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca98c334-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c335-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the term ‘<term>major disaster</term>’ means any disaster or catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal agency or department;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c336-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the term ‘<term>employee employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster</term>’ means an individual who timely secured or secures a license required 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 protection for its employees, if required by applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca98c337-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the term ‘<term>affiliate</term>’ 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 companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another company.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca98c338-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Employment and Training Administration–Training and Employment Services</headingText>” in <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dH">division H of Public Law 115–31</ref>, $12,500,000 is rescinded, to be derived from the amount made available in paragraph (2)(A) under such heading for the period October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca993869-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of H–2B Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99386a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/712">132 STAT. 712</page> during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without filing another petition.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99386b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirements for crossings after 90th day<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants 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—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99386c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>completes a new assessment of the local labor market by—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca99386d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate Sundays; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca99386e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>posting the job opportunity on the appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at the employer’s place of employment; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99386f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>offers the job to an equally or better qualified United States worker who—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca993870-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>applies for the job; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="yca993871-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>will be available at the time and place of need.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca993872-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exemption from rules with respect to staggering<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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 paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of <ref href="/us/cfr/t20/s655.20/d">section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, or any other applicable provision of law.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca993873-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">H–2B Nonimmigrants Defined<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>H–2B nonimmigrants</term>” means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15/H/ii/B">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 experience 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 nonimmigrant 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 Secretary determines that the methodology and data in the provided survey are not statistically supported.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in <ref href="/us/cfr/t20/s655.5">20 CFR 655.5</ref> or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found in <ref href="/us/cfr/t20/s655.20">20 CFR 655.20</ref>, 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 <ref href="/us/cfr/t8/s214.2/h/6/ii/B">8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B)</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess personal property to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The proviso at the end of paragraph (1) under the heading “Department of Labor—Employment and Training <page identifier="/us/stat/132/713">132 STAT. 713</page> Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations” in <ref href="/us/pl/113/235/dG/tI">title I of division G of Public Law 113–235</ref> shall be applied in fiscal year 2018 by substituting “seven” for “six”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca995f84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dO">division O of Public Law 115–31</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca995f85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4100">38 USC 4100 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca998696-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><content>To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may assess a reasonable fee on employers that apply for receipt of a HIRE Vets Medallion Award and the Secretary shall deposit such fees into the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund. The Secretary shall establish the amount of the fee such that the amounts collected as fees and deposited into the Fund are sufficient to cover the costs associated with carrying out this division.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 117.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="yca99ada7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Act entitled “An Act to create a Department of Labor”, approved March 4, 1913 (<ref href="/us/stat/37/736/ch141">37 Stat. 736, chapter 141</ref>) shall be applied as if the following text is part of such Act:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp3 firstIndent-3" id="yca99fbc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658172"><num class="bold" value="12">“SEC. 12. </num><heading class="bold">SECURITY DETAIL.</heading><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca99fbc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Labor is authorized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbcb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbcc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>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</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbcd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca99fbce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authorities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>carry firearms;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of such officer or special agent;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>perform protective intelligence work, including identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance work to review security matters relating to sites and events;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><content>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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/714">132 STAT. 714</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca99fbd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Compliance With Guidelines<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this section in accordance with any—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yca99fbd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.”</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yca99fbd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 118. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xca9a22e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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 <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch5/schIII">Subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the United States Code</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t42/ch119/schV">Subchapter V of Chapter 119 of Title 42 of the United States Code</ref>. 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.</content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9a22e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="II">TITLE II</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca9a22ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Health Resources and Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">primary health care</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9a49fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no more than $114,893,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the ninth provisos under the heading “<headingText>Department of Health and Human Services—Health Resources and Services Administration—Health Resources and Services</headingText>” in Public Laws 104–208 and 105–78 are amended by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$80,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$152,700,000</quotedText>” in each such ninth proviso and by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end of each such ninth proviso the following new proviso: “<quotedText><i>Provided further</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:</quotedText>”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of funds provided for the Health Centers program, as defined by section 330 of the PHS Act, by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2018, not less than $200,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2018 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9a49fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the cost of guaranteed <page identifier="/us/stat/132/715">132 STAT. 715</page> loans, as authorized under part A of title XVI of the PHS Act, for non-Federal lenders for the construction, renovation, and modernization of medical facilities that are operated by health centers: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $743,494,000.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">health workforce</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $1,060,695,000, of which $111,916,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2019 to carry out sections 755 and 756 of the PHS Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca9a710d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s294a">42 USC 294a note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 sections: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $105,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for the purposes of providing primary health services, be used to assign National Health Service Corps (“NHSC”) members to expand the delivery of substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations in or under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and to make NHSC Loan Repayment Program awards under section 338B of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of the previous proviso, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the term “<term>primary health services</term>” includes clinical substance use disorder treatment services, including those provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder treatment counselors.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">maternal and child health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 Security Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $886,789,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2022 to carry out section 330M of the PHS Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/716">132 STAT. 716</page> 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $83,593,000 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ryan white hiv/aids program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2020, 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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">health care systems</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $111,693,000, of which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rural health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $290,794,000, of which $49,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $15,942,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,000,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2020 to support the Rural Residency Development Program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $100,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2022, for the Rural Communities Opioids Response Program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">family planning</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended <page identifier="/us/stat/132/717">132 STAT. 717</page> for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For program support in the Health Resources and Services Administration, $155,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">vaccine injury compensation program trust fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $9,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">immunization and respiratory diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, $474,055,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $1,127,278,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $562,572,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">chronic disease prevention and health promotion</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, $915,346,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand community specific extension and outreach programs to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/718">132 STAT. 718</page> combat obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health, $140,560,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public health scientific services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and workforce development, $490,397,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">environmental health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health, $188,750,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">injury prevention and control</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to injury prevention and control, $648,559,000, of which $475,579,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019 for an evidence-based opioid drug overdose prevention program.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute for occupational safety and health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 occupational safety and health, $335,200,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">energy employees occupational illness compensation program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this amount shall be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in <ref href="/us/pl/106/554/dB/tI/s151/b">section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">global health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2019 for international HIV/AIDS and (2) $50,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2020 for Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/719">132 STAT. 719</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public health preparedness and response</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,450,000,000, of which $610,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in the event the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title as “CDC”) activates the Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days to support the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director 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 originating center and number of days detailed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $270,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022, of which $240,000,000 shall be for a CDC biosafety level 4 laboratory: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in addition to the amount provided, $240,000,000 shall be for a CDC biosafety level 4 laboratory for the purposes described in the previous proviso and shall be derived by transfer from the Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</ref>, division G, title II, section 223 and shall remain available until September 30, 2022: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facility: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 replacement of the mine safety research facility.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">cdc-wide activities and program support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $113,570,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/720">132 STAT. 720</page> Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Institutes of Health</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national cancer institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to cancer, $5,664,800,000, 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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national heart, lung, and blood institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $3,383,201,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of dental and craniofacial research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $447,735,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,970,797,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of neurological disorders and stroke</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,145,149,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019 for research related to opioid addiction, development of opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction treatment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each for-profit recipient of funds provided in the previous proviso shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of not less than 50 percent of the total funds awarded to such entity.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of allergy and infectious diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $5,260,210,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/721">132 STAT. 721</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of general medical sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to general medical sciences, $2,785,400,000, of which $922,871,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not less than $350,575,000 is provided for the Institutional Development Awards program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to child health and human development, $1,452,006,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national eye institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $772,317,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of environmental health sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $751,143,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute on aging</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to aging, $2,574,091,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $586,661,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute on deafness and other communication disorders</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $459,974,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of nursing research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to nursing research, $158,033,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $509,573,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute on drug abuse</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,383,603,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019 for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/722">132 STAT. 722</page> research related to opioid addiction, development of opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction treatment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each for-profit recipient of funds provided in the previous proviso shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of not less than 50 percent of the total funds awarded to such entity.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of mental health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to mental health, $1,711,775,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national human genome research institute</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to human genome research, $556,881,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $377,871,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national center for complementary and integrative health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, $142,184,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national institute on minority health and health disparities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $303,200,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">john e. fogarty international center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the PHS Act), $75,733,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national library of medicine</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to health information communications, $428,553,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in fiscal year 2018, the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as “NIH”).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national center for advancing translational sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $742,354,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/723">132 STAT. 723</page> of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That at least $542,771,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the director</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9cbafe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, NIH, $1,803,293,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $165,000,000 shall be for the National Children’s Study Follow-on: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $588,116,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9cbaff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">buildings and facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $128,863,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">nih innovation account, cures act</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 provided to the NIH in this Act, $496,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/724">132 STAT. 724</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">mental health</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $1,453,972,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $100,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020 for grants to communities and community organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/113/93/s223/a">section 223(a) of Public Law 113-93</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/93">Public Law 113–93</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s290aa">42 U.S.C. 290aa</ref> 22 note).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">substance abuse treatment</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $3,182,306,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $1,000,000,000 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300x–21/etseq">42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of such amount $50,000,000 shall be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That 15 percent of the remaining amount shall be for the States with the highest mortality rate related to opioid use disorders: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount not reserved by the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations <page identifier="/us/stat/132/725">132 STAT. 725</page> to States, territories, and the District of Columbia according to a formula using national survey results that the Secretary determines are the most objective and reliable measure of drug use and drug-related deaths: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall submit the formula methodology to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 30 days prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 services, recovery support, and medical screening associated with such treatment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That each State, as well as the District of Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">substance abuse prevention</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, $248,219,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">health surveillance and program support</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement activities funded under the headings “Mental Health”, “Substance 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, $128,830,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying out section 501(m) of the PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided under the headings “Mental Health”, “Substance Abuse Treatment”, and “Substance Abuse Prevention”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/726">132 STAT. 726</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">healthcare research and quality</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $334,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants to states for medicaid</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9d7e50-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $284,798,384,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9d7e51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making, after May 31, 2018, 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 2018 for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9d7e52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 2019, $134,847,759,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9d7e53-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments to health care trust funds</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9da564-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, <ref href="/us/pl/97/248/s278/d/3">section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248</ref>, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $323,497,300,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9da565-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/727">132 STAT. 727</page> 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: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That all funds derived in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref> from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2018 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">health care fraud and abuse control account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $745,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019, 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 $500,368,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for Medicare Advantage under Part C and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program under Part D of the Social Security Act and for activities described in section 1893(b) of such Act, of which $84,398,000 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, of which $84,398,000 shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) program integrity activities, and of which $75,836,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2018 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 $434,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration for Children and Families</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9df386-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act <page identifier="/us/stat/132/728">132 STAT. 728</page> of July 5, 1960, $2,995,400,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9df387-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">low income home energy assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $3,640,304,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That all but $678,500,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2018 was less than $1,975,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 assistance, 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 nonprofit organizations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">refugee and entrant assistance</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality 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 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (“TVPA”), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $1,864,936,000, of which $1,830,446,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2020 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 “10 percent” for “3 percent”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments to states for the child care and development block grant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (“CCDBG Act”), $5,226,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That all funds made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s618">42 U.S.C. 618</ref>), including funds appropriated for that purpose in such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/729">132 STAT. 729</page> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">social services block grant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">children and families services programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, sections 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, $12,022,225,000, of which $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019, 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, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $9,863,095,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount in the previous proviso, $8,823,095,000 shall be available for payments under section 640 of the Head Start Act, of which $216,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living adjustment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding such section 640, of the amount in the second preceding proviso, $260,000,000 (of which up to one percent may be reserved for research and evaluation) shall be available through March 31, 2019 for award by the Secretary to grantees that apply for supplemental funding to increase their hours of program operations and for training and technical assistance for such activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided for making payments under the Head Start Act, $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 such Act under the Designation Renewal System, established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding such section 640, of the amount provided for making payments under the Head <page identifier="/us/stat/132/730">132 STAT. 730</page> Start Act, and in addition to funds otherwise available under such section 640 for such purposes, $755,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 2019 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 section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical assistance for such activities, and for up to $16,000,000 in Federal costs of administration and evaluation, and, notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are available to serve children under age 4: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds described in the preceding two provisos 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $250,000,000 shall be available until December 31, 2018 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $742,883,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $28,233,000 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 $8,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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 expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xca9eb6d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s9921">42 USC 9921 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><i>,</i> 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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 corporations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $160,000,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i> 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/731">132 STAT. 731</page> costs of administering the system: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">promoting safe and stable families</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 (as such section shall be so in effect on October 1, 2018): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described in section 471(e)(4)(C) (as such section shall be so in effect on October 1, 2018), $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 navigator 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): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C) (as such section shall be so in effect on October 1, 2018): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments for foster care and permanency</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9edde9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,225,000,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9eddea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $2,700,000,000.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9eddeb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 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.</p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration for Community Living</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">aging and disability services programs</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (“OAA”), 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/732">132 STAT. 732</page> 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 Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, $2,095,100,000, together with $49,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support alternative 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information describing the manner in which, the alternative financing program will expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That State agencies and community-based disability organizations that are directed by and operated for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 Individuals with Mental Illness Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10802">42 U.S.C. 10802</ref>)) 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 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s15002/8/A">20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)</ref>) 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/733">132 STAT. 733</page> apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public guardianship.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Secretary</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">general departmental management</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $470,629,000, 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such contracts 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 teenage 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 strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; 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 poverty 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided in this <page identifier="/us/stat/132/734">132 STAT. 734</page> Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such services shall be provided consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s59.5/a/4">42 CFR 59.5(a)(4)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">account for the state response to the opioid abuse crisis, cures act</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described in section 1003(c) of the 21st Century Cures Act, $500,000,000 to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 1003(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 1003(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to other accounts of the Department solely for the purposes provided in such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of medicare hearings and appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, $182,381,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the national coordinator for health information technology</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $60,367,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s228">18 U.S.C. 228</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office for civil rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $38,798,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments <page identifier="/us/stat/132/735">132 STAT. 735</page> under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor 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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">public health and social services emergency fund</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9fc84c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $993,458,000, of which $536,700,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for expenses necessary 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emergency operations shall remain available through September 30, 2020.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9fc84d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $710,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xca9fef5e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $250,000,000; of which $215,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/736">132 STAT. 736</page> 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.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 2018 under section 338B of such Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 participation 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall make available through assignment 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 Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaa08b9f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">In order for HHS to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic <page identifier="/us/stat/132/737">132 STAT. 737</page> and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2018:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa08ba0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa08ba1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 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.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa08ba2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4081">22 U.S.C. 4081</ref> 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 personnel under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">section 5304 of title 5, United States Code</ref> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch63/schI">subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service.</content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/738">132 STAT. 738</page></proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 215.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa0d9c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa0d9c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Peer Review<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In entering into transactions under subsection (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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 216. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="218"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 218.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa127e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s247d–6b/c/1/B">42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)</ref>), if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>funds are available and obligated—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 programs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/739">132 STAT. 739</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa127ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>A contract entered into under this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall include a termination clause as described by subsection (c) of <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s3903">section 3903 of title 41, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa127ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="219"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 219.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa1760d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2020 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa1760e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>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:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa1760f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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 Federal operating division or office that administers such program, and the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa17610-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa17611-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from the report employees or contractors who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa17612-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>are supported through appropriations enacted in laws other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa17613-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa17614-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="220"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 220. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 2020 budget of the President submitted under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, information that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare and 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 “<headingText>Health Insurance Exchange Transparency</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="221"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 221.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa19d25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa19d26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open enrollment period; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa19d27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/740">132 STAT. 740</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa19d28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="222"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 222. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to the “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Program Management” account, may be used for payments under <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s1342/b/1">section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148</ref> (relating to risk corridors).</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="223"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 223. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall include in the fiscal year 2020 budget justification an analysis of how section 2713 of the PHS Act will impact eligibility for discretionary HHS programs.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="224"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 224.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa1eb49-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 “<headingText>Prevention and Public Health Fund</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa1eb4a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa1eb4b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="225"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 225. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaa2125c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Effective during the period beginning on November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2020, any provision of law that refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa2125d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such reference to such current recommendations were a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention last issued before 2009; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa2125e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/jj">42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)</ref>).</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="226"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 226. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions relating to indirect costs in <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt75">part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, 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 intentionally 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/741">132 STAT. 741</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="227"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 227. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to the amounts otherwise available for “Centers for Medicare and 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 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program management activity related to the Medicare Program: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provision of <ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Public Law 111–148</ref> or <ref href="/us/pl/111/152">Public Law 111–152</ref> (or any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other amounts within such account.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="228"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 228. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The NIH Director may transfer funds specifically appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, pain management, 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the transfer authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="229"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 229. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcaa2396f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 may be provided to any child care provider if a list of providers (as mentioned in <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt98">part 98 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, applicable to the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families, and in the final rule published in the Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 190, on Sept. 30, 2016) indicates that a serious injury or death occurred at the provider due to a substantiated health or safety violation.</content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa23970-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.</p></level> <num value="III">TITLE III</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa23971-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2018.