[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5895 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                         June 25, 2018.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
5895) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water, Legislative 
Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 
Act, 2019''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT.

    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. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT.

    (a) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division A shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 115-258. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division A and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division A.
    (b) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division B shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 115-274. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division B and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division B.
    (c) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division C shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 115-269. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division C and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division C.

     DIVISION A--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

    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.

                             investigations

    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.

                              construction

    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); 
$2,148,000,000, 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 
Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and 
expansion of inland waterways projects, except for Chickamauga Lock, 
Tennessee River, Tennessee, which shall be 15 percent during the fiscal 
year covered by this Act, shall be derived from the Inland Waterways 
Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$102,130,000 shall be for Additional Funding, Inland Waterways Trust 
Fund Revenues, as designated in the report accompanying this Act:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$507,870,000 shall be for Additional Funding, Navigation, as designated 
in the report accompanying this Act of which not less than $100,000,000 
shall be used for projects relating to deep-draft navigation.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

    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, $350,000,000, 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.

                       operation and maintenance

    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, $3,740,000,000, 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 section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be 
used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged 
material disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected:  
Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each 
of the programs, 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.

                           regulatory program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to 
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020.

            formerly utilized sites remedial action program

    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, $120,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

    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.

                                expenses

    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, $193,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year:  
Provided, 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:  Provided further, 
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.

     office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

    For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That not more than 75 
percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until 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 report of the Committee on 
Appropriations accompanying this Act, to specific programs, projects, 
or activities.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. (a) 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 2019, 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 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;
            (4) 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;
            (5) 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;
            (6) Investigations.--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:  Provided, 
        That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
        limit is $25,000:  Provided further, 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;
            (7) Construction.--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:  
        Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the 
        reprogramming limit is $300,000:  Provided further, That up to 
        $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 
        changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments:  
        Provided further, 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;
            (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming 
        authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to 
        emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
        notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
        these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable:  
        Provided further, 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:  
        Provided further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, 
        the reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided further, That 
        $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or 
        activity that did not receive an appropriation;
            (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--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
            (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
        Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving 
        project is permitted.
    (b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming 
for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations.
    (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not 
apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 
authorities program.
    (d) 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:
            (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 
        applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; and
            (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 appropriations; and
            (3) An identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.
    (e) The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in this Act 
solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the report of 
the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act, including the 
determination and designation of new starts.
    (f) 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 this section.
    Sec. 102.  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 ``Operation and Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost 
due to Corps of Engineers projects.
    Sec. 103.  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 (33 U.S.C. 1341):  Provided, That until an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a State 
water quality certification, the Corps 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 (33 U.S.C. 2211).
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used for any acquisition of buoy chain that is not consistent with 48 
CFR 225.7007, subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2).
    Sec. 105.  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 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for 
the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)).
    Sec. 106.  Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report 
that--
            (1) describes the history of Corps of Engineers funding 
        requests and actual appropriations for the last 10 fiscal years 
        preceding the date of enactment of this Act for the flood and 
        coastal storm damage reduction business line, including a list 
        of all requests for coastal and inland investigations, 
        construction, and operation and maintenance;
            (2) provides a definition for the terms ``coastal project'' 
        and ``inland project'' that the Corps of Engineers uses with 
        respect to those projects under the flood and coastal storm 
        damage reduction business line;
            (3) provides an analysis of the changes in the comparative 
        funding for coastal projects and inland projects under that 
        business line;
            (4) provides an explanation for the discrepancy in funding 
        between coastal projects and inland projects under that 
        business line; and
            (5) includes recommendations on ways to correct the 
        discrepancy described in paragraph (4).
    Sec. 107.  It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) ongoing construction of projects that principally 
        benefit urban areas, including rainfall drainage systems that 
        address flood damages, should receive consideration for 
        additional funding;
            (2) any additional funding described in paragraph (1) is in 
        addition to the budget request submitted to Congress by the 
        President; and
            (3) the projects described in paragraph (1) should not be 
        excluded from consideration for being inconsistent with the 
        policy of the administration.
    Sec. 108. (a) Congress finds that--
            (1) the restoration of the Everglades, as described in the 
        Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan authorized by title 
        VI of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 
        106-541; 114 Stat. 2680) (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Plan''), is the most ambitious environmental restoration 
        program in history;
            (2) the overarching objectives of the Plan are the 
        restoration, preservation, and protection of the south Florida 
        ecosystem, while providing for other water-related needs of the 
        region, including water supply and flood protection;
            (3) the Plan should continue to be implemented as 
        authorized--
                    (A) to ensure--
                            (i) the protection of water quality in the 
                        south Florida ecosystem;
                            (ii) the reduction of the loss of fresh 
                        water from the south Florida ecosystem; and
                            (iii) the improvement of the environment of 
                        the south Florida ecosystem; and
                    (B) to achieve and maintain the benefits to the 
                natural system and human environment described in the 
                Plan; and
            (4) the equal partnership between the Federal Government 
        and the State of Florida remains essential to accomplishing the 
        objectives of the Plan.
    (b) It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the discharge of excess water by the Corps of Engineers 
        from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary and the 
        Indian River Lagoon represents a significant loss of fresh 
        water from the South Florida ecosystem;
            (2) the diversion of those Lake Okeechobee discharges to 
        Plan projects or features like the Everglades Agricultural Area 
        Storage Reservoir, designed to store and treat water prior to 
        release into the Central Everglades, is an essential source of 
        fresh water for meeting the objectives of the Plan; and
            (3) the Plan authorizes a 50/50 Federal-State cost share 
        for all aspects of congressionally authorized restoration 
        projects, including water quality project features or 
        components.
    Sec. 109.  Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that--
            (1) includes a list of all cost-shared Corps projects that, 
        as of the date of enactment of this Act--
                    (A) are physically and fiscally complete; and
                    (B) for which excess non-Federal funds have not 
                been returned to the non-Federal project sponsor; and
            (2) with respect to each project listed under paragraph 
        (1), describes the status of--
                    (A) returning the excess funds to the non-Federal 
                project sponsor; and
                    (B) providing the non-Federal project sponsor a 
                final accounting of the project.
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this title may be 
used by the Corps of Engineers to conduct a release or discharge of 
water from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary or the Indian 
River Lagoon unless the discharge or release--
            (1) is conducted in pulses to minimize downstream impacts 
        from reduced water quality and harmful algal blooms to local 
        communities and wildlife habitat; or
            (2) is necessary--
                    (A) to protect the integrity of the Herbert Hoover 
                Dike; and
                    (B) to minimize threats to lives and human health 
                in the communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee.