</p></sidenote><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Education for the Disadvantaged</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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”), $16,443,790,000, of which $5,525,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for academic year 2018–2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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, 2017, to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $3,969,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $3,969,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the <page identifier="/us/stat/132/742">132 STAT. 742</page> ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $217,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part B of title II: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $44,623,000 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Impact Aid</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,414,112,000, of which $1,270,242,000 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 shall be for construction under section 7007(a), $73,313,000 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2017–2018, 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 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">School Improvement Programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $5,158,467,000, of which $3,329,902,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and remain available through September 30, 2019, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for academic year 2018–2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $1,211,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants <page identifier="/us/stat/132/743">132 STAT. 743</page> program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $180,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $1,100,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Indian Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Innovation and Improvement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $982,256,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $278,515,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $583,741,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for part C of title IV: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use $50,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 4304(k), $120,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2019, to carry out section 4305(b), and not more than $14,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 4305(a)(3): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $120,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2018 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Safe Schools and Citizenship Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $185,754,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That $90,000,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $17,500,000 shall be available for section 4625: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $78,254,000 shall be available through December 31, 2018, for section 4624: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 4623(b) of the ESEA shall apply to funds appropriated for Promise Neighborhoods under this heading in prior appropriations acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, no later than June 1, 2018, the Secretary shall award extension grants under such section on a competitive basis to implementation grantees that have demonstrated the ability to collect, track, and report longitudinal data on performance indicators established by the Department and required to be reported on annually as part of the initial implementation grant; demonstrated the most positive and promising results during their initial implementation grant based on <page identifier="/us/stat/132/744">132 STAT. 744</page> such indicators, emphasizing getting children ready to learn; demonstrated a commitment to operating in the most underserved and under-resourced, including rural, areas; and propose continuing to pursue ambitious goals during an extension of that grant.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">English Language Acquisition</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C).</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,366,184,000, of which $3,845,585,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for academic year 2018–2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 2017, 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 2017: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made funds available for such a distribution: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa34ae2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1411">20 USC 1411 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa34ae3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1411">20 USC 1411 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/745">132 STAT. 745</page> 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 maximum 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1234a">20 U.S.C. 1234a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Rehabilitation Services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,587,130,000, of which $3,452,931,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 individuals with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at improving the education 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, nonprofit entities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">american printing house for the blind</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $27,431,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">national technical institute for the deaf</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $73,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That from the total amount available, the Institute may <page identifier="/us/stat/132/746">132 STAT. 746</page> at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">gallaudet university</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $128,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Career, Technical, and Adult Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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”), $1,830,686,000, of which $1,039,686,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 242.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Financial Assistance</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa3c014-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2019.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa3c015-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa3c016-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a">20 USC 1070a note</ref>.</p></sidenote>The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2018–2019 shall be $5,035.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Student Aid Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa3e727-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087f">20 USC 1087f note</ref>.</p></sidenote>, That the Secretary shall, no later than September 30, 2017, allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consolidated student loan under the current student loan servicing contracts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 solicitation for the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/747">132 STAT. 747</page> life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on performance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent Federal Student Aid (FSA) permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall hold such subcontractors accountable for meeting the requirements of the contract: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That FSA shall create a fee structure with contractors that provides more support to borrowers at risk of being distressed.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Higher Education</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $2,246,551,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 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 international development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Howard University</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For partial support of Howard University, $232,518,000, 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.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the HEA, $435,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa43548-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed <page identifier="/us/stat/132/748">132 STAT. 748</page> $313,863,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa43549-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $10,000,000 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That when determining priority for such institutions to receive such a deferment, the Secretary shall give priority to institutions that operated in a financial deficit for at least one of the previous 5 years according to audits provided to the Department, or were sanctioned for financial related reasons by the agency or association that accredited such institutions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa4354a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of Education Sciences</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $613,462,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Management</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/749">132 STAT. 749</page> 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 Education, relative to the organization and operation of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office for civil rights</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $117,000,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $61,143,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/750">132 STAT. 750</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305</inline>. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa4aa7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1921d">48 USC 1921d note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/usc/t48/s1921d/f/1/B/ix">48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)</ref>) shall be applied by substituting “2018” for “2017”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 307.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa4d18c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 2018 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa4d18d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the HEA are reauthorized.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 308. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 114(f) of the HEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1011c/f">20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="309"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 309. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 458(a) of the HEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087h/a">20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in paragraph (4) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2017</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2018</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="310"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 310. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VIII) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a/b/7/A/iv/VIII">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VIII)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,382,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,334,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="311"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 311.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa4f89e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703">20 USC 7703 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa56dcf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law except as provided under subsection (c), with respect to a local educational agency that was notified by the Secretary in fiscal year 2017 of the agency’s eligibility to receive a basic support payment pursuant to section 7003(b)(2)(B)(i)(III) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703/b/2/B/i/III">20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(B)(i)(III)</ref>) for fiscal year 2017 but did not receive a payment under section 7003(b)(2) of such Act for fiscal year 2017, in addition to payments received by the local educational agency under section 7003(b)(1) of such Act, the Secretary shall reserve from funds appropriated to carry out section 7003(b) of such Act and make payments from such funds to such local educational agency for fiscal years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 in the following amounts:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa594e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For fiscal year 2017, a local educational agency described in subsection (a) shall not be eligible for a basic support payment pursuant to section 7003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703/b/2">20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa594e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>For fiscal year 2018 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703/b/2">20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)</ref>), the payment received by the local educational agency shall be calculated under section 7003(b)(2) of such Act and not under subsection (a).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa594e6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><chapeau>Section 7003(b)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703/b/2/B">20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(B)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in clause (i)(III)—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/751">132 STAT. 751</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in item (aa), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>in item (bb)(BB)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and received assistance for fiscal year 2017 pursuant to subparagraph (G)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>not less than 65 percent</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594eb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” after the semicolon; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594ec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><item class="indentUp3 fontsize10" id="ycaa594ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658130"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="cc">“(cc) </num><content>received assistance under subparagraph (A) of section 8003(b)(2), as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (<ref href="/us/pl/114/95">Public Law 114–95</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/129/1802">129 Stat. 1802</ref>), for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2017;”</content></item></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa594ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> clause (iii) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycaa5bbff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa5bc00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">First time<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A local educational agency seeking a payment under this paragraph for the first time shall apply for and be determined eligible under clause (i) for 2 consecutive years before receiving such a payment, and shall not receive such a payment for the first year of eligibility.</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa5bc01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Resumption of eligibility<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>A heavily impacted local educational agency described in clause (i) that becomes ineligible under such clause for 1 or more fiscal years may resume eligibility for a basic support payment under this paragraph for a subsequent fiscal year only if the agency meets the requirements of clause (i) for that subsequent fiscal year, except that such agency shall not receive a basic support payment under this paragraph until the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which the eligibility determination is made.”</content></subclause></clause></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa5bc02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><content>Section 579(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/130/2145">130 Stat. 2145</ref>)<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa5bc03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s7703">20 USC 7703 note</ref>.</p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2017, 2018, or 2019,</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>for fiscal year 2017 and any succeeding fiscal year,</quotedText>”.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="312"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 312. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For the purpose of providing temporary emergency impact aid for displaced students under the Hurricane Education Recovery heading in title VIII of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/123">Public Law 115–123</ref>), paragraph (2)(E) under such heading <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before the semicolon at the end the following: “<quotedText>and each reference to the end of the 2005–2006 school year in <ref href="/us/pl/109/148/dB/tIV/s107/f">section 107(f) of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148</ref>, shall be to December 31, 2018</quotedText>”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="313"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 313.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa5e314-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding the limitations on sharing data described in paragraph (3)(E) of section 483(a) of the HEA, an institution of higher education may, with explicit written consent of an applicant who has completed a FAFSA 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</ref>)), designated by the applicant to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving financial assistance for the applicant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 472 of the HEA) at that institution.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/752">132 STAT. 752</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa5e315-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>An organization that receives information pursuant to subsection (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such information.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa5e316-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>This section shall be in effect until title IV of the HEA is reauthorized.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="314"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 314.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa5e317-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1085">20 USC 1085 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa63138-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For the purpose of carrying out section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1085/a/2">20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)</ref>), the Secretary of Education may waive the requirements under sections 435(a)(5)(A)(i) and 435(a)(5)(A)(ii) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1085/a/5/A/i">20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(i)</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1085/a/5/A/ii">20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(ii)</ref>)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa63139-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>for an institution of higher education that offers an associate degree, is a public institution, and is located in an economically distressed county, defined as a county that ranks in the lowest 5 percent of all counties in the United States based on a national index of county economic status; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6313a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>for an institution—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6313b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>that is a public institution of higher education or a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c</ref>)); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6313c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>whose fall enrollment for the most recently completed academic year was comprised of a majority of students who are Indian (as defined in such section) or Alaska Natives (as defined in section 317(b) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1059d/b">20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)</ref>).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa6313d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Applicability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) shall apply to an institution of higher education that otherwise would be ineligible to participate in a program under part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of enactment of this Act due to the application of section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1085/a/2">20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa6313e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Coverage<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>This section shall be in effect for the period covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="315"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 315. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Department of Education—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 cancellation in the same manner as under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087e/m">20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)</ref>), 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 repayment 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 demonstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 5 years: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/753">132 STAT. 753</page> </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total loan volume, including outstanding principal, fees, capitalized interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan cancellation by such borrowers shall not exceed $500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible borrowers 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="316"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 316. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under this title under the heading “<headingText>Student Aid Administration</headingText>”, $2,300,000 shall be used 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 455(m) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087e/m">20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)</ref>), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation under 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of 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 program 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.</proviso></content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">children of fallen heroes scholarship act</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="317"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 317. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaa6cd7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Section 473(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087mm/b">20 U.S.C. 1087mm(b)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(in the case of a student who meets the requirement of subparagraph (B)(i)), or academic year 2018–2019 (in the case of a student who meets the requirement of subparagraph (B)(ii)),</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>academic year 2009–2010</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="amend">amending</amendingAction> subparagraph (B) to read as follows:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>whose parent or guardian was—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>actively serving as a public safety officer and died in the line of duty while performing as a public safety officer; and”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/754">132 STAT. 754</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6cd87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Notwithstanding</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaa6f498-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Armed forces<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f499-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>paragraph (2)</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>subparagraphs (A), (B)(i), and (C) of paragraph (2)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public safety officers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless the Secretary establishes an alternate method to adjust the expected family contribution, for each student who meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B)(ii), and (C) of paragraph (2), a financial aid administrator shall—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>verify with the student that the student is eligible for the adjustment;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>adjust the expected family contribution in accordance with this subsection; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>notify the Secretary of the adjustment and the student’s eligibility for the adjustment.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa6f49f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment of pell amount<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding section 1212 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796d–1">42 U.S.C. 3796d–1</ref>), in the case of a student who receives an increased Federal Pell Grant amount under this section, the total amount of such Federal Pell Grant, including the increase under this subsection, shall not be considered in calculating that student’s educational assistance benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program under subpart 2 of part L of title I of such Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">“(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition of public safety officer<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘<term>public safety officer</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a public safety officer, as defined in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3796b">42 U.S.C. 3796b</ref>); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau>a fire police officer, defined as an individual who—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is serving in accordance with State or local law as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized public safety agency;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>is not a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><chapeau>provides scene security or directs traffic—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>in response to any fire drill, fire call, or other fire, rescue, or police emergency; or</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaa71bb8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>at a planned special event.”</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="318"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 318. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcaa742c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Notwithstanding any other provision of law funds awarded under part D of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 may be used for the purposes in section 4407(a)(9) of such Act.</content></section> </level><level><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa742ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2018</shortTitle>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/755">132 STAT. 755</page></p></level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established under <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8502">section 8502 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, $8,250,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8503/c">section 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code</ref>, to perform contract requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, the Committee shall enter into a written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such agreement entered into under the preceding proviso shall contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary to implement <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch85">chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such agreement shall include the elements listed under this heading in the explanatory statement accompanying <ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That a fee may not be charged under section 51–3.5 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, unless such fee is under the terms of the written agreement between the Committee and any such central nonprofit agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no less than $1,250,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corporation for National and Community Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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”), $767,629,000, notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/756">132 STAT. 756</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the national service trust</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the National Service Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $206,842,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within “Operating Expenses” allocated 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1513/b">31 U.S.C. 1513(b)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $83,737,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,750,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><content class="inline">CNCS shall make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2018, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaa7b7fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12571">42 USC 12571 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">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 <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.60">section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, 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 <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.70">section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 403. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/757">132 STAT. 757</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 404. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 405. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaa7df0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 Act—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa7df0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>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”);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa7df0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>individuals described in such section shall be considered “volunteers” under section 3 of NCPA; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa7df0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>State Commissions on National and Community Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record information, consistent with <ref href="/us/pl/92/544">Public Law 92–544</ref>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 406. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa80620-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 2020, $445,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa80621-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for the costs associated with <amendingAction type="substitute">replacing</amendingAction> 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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/758">132 STAT. 758</page> to remain available through September 30, 2019, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Institute of Museum and Library Services</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of museum and library services: grants and administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, $240,000,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social Security Act, $8,480,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Medicare Payment Advisory Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Council on Disability</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,250,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/759">132 STAT. 759</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Labor Relations Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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 bargaining 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative provisions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="407"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 407. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Mediation Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, $13,800,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Railroad Retirement Board</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">dual benefits payments account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $22,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of <ref href="/us/pl/98/76">Public Law 98–76</ref>; 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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/760">132 STAT. 760</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 available through September 30, 2019, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/98/76/s417">section 417 of Public Law 98–76</ref>.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 railroad unemployment insurance administration fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted service: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on the office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Social Security Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payments to social security trust funds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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, $11,400,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">supplemental security income program</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa8f082-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, <ref href="/us/pl/92/603/s401">section 401 of Public Law 92–603</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212">section 212 of Public Law 93–66</ref>, as amended, and <ref href="/us/pl/95/216/s405">section 405 of Public Law 95–216</ref>, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $38,487,277,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> 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, 2020.</proviso></p><page identifier="/us/stat/132/761">132 STAT. 761</page> <p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa91793-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa91794-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $19,500,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on administrative expenses</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa93ea5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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 $12,753,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $280,000,000 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $100,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2019, for activities to address the disability hearings backlog within the Office of Hearings Operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2018 not needed for fiscal year 2018 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7131">5 U.S.C. 7131</ref>, 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.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa93ea6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Of the total amount made available under this heading, not more than $1,735,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2019, is for the costs associated with continuing 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 eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency <page identifier="/us/stat/132/762">132 STAT. 762</page> Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $1,462,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by <ref href="/us/pl/104/121/s103/d/2">section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121</ref> for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa93ea7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, $118,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212/b/3">section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66</ref>, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2018 exceed $118,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2019 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa965b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa965b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  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.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaa965ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the “Limitation 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: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> 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.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(transfer of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaa9b3db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s4002">section 4002 of Public Law 111–148</ref> shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for <page identifier="/us/stat/132/763">132 STAT. 763</page> 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 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative 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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa9b3dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s4002">section 4002 of Public Law 111–148</ref> 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 government.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaa9b3dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, 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 available 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 representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for “National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 505. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaa9daee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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 recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa9daef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa9daf0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaa9daf1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 506.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaa0102-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/764">132 STAT. 764</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa0103-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa0104-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The term “<term>health benefits coverage</term>” means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 507.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaa4f25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="ycaaa4f2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>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 subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa4f2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>In this subsection, the term “<term>health care entity</term>” includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 508.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaa763d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaa763e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaa763f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s46.204/b">45 CFR 46.204(b)</ref> and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s289g/b">42 U.S.C. 289g(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa7640-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>human embryo or embryos</term>” includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt46">45 CFR 46</ref> as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 509.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaa9d51-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/765">132 STAT. 765</page> of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaa9d52-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>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 advantage.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaaac463-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaac464-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4212/d">38 U.S.C. 4212(d)</ref> regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaac465-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 appropriation Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 513. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 514.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaab3996-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>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 2018, 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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab3997-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab3998-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab3999-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab399a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>relocates an office or employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab399b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>reorganizes or renames offices;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab399c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>reorganizes programs or activities; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab399d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcaab399e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/766">132 STAT. 766</page> reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaab399f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>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 2018, 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—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab39a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab39a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaab39a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>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;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcaab39a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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.</continuation></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 515.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaab60b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaab60b5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 516. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department 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 2018 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) or the fiscal year 2018 budget request.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 517. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees 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 2018, 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 <page identifier="/us/stat/132/767">132 STAT. 767</page> 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 519. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 521.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaabaed6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaabaed7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 523. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcaabd5e8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">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 appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaabd5e9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered independent agencies; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaabd5ea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>attendance at and support for scientific conferences shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency totals.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 524. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or educational 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaabfcfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/768">132 STAT. 768</page> 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dH/s526">section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76</ref>, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting “<inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal Year 2018</inline>” for “<inline class="smallCaps">Fiscal Year 2014</inline>” in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting “September 30, 2022” for “September 30, 2018” each place it appears: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced civil unrest.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaabfcfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dH/s526">section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/113/235/dG/s524">section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113</ref>, and <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 115–31</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaabfcfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 526.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaabfcfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1502">31 USC 1502 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly 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.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of any available amounts appropriated under section 2104(a)(21) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397dd">42 U.S.C. 1397dd</ref>) that are unobligated as of September 25, 2018, $3,572,000,000 are hereby rescinded as of such date.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="528"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 528. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2018 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.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="529"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 529. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund for fiscal year 2018 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, $1,967,678,000 shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal year.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="530"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 530. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds made available for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, $88,613,000 are hereby rescinded.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/769">132 STAT. 769</page></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="531"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 531. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcaac4b1f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Any unobligated balances of available amounts appropriated under <ref href="/us/pl/111/3/s108">section 108 of Public Law 111–3</ref>, as amended, other than amounts subject to section 210(f) of the Social Security Act, are hereby rescinded.</content></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION I—

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.

2 USC 60a note.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">LEGISLATIVE BRANCH</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">SENATE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Expense Allowances</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaac7233-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaac7234-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; in all, $28,140<i>.</i></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries, Officers and Employees</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $194,867,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the vice president</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the president pro tempore</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the president pro tempore emeritus</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $309,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">offices of the majority and minority leaders</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,255,576.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">offices of the majority and minority whips</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,359,424.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/770">132 STAT. 770</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">committee on appropriations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,142,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">conference committees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,316,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the conference of the minority</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">policy committees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such committee; in all, $3,385,810.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the chaplain</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the secretary</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Secretary, $25,132,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $78,565,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $1,810,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">agency contributions and related expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related expenses, $54,198,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $6,115,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Senate Legal Counsel</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, $1,147,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/771">132 STAT. 771</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority of the Senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, $28,440.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Contingent Expenses of the Senate</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">inquiries and investigations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (<ref href="/us/pl/96/304">Public Law 96–304</ref>), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">u.s. senate caucus on international narcotics control</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $508,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">secretary of the senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $10,536,000 of which $7,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022 and of which $4,100,000 shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,076,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">miscellaneous items</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For miscellaneous items, $18,870,349 which shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">senators’ official personnel and office expense account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $424,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">official mail costs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, $300,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/772">132 STAT. 772</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">requiring amounts remaining in senators’ official personnel and office expense account to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading “<headingText>SENATE</headingText>” under the heading “<headingText class="smallCaps">Contingent Expenses of the Senate</headingText>” under the heading “<headingText class="smallCaps">senators’ official personnel and office expense account</headingText>” shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining after the end of the period of availability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading “<headingText>GENERAL PROVISION</headingText>” under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s4107">2 U.S.C. 4107</ref>) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).</content></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">senate procurements</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline" id="xcaad3585-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><ref href="/us/usc/t41/s6102">Section 6102 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><clause class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaad3586-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Senate<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 6101 of this title does not apply to agreements, contracts or purchases by any office of the Senate.”</content></clause></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">student loan repayment for employees of departing senators and vice presidents</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaadf8d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s4579">2 U.S.C. 4579</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaadf8d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in subsection (a)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaadf8d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaadf8da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> before paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycaae1feb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Departure date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>departure date</term>’ means the earlier of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1fec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>the date on which the term of a departing Senator or Vice President ends; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1fed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>the date on which the departing Senator or Vice President will retire or resign.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycaae1fee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Departing senator or vice president<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>departing Senator or Vice President</term>’ means a Senator or Vice President who will not serve in the next term due to retirement, resignation, a decision to not seek reelection, or a failure to secure reelection.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1fef-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesignated, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>rate of basic pay for an employee for a position at ES-1</quotedText>” and all that follows and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5315">section 5315 of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1-year</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in subsection (c)(1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>The term</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<page identifier="/us/stat/132/773">132 STAT. 773</page> <quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Departing senators and vice presidents<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>After the date that is 1 year before the departure date of a departing Senator or Vice President, the departing Senator or Vice President may enter into a service agreement under this section with an eligible employee of the office of the Senator or Vice President (including an eligible employee who has completed a required period of employment under a previous service agreement) that includes a required period of employment that—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>is less than 1 year; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>shall end on the last day of the last full pay period ending on or before the departure date of the departing Senator or Vice President.”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>in subsection (d)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ff9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ffa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ffb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>under subsection (f)(7).</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> a semicolon; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae1ffc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycaae470d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>the agreement is terminated as provided under subsection (f)(7)(A); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentDown1 fontsize10" id="ycaae470e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>the employee separates from service with the office of a departing Senator or Vice President.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae470f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(including a required period of employment described in subsection (c)(1)(B))</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>required period of employment</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae4710-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in subsection (f), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> paragraph (7) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycaae6e21-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Change in payments<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reduction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding the terms of a service agreement under this section, the head of an employing office may reduce the amount of student loan payments made under the agreement if adequate funds are not available to such office.</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notice<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>If the head of an employing office decides to reduce the amount of student loan payments to an eligible employee under clause (i)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">“(I) </num><content>the employing office shall concurrently notify the eligible employee and the Secretary of the Senate of the reduction; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">“(II) </num><content>not later than 30 days after the date of the concurrent notice, the eligible employee may terminate the service agreement.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Increase<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding the terms of a service agreement under this section, the head of an employing office, with the consent of an eligible employee, may increase the amount of student loan payments made under the agreement with the eligible employee, if—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>the office has adequate funds available for the purpose of agreements under this section;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>the amount of the increased payment does not exceed the limitations under this section; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/774">132 STAT. 774</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content>the total amount of the loan payments to be made (including such increase) during the remainder of the required period of employment does not exceed the amount of student loan indebtedness of the eligible employee as of the date of the increase.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaae6e2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaae6e2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s4579">2 USC 4579 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><chapeau>The amendments made by this section shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaae6e2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>apply to a service agreement under section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s4579">2 U.S.C. 4579</ref>) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act or entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,200,000,766, as follows:</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">House Leadership Offices</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available from January 3, 2018 until January 2, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Members’ Representational Allowances</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Including Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and Official Mail</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $562,632,498.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee Employees</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Standing Committees, Special and Select</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, $127,053,373: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2018, except that $3,150,200 of such amount shall remain available until expended for committee room upgrading.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/775">132 STAT. 775</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Committee on Appropriations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, $23,226,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2018.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries, Officers and Employees</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $204,356,000, including: for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 for official representation and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $27,945,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency Management, and including not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $20,505,000 of which $6,696,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $132,865,000, of which $2,108,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,968,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,492,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $2,037,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,209,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other authorized employees, $584,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Allowances and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $260,454,004, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $233,040,004, to remain available until March 31, 2019; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; transition activities for new members and staff, $2,273,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,750,000, to remain available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $720,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/776">132 STAT. 776</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">requiring amounts remaining in members’ representational allowances to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaf0a6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for “<inline class="smallCaps">HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Representational Allowances</inline>” shall be available only for fiscal year 2018. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2018 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaf3180-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Regulations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaf3181-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definition<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>As used in this section, the term “<term>Member of the House of Representatives</term>” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">delivery of bills and resolutions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests a copy.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">delivery of congressional record</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on amount available to lease vehicles</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to make any payments from any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States Code to all offices of the House of Representatives.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">delivery of reports of disbursements</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report of disbursements for the operations of the House of Representatives under section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/777">132 STAT. 777</page> 106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s5535">2 U.S.C. 5535</ref>) to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">delivery of daily calendar</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">delivery of congressional pictorial directory</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 117. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">amending the house services revolving fund</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 118.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaaf7fa2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Collection of Certain Service Fees<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s5545/a">2 U.S.C. 5545(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaf7fa3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">“(7) </num><content>The collection of a service fee from vendors of the Master Web Services Agreement or the Technology Services Contract for failure to abide by and maintain House of Representatives security policies.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaaf7fa4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaaf7fa5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s5545">2 USC 5545 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">transfer of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="119"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 119.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaaf7fa6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s5511">2 USC 5511</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycaafa6b7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon completion of the second fiscal year which begins after the end of the period during which amounts appropriated under any of the items under the heading “<headingText>House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses</headingText>” are available for obligation or expenditure, any such amounts which remain unobligated and unexpended shall be transferred to the heading “<headingText>House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Allowances and Expenses</headingText>” and shall be available until expended for purposes of House of Representatives Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaafa6b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) does not apply to amounts appropriated under the heading “<headingText>House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Members’ Representational Allowances</headingText>”.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaafa6b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives prior to the obligation or expenditure of any amounts transferred under subsection (a).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaafa6ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>This section shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018 or any succeeding fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/778">132 STAT. 778</page></content></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">JOINT ITEMS</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For Joint Committees, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Joint Economic Committee</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Joint Committee on Taxation</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaafcdcb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaafcdcc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For other joint items, as follows:</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of the Attending Physician</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaaff4dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, including:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaff4de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaff4df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Officer;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaff4e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaff4e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaaff4e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>$2,780,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,838,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Office of Congressional Accessibility Services</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, $1,444,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CAPITOL POLICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $351,700,000 of which overtime shall not exceed $45,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/779">132 STAT. 779</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">General Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $74,800,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2018 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1385">2 U.S.C. 1385</ref>), $4,959,000, of which $450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection with official representation and reception expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $49,945,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provision</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contracting parity</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="130"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 130.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcab06a13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s605a">2 USC 605a</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">In fiscal year 2018 and thereafter, for all contracts for goods and services to which the Congressional Budget Office is a party, the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 52.232–39 and FAR 52.233–4.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capital Construction and Operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, operation, and general and administrative support in connection with facilities and activities <page identifier="/us/stat/132/780">132 STAT. 780</page> under the care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, $93,478,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Building</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, $45,300,000, of which $19,458,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $13,333,000, of which $3,195,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Senate Office Buildings</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, $101,614,000, of which $38,937,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">House Office Buildings</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcab0b834-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $197,294,000, of which $73,130,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building.</p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcab0b835-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Power Plant</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $106,694,000, of which $28,057,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: <page identifier="/us/stat/132/781">132 STAT. 781</page> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2018.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Library Buildings and Grounds</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, $74,873,000, of which $47,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Capitol security operations, $34,249,000, of which $13,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Botanic Garden</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $13,800,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount made available under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s2146">2 U.S.C. 2146</ref>), upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Capitol Visitor Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor Center, $21,470,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="140"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 140. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project and/or program.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">scrims</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="141"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 141. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of building facades during <page identifier="/us/stat/132/782">132 STAT. 782</page> restoration or construction projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol.</content></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $477,017,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2018, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; <ref href="/us/stat/32/480">32 Stat. 480</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s150">2 U.S.C. 150</ref>) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2018 and shall remain available until expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal information database and activities related thereto: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,653,000 shall remain available until expended for the digital collections and educational curricula program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial Management System: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 is provided to enhance public exhibits and visitor services at the Library; of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020 for planning, including developing direct and indirect cost estimates in conjunction with the Architect of the Capitol; and of which $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be obligated and expended only upon written approval by the Chair and ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and by the Chair and ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, following review of a project budget justification and cost estimate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/783">132 STAT. 783</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Copyright Office</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $72,011,000, of which not more than $35,218,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2018 under <ref href="/us/usc/t17/s708/d">section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $6,087,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2018 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $41,305,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $2,260,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an “International Copyright Institute” in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any provision of <ref href="/us/usc/t17/ch8">chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code</ref>, any amounts made available under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e).</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional Research Service</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s166">2 U.S.C. 166</ref>) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, $119,279,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That a non-confidential CRS product includes any written product containing research or analysis that is currently available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business <page identifier="/us/stat/132/784">132 STAT. 784</page> and does not include material prepared in response to Congressional requests for confidential analysis or research.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; <ref href="/us/stat/46/1487">46 Stat. 1487</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s135a">2 U.S.C. 135a</ref>), $51,498,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents at no cost to the individual.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reimbursable and revolving fund activities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="150"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 150.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycab1c9a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For fiscal year 2018, the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed $190,642,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab1c9a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Activities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.</content></subsection></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">revolving funds update</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="151"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 151. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcab1f0b8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s182a/etseq">2 U.S.C. 182a et seq.</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/106/481">Public Law 106–481</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab1f0b9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in section 102 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s182b">2 U.S.C. 182b</ref>)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab1f0ba-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the section heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the heading and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Revolving fund for sales shop and other services</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab1f0bb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subsection (a), by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following: “<quotedText>(5) Training.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab1f0bc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in section 103(f)(1) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s182c/f/1">2 U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>tribal governments (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s502/c/2/B">40 U.S.C. 502(c)(2)(B)</ref>)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>Federal Government,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction"><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">gifts</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="152"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 152. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcab217cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s160">2 U.S.C. 160</ref>), <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab217ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>in the first sentence—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab217cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>of money for immediate disbursement</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab217d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, of the following: (1) nonpersonal services; (2) voluntary and uncompensated personal services not to exceed $10,000 per person, per year in value; and (3) gifts or bequests of money for immediate disbursement.</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab217d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> the following sentence at the end of the first paragraph: “<quotedText>The Librarian shall make an annual public report regarding gifts accepted under this section.</quotedText>”.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/785">132 STAT. 785</page></content></paragraph></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">application of congressional accountability act of 1995 to the library of congress; election of proceeding</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="153"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 153.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycab39e72-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Application of Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to the Library of Congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e73-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Application through definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1301">2 U.S.C. 1301</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (3)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (H), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subparagraph (I), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; or</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="ycab39e79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="J">“(J) </num><content>the Library of Congress, except for section 220.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content></subclause></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (9)—</chapeau><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="I">(I) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="II">(II) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; or</quotedText>”; and</content></subclause><subclause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658128"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="III">(III) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="ycab39e7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>the Library of Congress, except for section 220.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Public services and accommodations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 210(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1331/a">2 U.S.C. 1331(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e80-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (9), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e81-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (10), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e82-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="ycab39e83-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">“(11) </num><content>the Library of Congress.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e84-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Labor-management regulations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 220(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1351/a">2 U.S.C. 1351(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e85-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in paragraph (2), in the paragraph heading, by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(2) <headingText class="smallCaps">Definition</headingText>.—</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(2) <headingText class="smallCaps">Application</headingText>.—</quotedText>” ; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e86-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="ycab39e87-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For purposes of this section, the term ‘<term>covered employee</term>’ does not include an employee of the Library of Congress, and the term ‘<term>employing office</term>’ does not include the Library of Congress.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab39e88-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming amendments to act<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1301/etseq">2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c599-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in section 204(a)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1314/a/2">2 U.S.C. 1314(a)(2)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the Library of Congress</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in section 205(a)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1315/a/2">2 U.S.C. 1315(a)(2)</ref>), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the Library of Congress</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in section 206(a)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1316/a/2">2 U.S.C. 1316(a)(2)</ref>)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the Library of Congress</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the Library of Congress</quotedText>”;</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau>in section 215(a)(2) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1341/a/2">2 U.S.C. 1341(a)(2)</ref>)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c59f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in subparagraph (C), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, the Library of Congress,</quotedText>”; and<page identifier="/us/stat/132/786">132 STAT. 786</page></content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and the Library of Congress</quotedText>”; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><chapeau>in section 415(a) (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1415/a">2 U.S.C. 1415(a)</ref>)—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the comma after “<quotedText>General Accounting Office</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>”; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or the Library of Congress</quotedText>”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election of Proceeding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Procedure<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 401(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1401/3">2 U.S.C. 1401(3)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>either</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>in subparagraph (B), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5a9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycab3c5aa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>in the case of an Library claimant (as defined in section 404(a)), a proceeding described in section 404(b)(3) that relates to the violation at issue.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5ab-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 404 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1404">2 U.S.C. 1404</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5ac-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>Not</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab3c5ad-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election After Proceedings Initially Brought Under This Act<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not”</content></subsection></quotedContent>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3c5ae-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the section heading the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab3ecbf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Direct act<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>direct Act</term>’ means an Act (other than this Act), or provision of the Revised Statutes, that is specified in section 201, 202, 203, or 210.