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                central utah project completion account

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act, $15,000,000, 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:  Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $1,398,675 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 
for expenses necessary in carrying out related responsibilities of the 
Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2019, 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.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

    The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                      water and related resources

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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, $1,395,000,000, 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:  
Provided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 
overall appropriation under this heading:  Provided further, That 
within available funds, $250,000 shall be for grants and financial 
assistance for educational activities:  Provided further, 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 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that 
Fund or account:  Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes for which the 
funds were contributed:  Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are available until 
expended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated under this 
heading:  Provided further, 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 16 U.S.C. 1706:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$99,500,000 shall be for Additional Funding for Ongoing Work: Rural 
Water, as designated in the report accompanying this Act.

                central valley project restoration fund

    For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act, $62,008,000, 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 Public Law 
102-575, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Bureau 
of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the 
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by section 
3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  Provided further, 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.

                    california bay-delta restoration

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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, $35,000,000, 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:  
Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal 
share of the costs of CALFED Program management:  Provided further, 
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.

                       policy and administration

    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, 2020, $61,000,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377:  
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be 
available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and 
administration expenses.

                        administrative provision

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which are for 
replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. (a) 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 2019, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) 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;
            (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 
        for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate;
            (5) 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:
                    (A) 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
                    (B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity 
                for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the 
                beginning of the fiscal year;
            (6) 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
            (7) 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.
    (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any 
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
    (d) 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.
    Sec. 202. (a) 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.
    (b) 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.
    Sec. 203. (a) Section 206(c)(2) of the Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; 
Public Law 113-235) is amended by striking ``2018.'' and inserting the 
following: ``2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall not fund pilot 
projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin without the participation of 
the Upper Colorado River Division States, acting through the Upper 
Colorado River Commission.''.
    (b) Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 
10364(e)) is amended by striking ``$450,000,000'' and inserting 
``$480,000,000''.
    Sec. 204.  Section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water 
System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-382; 114 Stat. 1457, 123 Stat. 2856, 
128 Stat. 164) is amended by striking ``2020'' each place it appears in 
subsections (a)(1) and (b) and inserting ``2026''.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,322,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$162,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, for program 
direction: Provided further, That of such amount, not less than 
$1,000,000 shall be used to support the development and deployment of 
high-efficiency linear generator power plant technology, which, for 
purposes of stationary electric power production, is equivalent to fuel 
cell power plant technology: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $4,050,000 shall be made available for 
the Photovoltaic Regional Test Centers for Solar Technologies of the 
Department of Energy to ensure the continued operation of each Regional 
Test Center for Solar Technologies of the Department of Energy, as in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act.