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Direct provision<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term ‘<term>direct provision</term>’ means a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act (including rights and protections relating to nonretaliation or noncoercion) to a library claimant.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Library claimant<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term ‘<term>Library claimant</term>’ means—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>with respect to a direct provision (other than a provision described in subparagraph (B)), an employee of the Library of Congress who is covered by that direct provision, and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>with respect to a direct provision that applies the rights or protections of title II or III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12131/etseq">42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.</ref>, 12181 et seq.), an individual who is eligible to provide services for or receive services from the Library of Congress and who is covered by that provision.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau>in subsection (b), as added by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>may either</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>who initially requested counseling and mediation under this title may elect to</quotedText>”;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” at the end;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>, or</quotedText>”; and<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown2 fontsize10" id="ycab3ecc9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>in the case of a Library claimant, bring the claim, complaint, or charge that is brought for a proceeding before <page identifier="/us/stat/132/787">132 STAT. 787</page> the corresponding Federal agency, under the corresponding direct provision.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab3ecca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><subsection class="indentDown2 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab413db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Election After Proceedings Initially Brought Under Other Civil Rights or Labor Law<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A library claimant who initially brings a claim, complaint, or charge under a direct provision for a proceeding before a Federal agency may, prior to requesting a hearing under the agency’s procedures, elect to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>bring any civil action relating to the claim, complaint, or charge, that is available to the Library claimant,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>file a complaint with the Office in accordance with section 405, or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>file a civil action in accordance with section 408 in the United States district court for the district in which the employee is employed or for the District of Columbia.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab413df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcab413e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1301">2 USC 1301 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Prospective Applicability</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>This section and the amendments made by this section—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>shall take effect on the date of enactment of this section; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413e2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>shall apply to any charge, complaint, or claim, that is made on or after the date of enactment of this section, of a violation of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413e3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>section 201, 202, 203, 207, or 210 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1311/etseq">2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.</ref>); or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab413e4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a direct provision as defined in section 404(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1404">2 U.S.C. 1404</ref>) (as added by subsection (b)).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">equal access to congressional research service reports</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="154"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 154.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcab413e5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t2/s166a">2 USC 166a</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycab636c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">CRS product<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In this section, the term “<term>CRS product</term>” means any final written work product of CRS containing research or analysis in any format that is available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">CRS report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section, the term “<term>CRS Report</term>” means any written CRS product, including an update to a previous written CRS product, consisting of—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab636ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>a Congressional Research Service Report; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab636cb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>a Congressional Research Service Authorization of Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product, which is available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet.</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636cc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exclusions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The term “<term>CRS Report</term>” does not include—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab636cd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>any CRS product that is determined by the CRS Director to be a confidential product or service because it was prepared in response to a congressional request or requests for confidential analysis or research and is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab636ce-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any Congressional Research Service Report or any Congressional Research Service Authorization of Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product reported or produced before the effective date of this <page identifier="/us/stat/132/788">132 STAT. 788</page> Act which, as of such effective date, is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; or</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab636cf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>a written CRS product that has been made available by CRS for publication on a public website maintained by the GPO Director (other than the Website) or the Library of Congress.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In this section—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the term “<term>CRS</term>” means the Congressional Research Service;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the term “<term>CRS Congressional Intranet</term>” means the Website maintained by CRS at www.crs.gov, or a successor website, for the purpose of providing to Members and employees of Congress access to information from CRS;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the term “<term>CRS Director</term>” means the Director of CRS;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the term “<term>Librarian of Congress</term>” means the Librarian of Congress appointed pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s136–1">2 U.S.C. 136–1</ref>;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>the term “<term>Member of Congress</term>” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the term “<term>Website</term>” means the website established and maintained under subsection (b).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab636d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Availability of CRS Reports Through Library of Congress Website<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Website<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Establishment and maintenance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Librarian of Congress, in consultation with the CRS Director, shall establish and maintain a public website containing CRS Reports and an index of all CRS Reports contained on the website, in accordance with this subsection.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Format<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>On the Website, CRS Reports shall be searchable, sortable, and downloadable, including downloadable in bulk.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Free access<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Librarian of Congress may not charge a fee for access to the Website.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Updates; disclaimer<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Librarian of Congress, in consultation with the CRS Director, shall ensure that the Website—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is updated contemporaneously, automatically, and electronically to include each new or updated CRS Report released on or after the effective date of this section;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>shows the status of each CRS Report as new, updated, or archived; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab636df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>displays the following statement in reference to the CRS Reports included on the Website: “These documents were prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. <page identifier="/us/stat/132/789">132 STAT. 789</page> Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as a CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.”.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Furnishing of necessary information and technology<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The CRS Director shall consult with and provide assistance to the Librarian of Congress to ensure—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>that the Librarian of Congress is provided with all of the information necessary to carry out this section, including all of the information described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection (c)(1)(A), in such format and manner as the Librarian of Congress considers appropriate; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>that CRS makes available any information and assistance as may be necessary to facilitate the contemporaneous, automatic, and electronic provision of CRS Reports to the Librarian of Congress as required under this section.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Nonexclusivity<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Librarian of Congress may publish other information on the Website.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Alternative techniques<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Librarian of Congress and the CRS Director may use additional techniques to make CRS Reports available to the public, if such techniques are consistent with this section and any other applicable laws.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Additional information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The CRS Director is encouraged to make additional CRS products that are not confidential products or services available to the Librarian of Congress for publication on the Website, and the Librarian of Congress is encouraged to publish such CRS products on the Website.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Expansion of contents of annual report to congress to include information on efforts to make additional products available on website<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Section 203(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s166/i">2 U.S.C. 166(i)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>, and shall include in the report a description of the efforts made by the Director to make additional Congressional Research Service products that are not confidential products or services available to the Librarian of Congress for publication on the website established and maintained under section 124 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab65df7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Website Contents<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Specific requirements for reports posted on website<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65df9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Responsibilities of librarian of congress<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>With respect to each CRS Report included on the Website, the Librarian of Congress shall include—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the name and identification number of the CRS Report;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dfb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>an indication as to whether the CRS Report is new, updated, or archived;</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dfc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iii">(iii) </num><content>the date of release of the CRS Report; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dfd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="iv">(iv) </num><content>any other information the Librarian of Congress, in consultation with the CRS Director, considers appropriate.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/790">132 STAT. 790</page></content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dfe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Responsibilities of crs director<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>With respect to each CRS Report included on the Website, the CRS Director shall, prior to transmitting the Report to the Librarian of Congress—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65dff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>at the discretion of the CRS Director, remove the name of and any contact information for any employee of CRS; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>include in the CRS Report the following written statement: “This document was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as this CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.”.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Specific requirements for index on website<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Librarian of Congress shall ensure that the index of all CRS Reports published on the Website is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e02-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>comprehensive;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e03-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>contemporaneously updated;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e04-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>searchable;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>sortable;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>maintained in a human-readable format;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>maintained in a structured data format;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>downloadable; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">(H) </num><content>inclusive of each item of information described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to each CRS Report.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab65e0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Conforming Amendment to Duties of CRS<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Section 203(d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s166/d">2 U.S.C. 166(d)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end of paragraph (7);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of paragraph (8) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycab65e0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">“(9) </num><content>to comply with the requirements of, and provide information and technological assistance consistent with, section 124 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab65e0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Rules of Construction<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">No effect on speech or debate clause<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to diminish, qualify, condition, waive, or otherwise affect the applicability of <ref href="/us/cons/aI/s6/1">clause 1 of section 6 of article I of the Constitution of the United States</ref> (commonly known as the “Speech or Debate Clause”) or any other privilege available to Congress or Members, offices, or employees of Congress with respect to any CRS Report made available online under this section.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/791">132 STAT. 791</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Confidential communications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to waive the requirement that any confidential communication by CRS to a Member, office, or committee of Congress shall remain under the custody and control of Congress and may be released only by Congress and its Houses, Members, offices, and committees, in accordance with the rules and privileges of each House and the requirements of this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Dissemination of crs products<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Nothing in this section may be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Member, office, or committee of Congress to disseminate CRS products on a website of the Member, office, or committee or to otherwise provide CRS products to the public, including as part of constituent service activities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab65e13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Except as provided in paragraph (2)(C), this section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date on which the Librarian of Congress submits the certification described in paragraph (2)(B).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Provision of information and technology<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">CRS deadline<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the CRS Director shall provide the Librarian of Congress with the information necessary for the Librarian of Congress to begin the initial operation of the Website.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Upon provision of the information described in subparagraph (A), the Librarian of Congress shall submit to Congress a certification that the CRS Director has provided the information necessary for the Librarian of Congress to begin the initial operation of the Website.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycab65e18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Technical delays<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In the event of technical difficulties encountered in planning or implementing the requirements of this section and the amendments made by this section, upon providing a detailed report submitted by the Librarian of Congress or the CRS Director to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate detailing the nature of the technical difficulties and the timeline for resolving such technical difficulties, the effective date established by subsection (f)(1) shall be extended for up to 90 additional days.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </level><appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional Publishing</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For authorized publishing of congressional information and the distribution of congressional information in any format; publishing of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, $79,528,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident <page identifier="/us/stat/132/792">132 STAT. 792</page> Commissioners or Delegates authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s906">section 906 of title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s718">section 718 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/ch7">chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code</ref>, may be expended to print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s718">section 718 of title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>, this appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session basis.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of the public information programs of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 to depository and other designated libraries: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,540,000, to remain available until expended, for information technology development and facilities repair: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Government Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts <page identifier="/us/stat/132/793">132 STAT. 793</page> and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">section 9104 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t44">title 44, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109/b">section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That activities financed through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may provide information in any format: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading “<headingText>Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents</headingText>” may not be used for contracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in the District of Columbia.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Salaries and Expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109/b">section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324">section 3324 of title 31, United States Code</ref>; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4081/5">22 U.S.C. 4081(5)</ref>, (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $578,916,653: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of this amount $10,000,000 is provided for information technology investments and building facility projects to remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, in addition, $23,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, shall be available without fiscal year limitation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective <page identifier="/us/stat/132/794">132 STAT. 794</page> Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this appropriation shall be available to transfer amounts to the Department of the Army for the construction of an Army facility at Redstone Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of GAO: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for the salaries and expenses of the Government Accountability Office shall be available to transfer to the Department of the Army for the maintenance of such facility.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1151">2 U.S.C. 1151</ref>), $5,600,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available to support Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging in free market development, humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the central government of Russia.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s1105">2 U.S.C. 1105</ref>), $430,000.</content></appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">maintenance and care of private vehicles</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">fiscal year limitation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2018 unless expressly so provided in this Act.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">rates of compensation and designation</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (<ref href="/us/stat/46/32/etseq">46 Stat. 32 et seq.</ref>) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with <page identifier="/us/stat/132/795">132 STAT. 795</page> respect thereto: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">consulting services</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing law.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"> costs of lbfmc</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts available for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on transfers</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 appropriation Act.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">guided tours of the capitol</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycab79599-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (<ref href="/us/usc/t2/s2242/b/8">2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycab7959a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.</content></subsection></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018”.132 STAT. 796

 DIVISION J—

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the functions of the Commander in Chief, $923,994,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of this amount, not to exceed $101,470,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $1,553,275,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of this amount, not to exceed $219,069,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, $1,543,558,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of this amount, not to exceed $97,852,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/797">132 STAT. 797</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Defense-Wide</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,811,513,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for military construction or family housing as the Secretary may designate, 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: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $210,717,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the construction timeline and obligations for the Poland Aegis Ashore complex.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch1803">chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $220,652,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $16,271,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air National Guard</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch1803">chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $171,491,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $18,000,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/798">132 STAT. 798</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army Reserve as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch1803">chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $83,712,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,887,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Navy Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch1803">chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $95,271,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $24,430,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air Force Reserve</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch1803">chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $73,535,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, not to exceed $4,725,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further, </i> That, the Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall take immediate action to address unfunded military construction requirements for access control points and security issues at Air Force Reserve facilities.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Security Investment Program</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and construction of military facilities and installations (including international military headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2806">section 2806 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/799">132 STAT. 799</page> and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $177,932,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Defense Base Closure Account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2687">10 U.S.C. 2687 note</ref>), $310,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Construction, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $182,662,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds provided under this heading for family housing construction may be expended for family housing improvements on Kwajalein Atoll until the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that the new housing units represent the best value to the taxpayer and that no reasonable alternatives exist at a lower cost.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $348,907,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $83,682,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $328,282,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Construction, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $85,062,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $318,324,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/800">132 STAT. 800</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, $59,169,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Defense</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Family Housing Improvement Fund</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, $2,726,000, to remain available until expended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2883">section 2883 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving military family housing and supporting facilities.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Defense</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund, $623,000, to remain available until expended, for unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2883">section 2883 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving military unaccompanied housing and supporting facilities.</content></appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available in this title for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds made available in this title for construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t23/s210">section 210 of title 23, United States Code</ref>, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which specific appropriations have not been made.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or <page identifier="/us/stat/132/801">132 STAT. 801</page> (3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for military construction.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one base or installation to another, without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense for military construction or family housing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with host nation firms.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title for military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That this section shall not apply to contract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="113"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 113. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="114"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 114. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction in prior years shall be available for construction authorized for each such military department by the authorizations enacted into law during the current session of Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="115"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 115. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For military construction or family housing projects that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="116"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 116. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds made available to a military department or defense agency <page identifier="/us/stat/132/802">132 STAT. 802</page> for the construction of military projects may be obligated for a military construction project or contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds available for military construction projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased pursuant to law.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="117"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 117. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction in “Family Housing” accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military unaccompanied housing in “Military Construction” accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That appropriations made available to the Funds shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t10/ch169/schIV">subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="118"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 118. </inline> </num><content class="inline">In addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3374">42 U.S.C. 3374</ref>) to pay for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s3374/a/1/A">42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A)</ref>. Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to which transferred.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="119"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 119.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcab9b87d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2821">10 USC 2821 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation <page identifier="/us/stat/132/803">132 STAT. 803</page> is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submission: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further, </i> That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="120"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 120. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account established by subsection (h) of <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s2814">section 2814 of title 10, United States Code</ref>, are appropriated and shall be available until expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="121"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 121. </inline> </num><content class="inline">During the 5-year period after appropriations available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construction and family housing operation and maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be transferred into the appropriation “Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense”, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="122"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 122.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaba069e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaba069f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>performs a testing mission or function that is not performed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically stipulated in <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaba06a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>is located at a military installation at which the total number of civilian employees of the Department of the Army and Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of members of the regular and reserve components of the Army assigned to the installation.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaba06a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="123"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 123. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an account funded under the headings in this title may be transferred among projects and activities within the account in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="124"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 124. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/804">132 STAT. 804</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="125"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 125. </inline> </num><content><p class="inline" id="xcaba54c2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2022:</p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Army”, $93,800,000, of which $25,000,000 is for planning and design;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps”, $202,130,000, of which $25,000,000 is for planning and design;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Air Force”, $138,100,000, of which $25,000,000 is for planning and design;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Army National Guard”, $113,500,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning and design;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Air National Guard”, $52,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning and design;</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Army Reserve”, $76,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning and design; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba54c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Military Construction, Air Force Reserve”, $64,100,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning and design:</listContent></listItem></list><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaba54ca-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction projects identified in the respective military department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2018 submitted to Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out construction: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.</proviso></p></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="126"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 126. </inline> </num><content><p class="inline" id="xcaba7bdb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts specified:</p><list class="indentUp0"><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba7bdc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “NATO Security Investment Program”, $25,000,000; and</listContent></listItem><listItem class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10 depth0" id="xcaba7bdd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><listContent>  “Family Housing Construction, Army”, $18,000,000:</listContent></listItem></list><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaba7bde-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.</proviso></p></content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="127"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 127.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcaba7bdf-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s221">10 USC 221 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">For the purposes of this Act, the term “<term>congressional defense committees</term>” means the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="128"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 128. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="129"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 129. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes <page identifier="/us/stat/132/805">132 STAT. 805</page> an analysis and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus within the United States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress (“the Committees”) a report detailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for the Air Force: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the term “<term>United States</term>” in this section does not include any territory or possession of the United States.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="130"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 130. </inline> </num><content class="inline">All amounts appropriated to “Department of Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide” pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in <ref href="/us/pl/115/91/s2403">section 2403 of Public Law 115–91</ref>, as specified for fiscal year 2018 in the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="131"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 131. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Army”, for the Defense Access Road Program, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts made available under this section may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Army submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a detailed expenditure plan 30 days after enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Veterans Benefits Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">compensation and pensions</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>; pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/app541/etseq">50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.</ref>) and for other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, $95,768,462,000, to remain available until expended and to become available on October 1, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not to exceed $17,882,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2019 under this heading shall be reimbursed to “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”, and “Information Technology Systems” for necessary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, the funding source for which is specifically provided as the “Compensation and Pensions” appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to “Medical Care Collections Fund” to augment the funding of <page identifier="/us/stat/132/806">132 STAT. 806</page> individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">readjustment benefits</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, $11,832,175,000, to remain available until expended and to become available on October 1, 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3104">section 3104 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this account.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">veterans insurance and indemnities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21, <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, $121,529,000, to remain available until expended, of which $109,090,000 shall become available on October 1, 2018.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">veterans housing benefit program fund</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcabb1820-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I through III of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch37">chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, during fiscal year 2018, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcabb1821-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $178,626,000.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">vocational rehabilitation loans program account</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcabb1822-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $30,000, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch31">chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,356,000.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcabb1823-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $395,000, which may be paid to the appropriation for “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">native american veteran housing loan program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch37/schV">subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, $1,163,000.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/807">132 STAT. 807</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,910,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s3104/a">section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Veterans Health Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical services</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1705/a">section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, aid to State homes as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1741">section 1741 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, assistance and support services for caregivers as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1720G">section 1720G of title 38, United States Code</ref>, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/163">Public Law 111–163</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/124/1174">124 Stat. 1174</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s7681">38 U.S.C. 7681 note</ref>), monthly assistance allowances authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s322/d">section 322(d) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, grants authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s521A">section 521A of title 38, United States Code</ref>, and administrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, and hospital care and medical services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1787">section 1787 of title 38, United States Code</ref>; $1,962,984,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, $49,161,165,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing <page identifier="/us/stat/132/808">132 STAT. 808</page> of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical community care</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch17">chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, at non-Department facilities, $419,176,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, $8,384,704,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical support and compliance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch17">chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s2651/etseq">42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.</ref>), $100,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, $7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; $707,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/809">132 STAT. 809</page> $5,914,288,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">medical and prosthetic research</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch73">chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, $722,262,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading are available for prosthetic research specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Cemetery Administration</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration, $306,193,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Departmental Administration</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">general administration</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, $335,891,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">board of veterans appeals</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, $161,048,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">information technology systems</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for information technology systems and telecommunications support, including developmental information <page identifier="/us/stat/132/810">132 STAT. 810</page> systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $4,055,500,000, plus reimbursements: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That $1,230,320,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $2,496,650,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That $328,530,000 shall be for information technology systems development, and shall remain available until September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That amounts made available for information technology systems development may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and expended for each development project: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and information technology systems development may be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That amounts made available for the “Information Technology Systems” account for development may be transferred among projects or to newly defined projects: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That no project may be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds made available under this heading for information technology systems development shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">veterans electronic health record</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For activities related to implementation, preparation, development, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $782,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the funds provided in this account shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/811">132 STAT. 811</page></proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (<ref href="/us/usc/t5/app">5 U.S.C. App.</ref>), $164,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction, major projects</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcabcc5d4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch81">chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, not otherwise provided for, including planning, architectural and engineering services, construction management services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8104/a/3/A">section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $512,430,000, of which $432,430,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and of which $80,000,000 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset management related activities, including portfolio development and management activities, and investment strategy studies funded through the advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded through the design fund, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee those capital investments funded through this account and contracting officers who manage specific major construction projects, and funds provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made available under this heading shall be used for any project that has not been notified to Congress through the budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the time of enrollment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2018, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2018; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2019: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major construction project for which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, of the amount made available under this heading, $117,300,000 for Veterans Health Administration major construction projects shall not be available until the Department of Veterans Affairs—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/812">132 STAT. 812</page></proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabcc5d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>enters into an agreement with an appropriate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal entity to serve as the design and/or construction agent for any Veterans Health Administration major construction project with a Total Estimated Cost of $100,000,000 or above by providing full project management services, including management of the project design, acquisition, construction, and contract changes, consistent with <ref href="/us/pl/114/58/s502">section 502 of Public Law 114–58</ref>; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabcc5d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>certifies in writing that such an agreement is executed and intended to minimize or prevent subsequent major construction project cost overruns and provides a copy of the agreement entered into and any required supplementary information to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</content></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction, minor projects</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch81">chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8104/a/3/A">section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, $342,570,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, along with unobligated balances of previous “Construction, Minor Projects” appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants for construction of state extended care facilities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">grants for construction of veterans cemeteries</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2408">section 2408 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/813">132 STAT. 813</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any appropriation for fiscal year 2018 for “Compensation and Pensions”, “Readjustment Benefits”, and “Veterans Insurance and Indemnities” may be transferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018, in this or any other Act, under the “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, “Medical Support and Compliance”, and “Medical Facilities” accounts may be transferred among the accounts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any transfers among the “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, and “Medical Support and Compliance” accounts of 1 percent or less of the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfers among the “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, and “Medical Support and Compliance” accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any transfers to or from the “Medical Facilities” account may take place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations available in this title for salaries and expenses shall be available for services authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No appropriations in this title (except the appropriations for “Construction, Major Projects”, and “Construction, Minor Projects”) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No appropriations in this title shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s5121/etseq">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</ref>)), unless reimbursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the “Medical Services” account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/814">132 STAT. 814</page></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations available in this title for “Compensation and Pensions”, “Readjustment Benefits”, and “Veterans Insurance and Indemnities” shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2017.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Appropriations available in this title shall be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of <ref href="/us/usc/t31">title 31, United States Code</ref>, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from “Compensation and Pensions”.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1920">section 1920 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1923">section 1923 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1955">section 1955 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, reimburse the “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration” and “Information Technology Systems” accounts for the cost of administration of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2018 that are available for dividends in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the cost of administration of such an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2018 which is properly allocable to the provision of each such insurance program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance included in that insurance program.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds available in this title or funds for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for all services provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Resolution Management, $3,932,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, $17,620,000 for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, and $2,973,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts received <page identifier="/us/stat/132/815">132 STAT. 815</page> shall be credited to the “General Administration” and “Information Technology Systems” accounts for use by the office that provided the service.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services provided to any person under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch17">chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, for a non-service-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any person who does not make such disclosure as required: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into the “Construction, Major Projects” and “Construction, Minor Projects” accounts and be used for construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in “Construction, Major Projects” and “Construction, Minor Projects”.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcabdfe57-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Amounts made available under “Medical Services” are available—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabdfe58-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabdfe59-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department.</content></paragraph></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1729A">section 1729A of title 38, United States Code</ref>, may be transferred to the “Medical Services” and “Medical Community Care” accounts to remain available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.</content></section> <section role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 215. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term “<term>rural Alaska</term>” shall mean those lands which are not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/816">132 STAT. 816</page></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 216. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Such sums as may be deposited to the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8118">section 8118 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, may be transferred to the “Construction, Major Projects” and “Construction, Minor Projects” accounts, to remain available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled “Quarterly reporting”, under the heading “<headingText>General Administration</headingText>” in the joint explanatory statement accompanying <ref href="/us/pl/114/223">Public Law 114–223</ref>.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="218"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 218. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts made available under the “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, “Medical Support and Compliance”, “Medical Facilities”, “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”, “Board of Veterans Appeals”, “General Administration”, and “National Cemetery Administration” accounts for fiscal year 2018 may be transferred to or from the “Information Technology Systems” account: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount made available by this Act for the “Information Technology Systems” account: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="219"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 219. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018 for “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, “Medical Support and Compliance”, “Medical Facilities”, “Construction, Minor Projects”, and “Information Technology Systems”, up to $297,137,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/123/3571">123 Stat. 3571</ref>) and may be used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/4500">122 Stat. 4500</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dA/tII/s222">section 222 of title II of division A of Public Law 114–223</ref> is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/817">132 STAT. 817</page></proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="220"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 220. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2018, for “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, “Medical Support and Compliance”, and “Medical Facilities”, up to $306,378,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/123/3571">123 Stat. 3571</ref>) and may be used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/4500">122 Stat. 4500</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="221"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 221. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1729A">section 1729A of title 38, United States Code</ref>, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/4500">122 Stat. 4500</ref>) shall also be available: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/123/3571">123 Stat. 3571</ref>); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<ref href="/us/pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/122/4500">122 Stat. 4500</ref>): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/123/2573">123 Stat. 2573</ref>), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="222"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 222. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the amounts available in this title for “Medical Services”, “Medical Community Care”, “Medical Support and Compliance”, and “Medical Facilities”, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8111/d">section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, to remain available until expended, for any purpose authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8111">section 8111 of title 38, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="223"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 223. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="224"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 224. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all <page identifier="/us/stat/132/818">132 STAT. 818</page> bid savings in a major construction project that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the programmed amount: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such savings.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="225"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 225. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available for “Construction, Major Projects” may be used for a project in excess of the scope specified for that project in the original justification data provided to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="226"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 226. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing performance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained in the section entitled “Disability claims backlog”, under the heading “<headingText>General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration</headingText>” in the joint explanatory statement accompanying <ref href="/us/pl/114/223">Public Law 114–223</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the report shall also include information on the number of appeals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="227"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 227. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to another.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="228"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 228. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="229"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 229. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the “Medical Services” account any discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal year 2018 in this title (except appropriations made to the “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration” account) or any discretionary unobligated balances within the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 2018, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That transfers shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency <page identifier="/us/stat/132/819">132 STAT. 819</page> Deficit Control Act of 1985: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes as originally appropriated: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive approval of that request.</proviso></content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="230"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 230. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018, under the “Board of Veterans Appeals” and the “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration” accounts may be transferred between such accounts: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive approval of that request.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="231"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 231. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram funds among major construction projects or programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="232"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 232.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycabf5dea-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1720F/h">section 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code</ref>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5deb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>provides to individuals who contact the hotline immediate assistance from a trained professional; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5dec-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>adheres to all requirements of the American Association of Suicidology.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycabf5ded-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="ycabf5dee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a position relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a).</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycabf5def-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>In this subsection—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5df0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the term “<term>civil service</term>” has the meaning given such term in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s2101/1">section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code</ref>; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5df1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>the term “<term>Executive action</term>” includes—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5df2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>any Executive order, presidential memorandum, or other action by the President; and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycabf5df3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>any agency policy, order, or other directive.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="233"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 233. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcabfac14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations <page identifier="/us/stat/132/820">132 STAT. 820</page> of both Houses of Congress a report including the following elements:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a national realignment strategy that includes a detailed description of realignment plans within each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital Plan to implement realignment requirements;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac16-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>an explanation of the process by which those plans were developed and coordinated within each VISN;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac17-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned realignment, including the cost of <amendingAction type="substitute">replacing</amendingAction> Veterans Health Administration services with contract care or other outsourced services;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac18-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>an analysis of how any such planned realignment of services will impact access to care for veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, including travel distances and transportation costs to access a VA medical facility and availability of local specialty and primary care;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac19-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>an inventory of VA buildings with historic designation and the methodology used to determine the buildings’ condition and utilization;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac1a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>a description of how any realignment will be consistent with requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfac1b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>consideration given for reuse of historic buildings within newly identified realignment requirements: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That, this provision shall not apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other VISN, which have been authorized or approved by Congress.</proviso></content></paragraph></section> <section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="234"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 234. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcabfd32c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8109/b">Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfd32d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (2), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” at the end;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfd32e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in paragraph (3), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>; and</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycabfd32f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycabfd330-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 1344 of title 31, may use a passenger carrier (as such term is defined in subsection (h)(1) of such section) to transport such an employee between a parking facility and the medical facility of the Department at which the employee works.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="235"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 235. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in contravention of the “Veterans Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer Guidance” published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans Health Administration National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="236"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 236.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac04861-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the “Medical Services” account may be used to provide—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04862-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a covered veteran; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04863-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac04864-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04865-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The term “<term>service-connected</term>” has the meaning given such term in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s101">section 101 of title 38, United States Code</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/821">132 STAT. 821</page></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04866-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The term “<term>covered veteran</term>” means a veteran, as such term is defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s101">section 101 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, who has a service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04867-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>The term “<term>assisted reproductive technology</term>” means benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1074/c/4/A">section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code</ref>, as described in the memorandum on the subject of “Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members” issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement such policy, including any limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such a member except that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04868-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the time periods regarding embryo cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not apply; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac04869-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>such term includes embryo cryopreservation and storage without limitation on the duration of such cryopreservation and storage.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac0486a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The term “<term>adoption reimbursement</term>” means reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement program of the Department of Defense, as authorized in Department of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in such instruction.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac0486b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Amounts made available for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>).</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(rescission of funds)</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="237"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 237. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balance of funds made available in the sixth proviso under the heading “<headingText>Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services</headingText>” in title II of Division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</ref>), $751,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="238"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 238. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (<ref href="/us/pl/109/115">Public Law 109–115</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/119/2506">119 Stat. 2506</ref>); or (2) <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8110/a/5">section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="239"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 239. </inline> </num><content class="inline"><ref href="/us/pl/109/115/s842">Section 842 of Public Law 109–115</ref> shall not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or National Cemetery Administration to contractor performance by a business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5304/e">section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code</ref>, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/822">132 STAT. 822</page> or one or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s637/a/15">section 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="240"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 240.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac06f7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38">38 USC note</ref> prec. 5701.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycac0968d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall discontinue using Social Security account numbers to identify individuals in all information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs as follows:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac0968e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>For all veterans submitting to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac0968f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>For all individuals not described in paragraph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac09690-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social Security account number to identify an individual in an information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such number is required to obtain information the Secretary requires from an information system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="241"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 241. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019 for “Medical Services”, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dA/s239">section 239 of Division A of Public Law 114–223</ref> shall apply.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="242"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 242. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other account within the Department of Veterans Affairs.</content></section> </level><level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><inline class="noSmallCaps">(rescissions of funds)</inline></heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="243"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 243.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac0bda1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Of the unobligated balance of funds made available through September 30, 2018, under the heading “<headingText>Construction, Major Projects</headingText>” in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</ref>), $10,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac0e4b2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>For an additional amount for “Construction, Major Projects”, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac0e4b3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>Of the unobligated balance of funds made available through September 30, 2019, under the heading “<headingText>Construction, Major Projects</headingText>” in division I of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</ref>), $410,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac0e4b4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><content>For an additional amount for “Construction, Major Projects”, $410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="244"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 244. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 for “Medical Services”, funds may be used in each year to carry out and expand the child care program authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/111/163/s205">section 205 of Public Law 111–163</ref>, notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="245"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 245.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac132d5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (<ref href="/us/pl/107/135">Public Law 107–135</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1710">38 U.S.C. 1710 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac132d6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(1)</quotedText>” before “<quotedText>The program</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac132d7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycac132d8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The program shall be carried out at not fewer than two medical centers or clinics in each Veterans Integrated Service Network by not later than December 31, 2019, and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/823">132 STAT. 823</page> at not fewer than 50 percent of all medical centers in each Veterans Integrated Service Network by not later than December 31, 2021.”</content></paragraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac132d9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b)</num><paragraph class="inline" id="ycac132da-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Paragraph (6) of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1701">section 1701 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp2 fontsize10" id="ycac132db-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="H">“(H) </num><content>Chiropractic services.”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac132dc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Paragraph (8) of such section <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>chiropractic,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>counseling,</quotedText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac132dd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>Paragraph (9) of such section <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac132de-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraphs (F) through (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), respectively; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac132df-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph (F):<quotedContent><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac132e0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>chiropractic examinations and services;”</content></subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="246"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 246.</inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac132e1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s7601">38 USC 7601 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><subsection class="inline" id="ycac1cf22-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Pilot Program<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf23-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible Individuals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>An individual is eligible to participate in the pilot program if the individual—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf24-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>has medical or military health experience gained while serving as a member of the Armed Forces;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf25-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>has received a certificate, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, master’s degree, or postbaccalaureate training in a science relating to health care; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf26-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>has participated in the delivery of healthcare services or related medical services, including participation in military training relating to the identification, evaluation, treatment, and prevention of diseases and disorders.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf27-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Duration<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The pilot program shall be carried out during the 5-year period beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf28-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Selection<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf29-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary shall select eligible individuals under subsection (b) to participate in the pilot program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>In selecting individuals to participate in the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to individuals who agree to be employed as a physician assistant for the Veterans Health Administration at a medical facility of the Department located in a community that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>is designated as a medically underserved population under section 330(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s254b/b/3/A">42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)(A)</ref>); and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>is in a State with a per capita population of veterans of more than 5 percent according to the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics and the United States Census Bureau.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Educational Assistance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide educational assistance to individuals participating in the pilot program, including through the use of scholarships, to cover the costs to such individuals of obtaining a master’s degree in physician assistant studies or a similar master’s degree.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Period of Obligated Service<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with each individual participating in the pilot <page identifier="/us/stat/132/824">132 STAT. 824</page> program in which such individual agrees to be employed as a physician assistant for the Veterans Health Administration for a period of obligated service to be determined by the Secretary.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf2f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Breach<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An individual who participates in the pilot program and fails to satisfy the period of obligated service under subsection (f) shall be liable to the United States, in lieu of such obligated service, for the amount that has been paid or is payable to or on behalf of the individual under the pilot program, reduced by the proportion that the number of days served for completion of the period of obligated service bears to the total number of days in the period of obligated service of such individual.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1cf30-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program’s effectiveness of helping to meet the shortage of physician assistants employed by the Department.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="247"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 247. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dA/s248">section 248 of Division A of Public Law 114–223</ref> shall apply.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="248"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 248.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac1f641-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation conducted under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch31">chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employment equivalent.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac1f642-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch31">chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, including—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1f643-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each such program; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac1f644-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>recommendations for such action as the Secretary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for each such program.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="249"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 249. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this title may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would restrict in any way the individual from speaking to members of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="250"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 250. </inline> </num><content class="inline">For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019, <ref href="/us/pl/114/223/dA/s258">section 258 of Division A of Public Law 114–223</ref> shall apply.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="251"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 251.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac21d55-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2402/a">Section 2402(a) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac24466-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">“(10) </num><chapeau>Any individual—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac24467-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau>who—</chapeau><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycac24468-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">“(i) </num><content>was naturalized pursuant to section 2(1) of the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/pl/106/207">Public Law 106–207</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1423">8 U.S.C. 1423 note</ref>); and</content></clause><clause class="fontsize10" id="ycac24469-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658126"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>at the time of the individual’s death resided in the United States.”</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedContent>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/825">132 STAT. 825</page></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac2446a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac2446b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s2402">38 USC 2402 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Effective Date<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual dying on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="252"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 252. </inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac2446c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1701">38 USC 1701 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">The Secretary may carry out a 2-year pilot program making grants to nonprofit veterans services organizations recognized by the Secretary in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5902">section 5902 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, to upgrade, through construction and repair, VSO community facilities into health and wellness centers and to promote and expand complementary and integrative wellness programs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That no single grant may exceed a total of $500,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may not provide more than 20 grants during the 2-year pilot program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the recipient of a grant under this section may not use the grant to purchase real estate or to carry out repair of facilities leased by the recipient or to construct facilities on property leased by the recipient: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary ensures that the grant recipients use grant funds to construct or repair facilities located in at least 10 different geographic locations in economically depressed areas or areas designated as highly rural that are not in close proximity to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, on the grant program established under this section.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="253"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 253. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act for “Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities” may be used to award grants for applications included in priority one of the priority list for the first time which have been assigned a higher priority ranking for fiscal year 2018 than unfunded applications which met the eligibility requirements defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8135/c">section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, in fiscal year 2017 and continue to meet those requirements in fiscal year 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary may award grants for new applications in fiscal year 2018 for projects that did not meet eligibility requirements defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8135/c">section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, in fiscal year 2017 only after applications which met priority one eligibility requirements in fiscal year 2017 and continue to meet those requirements defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8135/c">section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code</ref>, have been funded: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That nothing in this section shall preclude the Secretary from assigning a higher priority ranking or funding a grant application to correct conditions that threaten the life or safety of patients which meet the criteria laid out in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s8135/c">section 8135(c) of title 38, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="254"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 254. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to conduct research using canines unless: the scientific objectives of the study can only be met by research with canines; the study has been directly approved by the Secretary; and the study is consistent with the revised Department of Veterans Affairs canine research policy document released on December 18, 2017: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed report outlining under what circumstances canine research may be needed if there are no other alternatives, how often it was used during that time period, and what protocols are in place to determine both the safety and efficacy of the research.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/826">132 STAT. 826</page></proviso></content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="255"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 255. </inline> </num><chapeau class="inline" id="xcac2928d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, for infrastructure improvements, including new construction, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available in this act for such purpose, of which:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac2b99e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,000,000,000 shall be for “Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities” to be used for non-recurring maintenance;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac2b99f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>$425,000,000 shall be for “Departmental Administration—Construction, Minor Projects”; and,</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac2b9a0-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>$575,000,000 shall be for “Departmental Administration—Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities”;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcac2b9a1-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the additional amounts appropriated for the purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor construction may be used to carry out critical life-safety projects identified in the Department’s annual facility condition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Veterans Health Administration medical centers and outpatient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Capital Investment Process plan: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the additional amounts appropriated under this section may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a detailed expenditure plan, including project descriptions and costs, for any non-recurring maintenance, minor construction or State extended care facility project being funded with the additional amounts made available in this administrative provision.</proviso></continuation></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="256"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 256. </inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac2b9a2-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5101">38 USC 5101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline" id="xcac2b9a3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97">Subsection (d) of section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 (<ref href="/us/pl/104/275">Public Law 104–275</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5101">38 U.S.C. 5101 note</ref>), as amended, is further amended to read as follows:<quotedContent><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac2b9a4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Source of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Expenses of carrying out the pilot program under this section, including payments for pilot program examination travel and incidental expenses under the terms and conditions set forth by <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s111">38 U.S.C. 111</ref>, shall be reimbursed to the accounts available for the general operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration and information technology systems from amounts available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for payment of compensation and pensions.”</content></subsection></quotedContent>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="257"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 257. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans identification card pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5706/c">section 5706(c) of title 38, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="258"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 258.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac32ed5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch17/schII">Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new section:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp3 firstIndent-3 fontsize10" id="ycac3f226-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658175"><num class="fontsize10 bold" value="1712I">“§ 1712I.</num><heading class="fontsize10 bold"> <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac3f227-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s1712I">38 USC 1712I</ref>.</p></sidenote>Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces</heading><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f228-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall furnish to former members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (b)—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f229-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>an initial mental health assessment; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f22a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>the mental healthcare or behavioral healthcare services authorized under this chapter that are required to treat the mental or behavioral health care needs of the former service members, including risk of suicide or harming others.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/827">132 STAT. 827</page></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f22b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Eligible Individuals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>A former member of the Armed Forces described in this subsection is an individual who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f22c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>is a former member of the Armed Forces, including the reserve components;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f22d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>while serving in the active military, naval, or air service, was discharged or released therefrom under a condition that is not honorable but not—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f22e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>a dishonorable discharge; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f22f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>a discharge by court-martial;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f230-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><content>is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the health care system established by section 1705 of this title; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f231-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4)</num><subparagraph class="inline" id="ycac3f232-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="A">(A)</num><clause class="inline" id="ycac3f233-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>served in the Armed Forces for a period of more than 100 cumulative days; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f234-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>was deployed in a theater of combat operations, in support of a contingency operation, or in an area at a time during which hostilities are occurring in that area during such service, including by controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle from a location other than such theater or area; or</content></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f235-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>while serving in the Armed Forces, was the victim of a physical assault of a sexual nature, a battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment (as defined in section 1720D(f) of this title).</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f236-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">“(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Non-Department Care<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="inline" id="ycac3f237-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>In furnishing mental or behavioral health care services to an individual under this section, the Secretary may provide such mental or behavioral health care services at a non-Department facility if—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f238-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>in the judgment of a mental health professional employed by the Department, the receipt of mental or behavioral health care services by that individual in facilities of the Department would be clinically inadvisable; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f239-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>facilities of the Department are not capable of furnishing such mental or behavioral health care services to that individual economically because of geographical inaccessibility.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f23a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) pursuant to section 1703 of this title or any other provision of law authorizing the Secretary to enter into contracts or agreements to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans at non-Department facilities.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f23b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">“(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Setting and Referrals<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In furnishing mental and behavioral health care services to individuals under this section, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f23c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>seek to ensure that such services are furnished in settings that are therapeutically appropriate, taking into account the circumstances that resulted in the need for such services; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f23d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>provide referral services to assist former members who are not eligible for services under this chapter to obtain services from sources outside the Department.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f23e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">“(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The Secretary shall provide information on the mental and behavioral health care services available under this section. Efforts by the Secretary to provide such information—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f23f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>shall include notification of each eligible individual described in subsection (b) about the eligibility of the individual for covered mental and behavioral health care under this section not later than the later of—<page identifier="/us/stat/132/828">132 STAT. 828</page></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f240-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>180 days after the date of the enactment of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f241-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>180 days after the date on which the individual was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service;</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f242-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>shall include availability of a toll-free telephone number (commonly referred to as an 800 number);</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f243-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau>shall ensure that information about the mental health care services available under this section—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f244-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>is revised and updated as appropriate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f245-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>is made available and visibly posted at appropriate facilities of the Department; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f246-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>is made available to State veteran agencies and through appropriate public information services; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f247-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">“(4) </num><content>shall include coordination with the Secretary of Defense seeking to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and individuals who are being separated from active military, naval, or air service are provided appropriate information about programs, requirements, and procedures for applying for mental health care services under this section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f248-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">“(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Annual Reports<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="inline" id="ycac3f249-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the mental and behavioral health care services provided under this section.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f24a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the year preceding the submittal of the report, the following:</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f24b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>The number of eligible individuals who were furnished mental or behavioral health care services under this section, disaggregated by the number of men who received such services and the number of women who received such services.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f24c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>The number of individuals who requested an initial mental health assessment under subsection (a)(1).</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac3f24d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>Such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.”</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac3f24e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clerical Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The table of sections at the beginning of <ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch17">chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code</ref><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac3f24f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">38 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac3f250-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 1701.<?GPOvSpace 10?></p></sidenote>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 1720H the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“1720I. </designator> <label>Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="259"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 259.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac41961-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content><ref href="/us/usc/t38/ch53">Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after section 5303A the following new section:<quotedContent><section class="indentUp3 firstIndent-3 fontsize10" id="ycac44072-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658175"><num class="fontsize10 bold" value="5303B">“§ 5303B.</num><heading class="fontsize10 bold"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac44073-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t38/s5303B">38 USC 5303B</ref>.</p></sidenote> Character of service determinations</heading><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac44074-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determination<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary shall establish a process by which an individual who served in the Armed Forces and was discharged or dismissed therefrom may seek a determination from the Secretary with respect to whether such discharge or release was under a condition that bars the right of such individual to a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary based upon the period of service from which discharged or dismissed.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/829">132 STAT. 829</page></content></subsection><subsection class="indentDown3 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac44075-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Provision of Information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>If the Secretary determines under subsection (a) that an individual is barred to a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide to such individual information regarding the ability of the individual to address such condition, including pursuant to section 5303 of this title and chapter 79 of title 10.”</content></subsection></section> </quotedContent>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac44076-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Clerical Amendment<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac44077-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">38 USC</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac44078-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 5301.<?GPOvSpace 10?></p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 5303A the following new item:<quotedContent><toc> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242"> <designator>“5303B. </designator> <label>Character of service determinations.”.</label> </referenceItem></toc> </quotedContent></content></subsection></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCIES</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">American Battle Monuments Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $42,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, $79,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">foreign currency fluctuations account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t36/s2109">section 2109 of title 36, United States Code</ref>.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, $33,600,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That, of the amount, up to $800,000 may be transferred to the General Services Administration for planning and design of a courthouse, to include a feasibility study: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That $2,580,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described and in accordance with the process and reporting procedures set forth under this heading in <ref href="/us/pl/102/229">Public Law 102–229</ref>.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/830">132 STAT. 830</page></proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of Defense—Civil</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Cemeterial Expenses, Army</subheading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. In addition, such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from the “Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies” account.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for planning and design and construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $167,000,000, to remain available until expended, for planning and design and construction associated with the Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Cemetery.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Armed Forces Retirement Home</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">trust fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army</headingText>”, may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land available for ground burials.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Amounts deposited into the special account established under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s4727">10 U.S.C. 4727</ref> are appropriated and shall be available until expended to support activities at the Army National Military Cemeteries.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/831">132 STAT. 831</page></content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Army</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Army”, $146,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps”, $33,248,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Air Force</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Air Force” $546,352,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Military Construction, Defense-Wide</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for “Military Construction, Defense-Wide”, $24,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, 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.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <level style="-uslm-lc:I658174"><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administrative Provisions</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402. </inline> </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac503c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s221">10 USC 221 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide the congressional defense committees a future years defense program for funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction projects related to European Reassurance Initiative and European Deterrence Initiative beginning in fiscal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal year <page identifier="/us/stat/132/832">132 STAT. 832</page> that funding is requested for either initiative. Further, the Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the future years defense program with each fiscal year budget submission.</content></section> </level> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503. </inline> </num><content class="inline">All departments and agencies funded under this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of “E–Commerce” technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public service activities.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 505. </inline> </num><content class="inline">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 or any other appropriations Act.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 506. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House of Representatives.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 507.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac578fa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac578fb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac578fc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the public posting of the report compromises national security; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac578fd-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the report contains confidential or proprietary information.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac578fe-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><content>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.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 508.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac578ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>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.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac57900-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency <page identifier="/us/stat/132/833">132 STAT. 833</page> or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 509. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including construction services, where the contractor has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.</content></section> <section style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycac5c721-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">In General<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac5c722-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><content>The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycac5c723-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and who—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac5c724-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac5c725-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac5c726-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac5c727-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>

  This division may be cited as the “Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018”.