         Cybersecurity, Energy Secruity, and Emergency Response

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity, energy security, 
emergency response, and electricity delivery activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $260,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $28,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2020, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Energy

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $1,206,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2020, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for a material recovery demonstration project to 
provide high assay enriched low uranium to support advanced reactors.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
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 (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $727,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That using funds made available under this heading, the Secretary of 
Energy shall continue to carry out external Department of Energy 
activities for advanced coal processing research and development, 
including by advancing early stage research for converting coal pitch 
and coal to carbon fiber and other value-added products for alternative 
uses of coal: Provided further, That of such amount $61,070,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2020, for program direction.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval 
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, 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.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    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 (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $175,105,000, to remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That, 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 2019:  Provided 
further, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall be 
deposited into the ``Energy Security and Infrastructure Modernization 
Fund'' during fiscal year 2019:  Provided further, That such amounts 
shall be made available and remain available until expended for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

                         SPR Petroleum Account

    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 (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act 
(Public Law 114-255), $8,400,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

    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 (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Energy Information Administration

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities of the Energy Information Administration, $125,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                   Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

    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 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $353,240,000, to remain available until 
expended.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    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, 
$840,818,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
$10,689,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                Science

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
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 
including one ambulance and one bus, and one airplane for replacement 
only, $6,650,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $184,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2020, for program direction.

               Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act 
(Public Law 110-69), $375,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $33,250,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2020, for program direction.

         Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    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:  Provided, That for 
necessary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, $33,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, That up 
to $33,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2019 pursuant to 
section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as 
offsetting collections under this heading and used for necessary 
administrative expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, That to the 
extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2019 exceed $33,000,000, 
those excess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections under 
this heading and available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as 
such fees are received during fiscal year 2019 (estimated at 
$15,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund 
appropriations can be derived from fees collected in previous fiscal 
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  
Provided further, 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 section 609.10 of 
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

        Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

    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, 2020.

                  Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

    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, 2020.

              Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs

    For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), $18,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$4,800,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020 for program 
direction.

                      Departmental Administration

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$266,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 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 (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.):  Provided, That such increases 
in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater 
amount:  Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for 
miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 
2019 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$170,000,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$51,330,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That of such amount, such amounts as are necessary shall be available 
to ensure that the Office of the Inspector General fully meets the 
requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 
of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 109-292).

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $10,850,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$102,022,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, for program 
direction.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,902,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements and laboratory support to accelerate the domestic production 
of Molybdenum-99.

                             Naval Reactors

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors 
activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 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:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$48,042,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, for program 
direction.

                     Federal Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, $408,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, including official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $12,000.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                     Defense Environmental Cleanup

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $5,988,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$300,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, for program 
direction.

                        Other Defense Activities

    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 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
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:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $288,396,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2020, for program direction.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$5,000:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, no new direct loan 
obligations may be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    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 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied 
to the southeastern power area, $6,500,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944, up to $6,500,000 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:  Provided 
further, 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 2019 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $0:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$55,000,000 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:  Provided further, 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).

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

    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 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power 
Administration, $29,802,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $19,402,000 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:  Provided further, 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 2019 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $10,400,000:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $10,000,000 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:  Provided further, 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).

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other 
related activities including conservation and renewable resources 
programs as authorized, $222,142,000, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $222,142,000 shall be derived from 
the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $132,770,000 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:  Provided further, 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 2019 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $89,372,000, of which $89,372,000 is derived 
from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $180,000,000 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:  Provided further, 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).

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $5,207,000, 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 
(68 Stat. 255):  Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that 
Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,979,000 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:  Provided further, 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 
2019 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they 
are incurred:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$122,000 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, 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:  Provided further, 
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, replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at 
these Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers.