 DIVISION K—

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 <num class="smallCaps" value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">DEPARTMENT OF STATE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Administration of Foreign Affairs</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">diplomatic and consular programs</heading> <chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcac6636a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,744,440,000, of which up to $654,553,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which up to $1,380,752,000 may remain available until <page identifier="/us/stat/132/834">132 STAT. 834</page> expended for Worldwide Security Protection: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows:</proviso></chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac6636b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Human resources<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For necessary expenses for training, human resources management, and salaries, including employment without regard to civil service and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,770,673,000, of which up to $476,879,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac6636c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Overseas programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For necessary expenses for the regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, $1,253,799,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac6636d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Diplomatic policy and support<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, including representation to certain international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as authorized, $794,561,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac6636e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Security programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For necessary expenses for security activities, $925,407,000, of which up to $903,873,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac6636f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Fees and payments collected<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this heading—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66370-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>as authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees from educational advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66371-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House facilities.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66372-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of funds, reprogramming, and other matters<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66373-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66374-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>Of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</headingText>”, to be available only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as authorized.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66375-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Funds appropriated under this heading are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1108/g">section 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, for the field examination of programs and activities in the United States funded from any account contained in this title.</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycac66376-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Funds appropriated under this heading that are designated for Worldwide Security Protection shall continue <page identifier="/us/stat/132/835">132 STAT. 835</page> to be made available for support of security-related training at sites in existence prior to the enactment of this Act.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital investment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as authorized, $103,400,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $77,629,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s3929/a/1">22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)</ref>), as it relates to post inspections: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,644,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">educational and cultural exchange programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized, $646,143,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $240,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not less than $111,360,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program, including $4,125,000 for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That fees or other payments received from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">representation expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">protection of foreign missions and officials</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">embassy security, construction, and maintenance</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcac6d8a7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s292/etseq">22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.</ref>), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, $765,459,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas representation expenses as authorized: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available <page identifier="/us/stat/132/836">132 STAT. 836</page> for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies of the United States Government.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcac6d8a8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,477,237,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made available under this heading and the actual and anticipated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2018.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Repatriation Loans Program Account</headingText>”, subject to the same terms and conditions.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">repatriation loans program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,440,856.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the american institute in taiwan</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (<ref href="/us/pl/96/8">Public Law 96–8</ref>), $31,963,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international center, washington, district of columbia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act (<ref href="/us/pl/90/553">Public Law 90–553</ref>), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Organizations</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contributions to international organizations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  <sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac726c9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s269a">22 USC 269a note</ref>.</p></sidenote>For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,371,168,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of State shall, at <page identifier="/us/stat/132/837">132 STAT. 837</page> the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than June 1, 2018, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits attributable to the United States, including from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 assessment costs including offsets from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2706">22 U.S.C. 2706</ref>), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to the United States and provide updated assessment costs including offsets from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective international organization and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for a United States contribution to an international organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to the United States Government by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contributions for international peacekeeping activities</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, $414,624,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that <page identifier="/us/stat/132/838">132 STAT. 838</page> will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, including prosecution in their home countries and making information about such prosecutions publicly available on the Web site of the United Nations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human rights: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that United States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United States Armed Forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s military advisors have submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest of the United States and the President has submitted to Congress such a recommendation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not later than June 1, 2018, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits attributable to the United States, including those resulting from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 assessment costs including offsets from available credits: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2706">22 U.S.C. 2706</ref>), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to the United States and provide updated assessment costs, including offsets from available credits: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and members of the United Nations Security Council to evaluate and prioritize <page identifier="/us/stat/132/839">132 STAT. 839</page> peacekeeping missions, and to consider a draw down when mission goals have been substantially achieved.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Commissions</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xcac79bfa-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t22/s268a">22 USC 268a note</ref>.</p></sidenote> necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows:</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $48,134,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">construction</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">american sections, international commissions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/103/182">Public Law 103–182</ref>), $13,258,000: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That of the amount provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019, and $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international fisheries commissions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $46,356,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3324">section 3324 of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED AGENCY</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Broadcasting Board of Governors</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international broadcasting operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/840">132 STAT. 840</page> Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $797,986,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to $34,508,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain available until expended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the BBG shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the BBG that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists or those who support international terrorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s6202">22 U.S.C. 6202</ref>) or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to funds made available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating international organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">broadcasting capital improvements</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">RELATED PROGRAMS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">The Asia Foundation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The Asia Foundation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4402">22 U.S.C. 4402</ref>), $17,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Institute of Peace</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4601/etseq">22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.</ref>), $37,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall not be used for construction activities.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/841">132 STAT. 841</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2078">22 U.S.C. 2078</ref>), the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 2018, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s5204–5205">20 U.S.C. 5204–5205</ref>), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2018, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5376">section 5376 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; or for purposes which are not in accordance with section 200 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t2">title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, including the restrictions on compensation for personal services.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Israeli Arab Scholarship Program</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2452">22 U.S.C. 2452 note</ref>), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2018, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">East-West Center</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">National Endowment for Democracy</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4412">22 U.S.C. 4412</ref>), $170,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core institutes, and $52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/842">132 STAT. 842</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="major"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">OTHER COMMISSIONS</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $675,000, as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t54/ch3123">chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Commission may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States Commission on International Religious Freedom</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s6431/etseq">22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.</ref>), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That prior to the obligation of $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading, the Commission shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of USCIRF Mission Effectiveness that was conducted pursuant to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/71">Public Law 114–71</ref>), and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by <ref href="/us/pl/94/304">Public Law 94–304</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s3001/etseq">22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</ref>), $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s6911/etseq">22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.</ref>), $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2019.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/843">132 STAT. 843</page></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">salaries and expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7002">22 U.S.C. 7002</ref>), $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (<ref href="/us/pl/111/117/dF">division F of Public Law 111–117</ref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2018 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if included in this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">operating expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,189,609,000, of which up to $178,441,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading “<headingText>Capital Investment Fund</headingText>” in this title may be made available to finance the construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for International Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That contracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to “Operating Expenses” in accordance with the provisions of those sections: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated or made available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">capital investment fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section <page identifier="/us/stat/132/844">132 STAT. 844</page> 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $197,100,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">office of inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $72,800,000, of which up to $10,920,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019, for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes, as follows:</chapeau><appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">global health programs</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaca822b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $3,020,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, and which shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for International Development: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That this amount shall be made available for training, equipment, and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health institutions and organizations in developing countries, and for such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to, unanticipated and emerging global health threats; and (8) family planning/reproductive health: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available for a United States contribution to the GAVI Alliance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any determination made under the previous proviso must be made not later <page identifier="/us/stat/132/845">132 STAT. 845</page> than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the determination: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator determines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, the term “<term>motivate</term>”, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling <page identifier="/us/stat/132/846">132 STAT. 846</page> about all pregnancy options: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That information provided about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such use.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaca822c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of State: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/pl/108/25">Public Law 108–25</ref>), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That clauses (i) and (vi) of section 202(d)(4)(A) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7622">22 U.S.C. 7622</ref>) shall be applied with respect to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 by substituting “2004” for “2009”: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2018 may be made available to USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">development assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international disaster assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $2,696,534,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">transition initiatives</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support transition to democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such support may include assistance to <page identifier="/us/stat/132/847">132 STAT. 847</page> develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is important to the national interest of the United States to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">complex crises fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available on such terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of preventing or responding to such challenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used for administrative expenses, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">development credit authority</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacaf75d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the United States Agency for International Development, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $55,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading “<headingText>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</headingText>”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which further the purposes of part I of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/848">132 STAT. 848</page> such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, and funds used for such cost, including if the cost results in a negative subsidy, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, except that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single country shall not exceed $300,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacb1e6e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading “<headingText>Operating Expenses</headingText>” in title II of this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2020.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">economic support fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,816,731,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">democracy fund</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacb1e6f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of <ref href="/us/pl/98/164">Public Law 98–164</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4411">22 U.S.C. 4411</ref>), $150,375,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading that are made available to the National Endowment for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise available by this Act for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacb1e70-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For an additional amount for such purposes, $65,125,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public <page identifier="/us/stat/132/849">132 STAT. 849</page> Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (<ref href="/us/pl/101/179">Public Law 101–179</ref>), $750,334,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 7070 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified in <ref href="/us/pl/102/511/s3">section 3 of Public Law 102–511</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s5801">22 U.S.C. 5801</ref>) and <ref href="/us/pl/101/179/s3/c">section 3(c) of Public Law 101–179</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s5402">22 U.S.C. 5402</ref>), in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated by this Act under the headings “Global Health Programs”, “Economic Support Fund”, and “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement” that are made available for assistance for such countries shall be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/102/511/s102">section 102 of Public Law 102–511</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/101/179/s601">section 601 of Public Law 101–179</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of State</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">migration and refugee assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of <ref href="/us/usc/t5">title 5, United States Code</ref>; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, $927,802,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian requirements, and $7,500,000 shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2601/c">22 U.S.C. 2601(c)</ref>), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Migration and Refugee Assistance</headingText>”.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Independent Agencies</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">peace corps</heading> <subheading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">(including transfer of funds)</subheading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2501/etseq">22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</ref>), including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, $410,000,000, of which <page identifier="/us/stat/132/850">132 STAT. 850</page> $5,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Director of the Peace Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s2515">22 U.S.C. 2515</ref>), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any decision to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or country program shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation and regular notification procedures may be waived when there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dE/s614">section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76</ref> shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">millennium challenge corporation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s7701/etseq">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</ref>) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA for fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the MCC Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to commencing negotiations for any country compact or threshold country program; signing any such compact or threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such compact or threshold program: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are available to implement section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That no country should be eligible for a threshold program after such country has completed a country compact: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notification <page identifier="/us/stat/132/851">132 STAT. 851</page> procedures of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obligation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in addition to countries described in the preceding proviso, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any MCC candidate country under section 606 of the MCA with a per capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that the country would be reclassified from a low income country to a lower middle income country or from a lower middle income country to a low income country shall retain its candidacy status in its former income classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That publication in the Federal Register of a notice of availability of a copy of a Compact on the MCC Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Compact: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be available for a threshold program in a country that is not currently a candidate country: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">inter-american foundation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">united states african development foundation</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development Foundation Act (<ref href="/us/pl/96/533/tV">title V of Public Law 96–533</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s290h/etseq">22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.</ref>), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds made available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s290h–3/a/2">22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)</ref>), in <page identifier="/us/stat/132/852">132 STAT. 852</page> exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the USADF shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees after each time such waiver authority is exercised: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African Development Foundation Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for program purposes.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of the Treasury</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international affairs technical assistance</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That amounts made available under this heading may be made available to contract for services as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which such services are performed.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Department of State</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international narcotics control and law enforcement</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $950,845,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Department of State may use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose of providing such property to a foreign country or international organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding such section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading that are transferred to another department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess <page identifier="/us/stat/132/853">132 STAT. 853</page> of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $655,467,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate congressional committees of information regarding any separate arrangements relating to the “Road-map for the Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Program” between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic of Iran, in classified form if necessary, if such information becomes known to the Department of State: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may also be used for such countries other than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and international organizations when it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available for conventional weapons destruction programs, including demining and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to the operation and management of such programs and activities, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">peacekeeping operations</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $212,712,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping operations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That <page identifier="/us/stat/132/854">132 STAT. 854</page> of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $31,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international military education and training</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $110,875,000, of which up to $11,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the civilian personnel for whom military education and training may be provided under this heading may include civilians who are not members of a government whose participation would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for human rights: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">foreign military financing program</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaccf331-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $5,671,613,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and international organizations, the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the regular notification procedures of such Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1501/a">section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcaccf332-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  None of the funds made available under this heading shall be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurement has first signed an agreement with the United States Government specifying the conditions under which such procurement may be financed with such funds: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular <page identifier="/us/stat/132/855">132 STAT. 855</page> notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That only those countries for which assistance was justified for the “Foreign Military Sales Financing Program” in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance programs may utilize funds made available under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and services: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading for general costs of administering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That not more than $950,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></p></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Funds Appropriated to the President</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">international organizations and programs</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973 (<ref href="/us/pl/93/188">Public Law 93–188</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/87/713">87 Stat. 713</ref>), $339,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">International Financial Institutions</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">global environment facility</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available until expended.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/856">132 STAT. 856</page></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the international development association</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the International Development Association by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the asian development fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the african development bank</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, $32,418,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on callable capital subscriptions</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The United States Governor of the African Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $507,860,808.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the african development fund</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">contribution to the international fund for agricultural development</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.</content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VI">TITLE VI</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE</heading> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Export-Import Bank of the United States</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">inspector general</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,700,000, of which up to $855,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019.</content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/857">132 STAT. 857</page> United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment of this Act.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">administrative expenses</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with any transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects of any transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That in addition to other funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such purposes, to remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">receipts collected</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (<ref href="/us/pl/79/173">Public Law 79–173</ref>) and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That amounts collected in fiscal year 2018 in excess of obligations, up to $10,000,000 shall become available on September 1, 2018, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <appropriations level="intermediate"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">Overseas Private Investment Corporation</heading> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">noncredit account</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided <page identifier="/us/stat/132/858">132 STAT. 858</page> by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">section 9104 of title 31, United States Code</ref>, such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law as may be necessary: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That the amount available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an amount for official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed $79,200,000: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That project-specific transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">program account</heading> <content><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacddd93-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $20,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account, to remain available until September 30, 2020: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2018 remain available for disbursement through 2026; funds obligated in fiscal year 2019 remain available for disbursement through 2027; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2020 remain available for disbursement through 2028: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></p><p class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xcacddd94-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account.</p></content></appropriations> <appropriations level="small"> <heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">trade and development agency</heading> <content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $79,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations> </appropriations> <num class="smallCaps" value="VII">TITLE VII</num><heading class="smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">allowances and differentials</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7001"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7001. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by sub<ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch59">chapter 59 of title 5, United States Code</ref>; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and <page identifier="/us/stat/132/859">132 STAT. 859</page> for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1343/b">section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">unobligated balances report</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7002"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7002. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any department or agency of the United States Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such department or agency in fiscal year 2018 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the report required by this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter and should specify by account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not been further sub-obligated.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">consulting services</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7003"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7003. </inline> </num><content class="inline">The expenditure of any appropriation under title I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">section 3109 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">diplomatic facilities</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7004"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7004.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycaceef05-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Capital Security Cost Sharing Information<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the Committees on Appropriations of each instance in which a Federal department or agency is delinquent in providing the full amount of funding required by section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4865">22 U.S.C. 4865 note</ref>).