                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $369,900,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $369,900,000 of revenues from 
fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2019 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in this 
account, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as revenues are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Sec. 301. (a) 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.
    (b)(1) 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--
            (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
        totaling $1,000,000 or more;
            (B) make a discretionary contract award or Other 
        Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a 
        contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
            (C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
        or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or 
        (B); or
            (D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
        award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) 
        or (B).
    (2) 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.
    (3) 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.
    (c) 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 ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs'', 
enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless--
            (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
        for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
        of award; or
            (2) 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.
    (d) 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 ``FY 
2019 Senate'' column in the ``Department of Energy'' table included 
under the heading ``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the report of 
the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act.
    (e) The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed 
for any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify, 
and obtain the prior approval of, 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.
    (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, 
        or activity;
            (2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
        Act; or
            (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a 
        specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
    (g)(1) 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.
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 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.
    (h) 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.
    Sec. 302.  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 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019.
    Sec. 303.  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.
    Sec. 304. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Affected indian tribe.--The term ``affected Indian 
        tribe'' has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the 
        Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
            (2) High-level radioactive waste.--The term ``high-level 
        radioactive waste'' has the meaning given the term in section 2 
        of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
            (3) Nuclear waste fund.--The term ``Nuclear Waste Fund'' 
        means the Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 302(c) 
        of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (5) Spent nuclear fuel.--The term ``spent nuclear fuel'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear 
        Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
    (b) Pilot Program.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), the Secretary is 
authorized, in the current fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, to 
conduct a pilot program to license, construct, and operate 1 or more 
Federal consolidated storage facilities to provide interim storage as 
needed for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, with 
priority for storage given to spent nuclear fuel located on sites 
without an operating nuclear reactor.
    (c) Requests for Proposals.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a request for 
proposals for cooperative agreements--
            (1) to obtain any license necessary from the Nuclear 
        Regulatory Commission for the construction of 1 or more 
        consolidated storage facilities;
            (2) to demonstrate the safe transportation of spent nuclear 
        fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as applicable; and
            (3) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel 
        and high-level radioactive waste, as applicable, at the 1 or 
        more consolidated storage facilities pending the construction 
        and operation of deep geologic disposal capacity for the 
        permanent disposal of the spent nuclear fuel.
    (d) Consent-Based Approval.--Prior to siting a consolidated storage 
facility pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement to host the facility with--
            (1) the Governor of the State;
            (2) each unit of local government within the jurisdiction 
        of which the facility is proposed to be located; and
            (3) each affected Indian tribe.
    (e) Applicability.--In executing this section, the Secretary shall 
comply with--
            (1) all licensing requirements and regulations of the 
        Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and
            (2) all other applicable laws (including regulations).
    (f) Pilot Program Plan.--Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the Secretary issues the request for proposals under subsection 
(c), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan to carry out this 
section that includes--
            (1) an estimate of the cost of licensing, constructing, and 
        operating a consolidated storage facility, including the 
        transportation costs, on an annual basis, over the expected 
        lifetime of the facility;
            (2) a schedule for--
                    (A) obtaining any license necessary to construct 
                and operate a consolidated storage facility from the 
                Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
                    (B) constructing the facility;
                    (C) transporting spent fuel to the facility; and
                    (D) removing the spent fuel and decommissioning the 
                facility;
            (3) an estimate of the cost of any financial assistance, 
        compensation, or incentives proposed to be paid to the host 
        State, Indian tribe, or local government;
            (4) an estimate of any future reductions in the damages 
        expected to be paid by the United States for the delay of the 
        Department of Energy in accepting spent fuel expected to result 
        from the pilot program;
            (5) recommendations for any additional legislation needed 
        to authorize and implement the pilot program; and
            (6) recommendations for a mechanism to ensure that any 
        spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste stored at a 
        consolidated storage facility pursuant to this section shall 
        move to deep geologic disposal capacity, following a consent-
        based approval process for that deep geologic disposal capacity 
        consistent with subsection (d), within a reasonable time after 
        the issuance of a license to construct and operate the 
        consolidated storage facility.
    (g) Public Participation.--Prior to choosing a site for the 
construction of a consolidated storage facility under this section, the 
Secretary shall conduct 1 or more public hearings in the vicinity of 
each potential site and in at least 1 other location within the State 
in which the site is located to solicit public comments and 
recommendations.
    (h) Use of Nuclear Waste Fund.--The Secretary may make expenditures 
from the Nuclear Waste Fund to carry out this section, subject to 
appropriations.

                Sense of the Senate Regarding Innovation

    Sec. 305. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States leads the world in innovation through 
        scientific research;
            (2) many technologies making major contributions to the 
        United States economy were created through Federal support for 
        scientific research, including nuclear power, the laser, the 
        personal computer, the internet, and Global Positioning 
        Systems; and
            (3) in recognition of the importance of innovation through 
        scientific research and development, Congress increased 
        appropriations for Department of Energy research and 
        development programs for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) to maintain the position of the United States as a 
        world leader in innovation, Congress and the Secretary of 
        Energy should continue to support innovative science research 
        and development at National Laboratories and institutions of 
        higher education, along with private partners and nonprofit 
        research organizations, through sustained robust and reliable 
        funding in specific research areas, including--
                    (A) exascale computing and supercomputing;
                    (B) quantum and photonic information sciences;
                    (C) biological and environmental research;
                    (D) energy; and
                    (E) materials and manufacturing; and
            (2) Congress should continue to increase scientific 
        research and development funding--
                    (A) to ensure future technological advances 
                continue to spur innovation;
                    (B) to help companies create good paying jobs; and
                    (C) to strengthen national security.
    Sec. 306. (a) The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall evaluate the military installations at 
which it would be cost-effective to establish a partnership with 
community colleges, institutions of higher education, and the private 
sector to train veterans and members of the Armed Forces transitioning 
to civilian life to enter the cybersecurity, energy, and artificial 
intelligence workforces.
    (b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall submit to the congressional defense and energy 
committees and make publicly available a report describing the results 
of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a).
    Sec. 307. (a) Section 5 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 798) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``three'' and inserting 
        ``4''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Commission may extend the period 
                of a preliminary permit once for not more than 2 
                additional years beyond the 3 years'' and inserting the 
                following: ``Commission may--
            ``(1) extend the period of a preliminary permit once for 
        not more than 4 additional years beyond the 4 years'';
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) after the end of an extension period granted under 
        paragraph (1), issue an additional permit to the permittee if 
        the Commission determines that there are extraordinary 
        circumstances that warrant the issuance of the additional 
        permit.''.
    (b) Section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) is amended 
in the second sentence by striking ``once but not longer than two 
additional years'' and inserting ``for not more than 8 additional 
years,''.
    (c) Any obligation of a licensee or exemptee for the payment of 
annual charges under section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
803(e)) for a project that has not commenced construction as of the 
date of enactment of this Act shall commence not earlier than the 
latest of--
            (1) the date by which the licensee or exemptee is required 
        to commence construction; or
            (2) the date of any extension of the deadline under 
        paragraph (1).
    Sec. 308.  Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture, shall--
            (1) survey the exterior boundaries of the tract of Federal 
        land within the project boundary of the Swan Lake Hydroelectric 
        Project (FERC No. 2911) as generally depicted and labeled 
        ``Lost Creek'' on the map entitled ``Swan Lake Project 
        Boundary--Lot 2'' and dated February 1, 2016; and
            (2) issue a patent to the State of Alaska for the tract 
        described in paragraph (1) in accordance with--
                    (A) the survey authorized under paragraph (1);
                    (B) section 6(a) of the Act of July 7, 1958 
                (commonly known as the ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 
                U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public Law 85-508); and
                    (C) section 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
                818).
    Sec. 309. (a) In this section:
            (1) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission.
            (2) The term ``Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project'' means 
        the project identified in section 1325 of the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3212), and which is 
        the Commission project numbered 2743.
            (3) The term ``Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion'' 
        means the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project as 
        generally described in exhibit E to the Upper Hidden Basin 
        Grant Application dated July 2, 2014, and submitted to the 
        Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII by 
        Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.
    (b) The licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project may 
occupy not more than 20 acres of Federal land to construct, operate, 
and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further 
authorization of the Secretary of the Interior or under the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).
    (c) The Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion shall be subject to 
appropriate terms and conditions included in an amendment to a license 
issued by the Commission pursuant to the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
791a et seq.), including section 4(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)), 
following an environmental review by the Commission under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    Sec. 310. (a) In this section:
            (1) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission.
            (2) The term ``license'' means the license for the 
        Commission project numbered 11393.
            (3) The term ``licensee'' means the holder of the license.
    (b) On the request of the licensee, the Commission shall issue an 
order continuing the stay of the license.
    (c) On the request of the licensee, but not later than 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall--
            (1) issue an order lifting the stay of the license under 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) make the effective date of the license the date on 
        which the stay is lifted under paragraph (1).
    (d)(1) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 13 of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the 
Commission project numbered 11393, the Commission may, at the request 
of the licensee, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the 
good faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of, and the 
procedures of the Commission under, that section, extend the time 
period during which the licensee is required to commence the 
construction of the project for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year 
periods from the date of the expiration of the extension originally 
issued by the Commission.
    (2)(A) If the period required for the commencement of construction 
of the project described in paragraph (1) has expired prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commission may reinstate the license 
effective as of the date of the expiration of the license.
    (B) If the Commission reinstates the license under subparagraph 
(A), the first extension authorized under paragraph (1) shall take 
effect on the date of that expiration.
    (e) Nothing in this section prioritizes, or creates any advantage 
or disadvantage to, Commission project numbered 11393 under Federal 
law, including the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) or the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.), as compared to--