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef06-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by <ref href="/us/pl/106/113/s1000/a/7">section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113</ref> and contained in appendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/323">Public Law 114–323</ref>), a project to construct a facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef07-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">New Diplomatic Facilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2018 costs of providing new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4865">22 U.S.C. 4865 note</ref>), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual program level and agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the contribution of the Department of State for this purpose: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for departments and agencies of the United States Government shall be made available for the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program and the Maintenance Cost Sharing Program at levels not less than the prior fiscal year.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/860">132 STAT. 860</page></proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef08-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation and Notification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be made available for the acquisition of property or award of construction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fiscal year 2018, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall include the information enumerated under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” in House Report 115–253 and Senate Report 114–290: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any such notification for a new diplomatic facility justified to the Committees on Appropriations in the Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 2018, or not previously justified to such Committees, shall also include confirmation that the Department of State has completed the requisite value engineering studies required pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 2013 and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Policy and Procedure Directive, P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engineering.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef09-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Interim and Temporary Facilities Abroad<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef0a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Security vulnerabilities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” may be made available, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, to address security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical security upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum of $25,000,000.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef0b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such consultation and notification may be waived if there is a security risk to personnel.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef0c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of Funds Authority<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</headingText>”, including for Worldwide Security Protection, and under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, following consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available under any other provision of law.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef0d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Soft Targets<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” may be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, and residences used by United States <page identifier="/us/stat/132/861">132 STAT. 861</page> diplomatic personnel and their dependents, except that the amount made available for such purposes shall be a minimum of $10,000,000.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef0e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Secure Resupply and Maintenance<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of State may not grant final approval for the construction of a new facility or substantial construction to improve or expand an existing facility in the United States by or for the Government of the People’s Republic of China until the Secretary certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that an agreement has been concluded between the Governments of the United States and the People’s Republic of China that permits secure resupply, maintenance, and new construction of United States Government facilities in the People’s Republic of China.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef0f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">New Embassy Compound Kinshasa<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Peacekeeping Operations</headingText>” that are made available for the central Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 25 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such Government has fully vacated the property purchased by the United States in Kinshasa for the construction of a New Embassy Compound.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycaceef10-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reports<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef11-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, made available through Federal agency Capital Security Cost Sharing contributions and reimbursements, or generated from the proceeds of real property sales, other than from real property sales located in London, United Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or construction of the New London Embassy: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the reporting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (<ref href="/us/pl/112/74/dI">division I of Public Law 112–74</ref>) shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2018.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef12-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 2019, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on the new Mexico City Embassy, New Delhi Embassy, and Beirut Embassy projects: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such report shall include, for each of the projects—</proviso></chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef13-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>a detailed breakout of the project factors that formed the basis of the initial cost estimate used to justify such project to the Committees on Appropriations, as described under the heading “<headingText>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</headingText>” in House Report 115–253;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef14-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>a comparison of the current project factors as compared to the project factors submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subsection, and an explanation of any changes; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycaceef15-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations on project costs.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/862">132 STAT. 862</page></content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">personnel actions</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7005"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7005. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title I to such department or agency: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">department of state management</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7006"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7006.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycacfb266-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Financial Systems Improvement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations of the Department of State under the headings “Diplomatic and Consular Programs” and “Capital Investment Fund” shall be made available to implement the recommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report entitled “Department Financial Systems Are Insufficient to Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds”: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an update to the plan required under section 7006 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dJ">division J of Public Law 115–31</ref>) for implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may not be obligated for enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget System Modernization Financial System, Central Resource Management System, Joint Financial Management System, or Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such funds may not be obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc electronic systems to track commitments, obligations, or expenditures of funds unless the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of State, has reviewed and certified that such new system or expansion is consistent with the FADR and OIG recommendations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycacfb267-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Working Capital Fund<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the service centers included in the Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 2018: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the amounts for such service centers shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That Federal agency components shall be charged only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That prior to increasing the percentage charged to Department of State bureaus and offices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of State shall include the proposed increase in the Department of State budget justification or, at least 60 days prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appropriations a justification for such increase, including a detailed assessment of the cost <page identifier="/us/stat/132/863">132 STAT. 863</page> and benefit of the services provided by the procurement fee: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That Federal agency components may only pay for Working Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose and authorities of such components: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of each service.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycacfb268-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Certification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb269-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Not later than 45 days after the initial obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act that are made available to a Department of State bureau or office with responsibility for the management and oversight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is in compliance with Department and Federal financial and grants management policies, procedures, and regulations, as applicable.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>When making a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or office to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>account for the obligated funds at the country and program level, as appropriate;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>identify risks and develop mitigation and monitoring plans;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>establish performance measures and indicators;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>review activities and performance; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb26f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>assess final results and reconcile finances.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb270-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>If the Secretary of State is unable to make a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office into compliance.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycacfb271-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>The report accompanying a certification required by paragraph (1) shall include the requirements contained under this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycacfb272-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report on Sole Source Awards<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than December 31, 2018, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing all sole-source awards made by the Department of State during the previous fiscal year in excess of $2,000,000: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such report should be posted on the Department of State Web site.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition against direct funding for certain countries</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7007"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7007. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">coups d’état</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7008"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7008. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup d’état or decree or, after the date <page identifier="/us/stat/132/864">132 STAT. 864</page> of enactment of this Act, a coup d’état or decree in which the military plays a decisive role: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That assistance may be resumed to such government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected government has taken office: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or public participation in democratic processes: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">transfer of funds authority</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7009"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7009.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad09bd3-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bd4-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Department of state<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such transfer may be made to increase the appropriation under the heading “<headingText>Representation Expenses</headingText>”.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bd5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Broadcasting board of governors<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bd6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Treatment as reprogramming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad09bd7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Title VI Agencies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation, other than for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 2018, for programs under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad09bd8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation on Transfers of Funds Between Agencies<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bd9-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available under titles II through V of 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 appropriations Act.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bda-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Allocation and transfers<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry <page identifier="/us/stat/132/865">132 STAT. 865</page> out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad09bdb-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any agreement entered into by the United States Agency for International Development or the Department of State with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings “Global Health Programs”, “Development Assistance”, “Economic Support Fund”, and “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia” shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of State.</proviso></content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad09bdc-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Transfer of Funds Between Accounts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad0c2ed-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Audit of Inter-agency Transfers of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations and related programs, entered into between the Department of State or USAID and another agency of the United States Government under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the use of such funds and report to the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such audits: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That funds transferred under such authority may be made available for the cost of such audits.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad0c2ee-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing all transfers to another agency of the United States Government made pursuant to sections 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with funds provided in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dJ">division J of Public Law 115–31</ref>) as of the date of enactment of this Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such reports shall include a list of each transfer made pursuant to such sections with the respective funding level, appropriation account, and the receiving agency.<page identifier="/us/stat/132/866">132 STAT. 866</page></proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition on certain operational expenses</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7010"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7010.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad0e9ff-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">First-Class Travel<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of United States Government departments and agencies funded by this Act in contravention of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad0ea00-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Computer Networks<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this Act for the operating expenses of any United States Government department or agency may be used to establish or maintain a computer network for use by such department or agency unless such network has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit Web sites: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying out the following activities: criminal investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such Web sites undertaken as part of official business.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad0ea01-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Prohibition on Promotion of Tobacco<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this Act should be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">availability of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7011"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7011. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided by this Act: <proviso><i> Provided,</i> That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under the headings “Development Credit Authority” and “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia” shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That the availability of funds pursuant to the previous proviso shall not be applicable to such funds until the Secretary of State submits the report required under section 7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dK">division K of Public Law 114–113</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than October 30, 2018, detailing by account <page identifier="/us/stat/132/867">132 STAT. 867</page> and source year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal year.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on assistance to countries in default</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7012"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7012. </inline> </num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation provided under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the government of any country which is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made to the government of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President determines, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the national interest of the United States.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition on taxation of united states assistance</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7013"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7013.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad1d462-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Prohibition on Taxation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating that assistance provided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1d463-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification and Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2018 on funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs by a foreign government or entity against United States assistance programs, either directly or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2019 and for prior fiscal years and allocated for the central government of such country or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, if, not later than September 30, 2019, such taxes have not been reimbursed: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations by such date on the foreign governments and entities that have not reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of funds withheld pursuant to this subsection.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb74-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">De Minimis Exception<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Foreign taxes of a de minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b).</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb75-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Reprogramming of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds withheld from obligation for each foreign government or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for countries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in a programmatically responsible manner.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb76-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Determinations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb77-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">In general<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>The provisions of this section shall not apply to any foreign government or entity that assesses such <page identifier="/us/stat/132/868">132 STAT. 868</page> taxes if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb78-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>such foreign government or entity has an effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb79-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the foreign policy interests of the United States outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United States assistance is not subject to taxation.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Consultation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to any foreign government or entity.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Implementation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The Secretary of State shall issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this section.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Definitions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>As used in this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Bilateral agreement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>bilateral agreement</term>” refers to a framework bilateral agreement between the Government of the United States and the government of the country receiving assistance that describes the privileges and immunities applicable to United States foreign assistance for such country generally, or an individual agreement between the Government of the United States and such government that describes, among other things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the United States assistance provided under that agreement.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Taxes and taxation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The term “<term>taxes and taxation</term>” shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad1fb7f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Report<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant agencies of the United States Government, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the requirements contained under this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">reservations of funds</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7014"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7014.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad22290-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Reprogramming<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act which are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the designation is made impossible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under the same terms and conditions as originally provided.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad22291-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Extension of Availability<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>In addition to the authority contained in subsection (a), the original period of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and administered by the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development that are specifically designated for particular programs or activities by this or any other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as <page identifier="/us/stat/132/869">132 STAT. 869</page> appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obligated during the original period of availability: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such designated funds that continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose of such designation.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad22292-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other Acts<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.</proviso></content></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">notification requirements</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7015"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7015.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad3f753-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Notification of Changes in Programs, Projects, and Activities<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>None of the funds made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs to the departments and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by transfer, to the departments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f754-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>create new programs;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f755-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>suspend or eliminate a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f756-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f757-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename bureaus, centers, or offices; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f758-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>contract out or privatize any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcad3f759-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f75a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification of Reprogramming of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>None of the funds provided under titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, to the departments and agencies funded under titles I and II of this Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the department and agency funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f75b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>augments or changes existing programs, projects, or activities;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f75c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>relocates an existing office or employees;</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f75d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f75e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change <page identifier="/us/stat/132/870">132 STAT. 870</page> in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;</content></paragraph><continuation class="fontsize10" id="xcad3f75f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</continuation></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f760-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Notification Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds made available by this Act under the headings “Global Health Programs”, “Development Assistance”, “International Organizations and Programs”, “Trade and Development Agency”, “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement”, “Economic Support Fund”, “Democracy Fund”, “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia”, “Peacekeeping Operations”, “Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs”, “Millennium Challenge Corporation”, “Foreign Military Financing Program”, “International Military Education and Training”, and “Peace Corps”, shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That requirements of this subsection or any similar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which funds are appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any notification submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall include information (if known on the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That if subsequent to the notification of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent practicable.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f761-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Department of Defense Programs and Funding Notifications<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f762-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available to support or continue any program initially funded under any authority of <ref href="/us/usc/t10">title 10, United States Code</ref>, or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, submits a justification to such Committees that includes a description of, and the estimated costs associated with, the support or continuation of such program.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f763-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Funding<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the exception of funds transferred to, and merged with, <page identifier="/us/stat/132/871">132 STAT. 871</page> funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development for assistance for foreign countries and international organizations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f764-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="e">(e) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Waiver<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>The requirements of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f765-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="f">(f) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Country Notification Requirements<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f766-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="g">(g) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Trust Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated or otherwise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for a trust fund held by an international financial institution as defined by section 7034(r)(3) of this Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such notification shall include the information specified under this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f767-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="h">(h) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other Program Notification Requirement<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f768-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Diplomatic and consular programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated under title I of this Act under the heading “<headingText>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</headingText>” that are made available for a pilot program for lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f769-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Other programs<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><chapeau>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for the following programs and activities shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76a-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>The Global Engagement Center, except that the Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees prior to submitting such notification;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76b-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>The Power Africa initiative, or any successor program;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76c-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>Community-based police assistance conducted pursuant to the authority of section 7049 of this Act;<page identifier="/us/stat/132/872">132 STAT. 872</page></content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76d-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>Programs to counter foreign fighters and extremist organizations, pursuant to section 7073(a) of this Act;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76e-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>The Relief and Recovery Fund;</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f76f-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>The Global Security Contingency Fund; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f770-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">(G) </num><content>Programs to end modern slavery.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f771-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Withholding of Funds<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a provision of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad3f772-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="j">(j) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Requirement to Inform, Coordinate, and Consult<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f773-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and Syria, the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief and Recovery Fund, and to counter extremism and foreign fighters abroad, have been diverted or destroyed, to include the type and amount of assistance, a description of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall ensure such funds are coordinated with, and complement, the programs of other United States Government departments and agencies and international partners in such countries and on such activities.</proviso></content></paragraph><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="ycad3f774-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least seven days prior to informing a government of, or publically announcing a decision on, the suspension of assistance to a country or a territory from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.</content></paragraph></subsection></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">notification on excess defense equipment</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7016"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7016. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such excess defense articles: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and programs</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7017"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7017. </inline> </num><content class="inline">Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles <page identifier="/us/stat/132/873">132 STAT. 873</page> I and III through V of this Act, which are returned or not made available for organizations and programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019: <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.</proviso></content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7018"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7018. </inline> </num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies that the use of these funds by any such country or organization would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and involuntary sterilizations.</content></section> <section><heading class="varAlign fontsize10 smallCaps" style="-uslm-lc:I658174">allocations and reports</heading><num style="-uslm-lc:I658120 -uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7019"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 7019.</inline> </num><subsection class="inline" id="ycad4bac5-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading class="smallCaps">Allocation Tables<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Subject to subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such designated amounts for foreign countries and international organizations shall serve as the amounts for such countries and international organizations transmitted to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad4bac6-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Authorized Deviations<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may only deviate up to 4 percent from the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): <proviso><i> Provided</i>, That such percentage may be exceeded only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events, or to address other exceptional circumstances directly related to the national interest: </proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</proviso></content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad4bac7-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Limitation<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><content>For specifically designated amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by <page identifier="/us/stat/132/874">132 STAT. 874</page> section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, no deviations authorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission of such report.</content></subsection><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="ycad4bac8-2c20-11f0-800e-a3a8a8d07c97" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10 smallCaps">Exceptions<inline class="noSmallCaps">.—</inline></heading><pa