            (1) any electric generating facility in existence on the 
        date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) any electric generating facility that may be examined, 
        proposed, or developed during the period of any stay or 
        extension of the license under this section.
    Sec. 311. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project numbers 12756, 12757, 
and 12758, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in 
this section as the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee 
for the applicable project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance 
with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of 
that section and the procedures of the Commission under that section, 
extend the time period during which the licensee is required to 
commence the construction of the applicable project for up to 3 
consecutive 2-year periods from the date of the expiration of the 
extension originally issued by the Commission.
    (b) If the time period required for commencement of construction of 
a project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Commission may reinstate the license for the 
        applicable project effective as of the date of the expiration 
        of the license; and
            (2) the first extension authorized under subsection (a) 
        shall take effect on that expiration.
    Sec. 312. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12478-003, 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section 
as the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good 
faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of, and the 
procedures of the Commission under, that section, extend the time 
period during which the licensee is required to commence construction 
of the project for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods from the 
date of the expiration of the extension originally issued by the 
Commission.
    (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of construction 
of the project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may reinstate the license 
effective as of that date of expiration.
    (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under paragraph (1), 
the first extension authorized under subsection (a) shall take effect 
on the date of that expiration.
    Sec. 313. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project numbered 13287, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as 
the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good 
faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of that section 
and the procedures of the Commission under that section, extend the 
time period during which the licensee is required to commence 
construction of the project for up to 4 consecutive 2-year periods 
after the required date of the commencement of construction described 
in Article 301 of the license.
    (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of construction 
of the project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may reinstate the license 
effective as of that date of expiration.
    (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under paragraph (1), 
the first extension authorized under subsection (a) shall take effect 
on the date of that expiration.
    Sec. 314. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12642, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as 
the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good 
faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of that section 
and the procedures of the Commission under that section, extend the 
time period during which the licensee is required to commence the 
construction of the project for up to 3 consecutive 2-year periods from 
the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued by the 
Commission.
    (b) If the period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Commission may reinstate the license effective as 
        of the date of the expiration of the license; and
            (2) the first extension authorized under subsection (a) 
        shall take effect on that expiration date.
    Sec. 315. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission projects numbered 12737 and 
12740, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this 
section as the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for 
the applicable project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with 
the good faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of that 
section and the procedures of the Commission under that section, extend 
the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the 
construction of the applicable project for up to 3 consecutive 2-year 
periods from the date of the expiration of the extension originally 
issued by the Commission.
    (b) If the period required for commencement of construction of a 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Commission may reinstate the license for the 
        applicable project effective as of the date of the expiration 
        of the license; and
            (2) the first extension authorized under subsection (a) 
        shall take effect on that expiration.
    Sec. 316. (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in section 
13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12715 
(referred to in this section as the ``project''), the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as the 
``Commission'') may, at the request of the licensee for the project, 
and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good faith, due 
diligence, and public interest requirements of, and the procedures of 
the Commission under, that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of the project 
for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods that begin on the date 
of the expiration of the extension originally issued by the Commission.
    (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of construction 
of the project has expired before the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commission may reinstate the license effective as of the date of 
the expiration of the license.
    (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under paragraph (1), 
the first extension authorized under subsection (a) shall take effect 
on the date of that expiration.
    Sec. 317.  In making awards from the Energy Technology 
Commercialization Fund established under section 1001(e) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391(e)), the requirements for matching 
funds shall be determined by the Secretary of Energy in accordance with 
section 988 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 16352).
    Sec. 318.  Pursuant to section 1807 of the Grand Canyon Protection 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4672), section 3(d)(1) of 
Public Law 106-392 (114 Stat. 1604), section 601(b) of the Colorado 
River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1551(b)), and section 15 of the Act 
of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the ``Colorado River Storage 
Project Act'') (43 U.S.C. 620n) of the offsetting collections in the 
Upper Colorado River Basin Fund of the Western Area Power 
Administration for repayment of capital costs, $23,000,000 may be 
transferred to the Upper Colorado Basin Fund.
    Sec. 319. (a) The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section 
as the ``Secretary'') shall conduct a study on the potential for 
natural gas demand response across energy sectors and geographic 
regions.
    (b) Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of 
study conducted under subsection (a), including--
            (1) a description and quantification of--
                    (A) potential natural gas and energy savings and 
                load shifting; and
                    (B) the costs and benefits associated with those 
                savings, including avoided energy costs, reduced market 
                price volatility, improved electric and gas system 
                reliability, deferred or avoided pipeline or utility 
                capital investment, and air emissions reductions;
            (2) an identification of geographic areas that would 
        benefit most from implementing demand response measures for 
        natural gas infrastructure; and
            (3) a description of--
                    (A) existing and emerging technologies that can be 
                used for demand response in the natural gas sector; and
                    (B) best practices for developing a strategy for 
                deployment of those technologies in the natural gas 
                sector.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

    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 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$155,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    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 Public Law 100-456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                         salaries and expenses

    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.

                           Denali Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
as necessary and other expenses, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) 
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998:  Provided, 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 (division C, title 
III, Public Law 105-277), as amended by section 701 of appendix D, 
title VII, Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-280), and an amount not 
to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities:  Provided further, 
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.

                  Northern Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such amounts shall be available for administrative 
expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019, 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.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    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, $898,350,000, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
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, 2020, 
of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and 
expenditure shall only be approved by a majority vote of the 
Commission:  Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections estimated at 
$794,218,500 in fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the 
amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in 
a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$104,131,500:  Provided further, 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 engineering.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$12,609,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $10,355,000 in fiscal year 2019 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 2020, for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2019 appropriation estimated at not more than $2,254,000:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$1,103,000 shall be for Inspector General services for the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee 
revenues.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $3,600,000, 
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 401.  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.
    Sec. 402. (a) 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.
    (b)(1) 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.
    (2) 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 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.
    (c) 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 report of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act.
    (d) 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.
    (e) 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--
            (1) total budget authority;
            (2) total unobligated balances; and
            (3) total unliquidated obligations.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501.  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 18 
U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 502. (a) 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.
    (b) 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 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.
    (c) 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 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.
    Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019''.

        DIVISION B--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

    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.
    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; in all, $28,140.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $205,376,812, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation as follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $309,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,255,576.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,359,424.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,142,000.

                         conference committees

    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.

 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such committee; in all, 
$3,385,810.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $461,886.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $25,783,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $82,684,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,810,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $59,912,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $6,115,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,147,000.

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

    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.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    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 (Public Law 96-304), 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, 2021.

         u.s. senate caucus on international narcotics control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $508,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$10,036,000 of which $6,436,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023 and of which $3,600,000 shall remain available until expended.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $126,595,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $20,870,849 which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$429,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021 and of which $5,000,000 shall be allocated solely 
for the purpose of providing financial compensation to Senate interns.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in senators' official personnel and office 
   expense account to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the 
                              federal debt

    Sec. 101.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts 
appropriated under this Act under the heading ``SENATE'' under the 
heading ``Contingent Expenses of the Senate'' under the heading 
``senators' official personnel and office expense account'' 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 ``GENERAL PROVISION'' 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 
U.S.C. 4107) 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).

                      adjustments to compensation

    Sec. 102.  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 2019.

              filing by senate candidates with commission

    Sec. 103.  Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Filing With the Commission.--All designations, statements, 
and reports required to be filed under this Act shall be filed with the 
Commission.''.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,232,893,035, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,378,875, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $7,123,634, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,642,739, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: 
 Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain 
available from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

    For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk 
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $573,630,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $127,903,173:  Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$23,112,971, 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:  Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2020.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $218,345,000, 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, $28,305,000; 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, 
$18,773,000 of which $5,524,000 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, $148,058,000, of which $11,631,000 shall remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of General Counsel, $1,502,000; 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, $2,026,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the 
House, $3,327,000; 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.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $264,293,016, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $525,016; 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, $239,000,000, to remain available 
until March 31, 2020; 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, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $3,000,000, 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, 
$722,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to 
      be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt

    Sec. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--
Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational Allowances'' shall be 
available only for fiscal year 2019. Any amount remaining after all 
payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2019 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).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                   delivery of bills and resolutions

    Sec. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
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.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                    delivery of congressional record

    Sec. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
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).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

    Sec. 113.  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.

           limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house

    Sec. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be 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.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                  delivery of reports of disbursements

    Sec. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report of disbursements 
for the operations of the House of Representatives under section 106 of 
the House of Representatives Administration Reform Technical 
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
the Congress).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                       delivery of daily calendar

    Sec. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
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.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

             delivery of congressional pictorial directory

    Sec. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
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).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

              repeal of authorizations for former speakers

    Sec. 118. (a) Repeal of Authorizations for Office Space, Office 
Expenses, Franking and Printing Privileges, and Staff.--The first 
section and sections 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety-
first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent 
law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 
U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 5128, and 5129) are repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of the first section of 
Public Law 93-532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) is repealed.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to any individual who serves as a Representative in 
Congress during the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding 
Congress.

                      adjustments to compensation

    Sec. 119.  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 2019.

                           transfer authority

    Sec. 120. (a) Authority To Make Transfers Among House Leadership 
Offices.--Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of 
Representatives under the heading `House Leadership Offices' may be 
transferred among and merged with the various offices and activities 
under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period 
(or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the 
date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    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.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including:
            (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 
        Physician;
            (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 
        Officer;
            (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 
        officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
        Physician;
            (4) 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
            (5) $2,740,000 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, 
        $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
        of the House of Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 
the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    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, $371,483,000 of which overtime 
shall not exceed $43,668,000 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.

                            General Expenses

    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, $81,554,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee:  
Provided, 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 2019 shall be paid by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 
Security.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $6,332,670, of which $900,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 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.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    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, $50,295,000: Provided, that the Director shall use not less 
than $500,000 of the amount made available under this heading for (1) 
improving technical systems, processes, and models for the purpose of 
improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects to Members 
of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and (2) 
to increase the availability of models, economic assumptions, and data 
for Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                  Capital Construction and Operations

    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 
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, 
and not more than $5,000 that shall be used by the Architect of the 
Capitol to work with contractors to eliminate or reduce the use of 
plastic straws in facilities of the legislative branch that are under 
the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for purchase or exchange, 
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, $101,381,903.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $39,318,335, of which $12,981,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023.

                            Capitol Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $16,160,439, of which $5,019,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $187,098,000, of which $127,552,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which 
$62,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 
and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building;  Provided, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the House Office Building Fund established 
under section 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 
added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 
2017 (Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note).
    In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 
Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                        Senate Office Buildings

    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, $92,918,081, of which $31,162,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023.

                          Capitol Power Plant

    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, $97,827,258, of which $15,286,617 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023:  Provided, 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 2019.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$64,125,666, of which $36,254,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

    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, $54,680,047, of which 
$28,777,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023.

                             Botanic Garden

    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, $14,559,589, of which $3,559,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023:  Provided, 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 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol 
or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $23,054,946.

                       Administrative Provisions

       no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

    Sec. 140.  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.

                                 scrims

    Sec. 141.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for scrims containing photographs of building facades during 
restoration or construction projects performed by the Architect of the 
Capitol.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    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, $474,429,000, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150):  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $6,000,000:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$8,855,000 shall remain available until expended for the digital 
collections and educational curricula program:  Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $1,318,000 shall remain available 
until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial 
Management System: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Surplus Books Program to promote the program and facilitate a greater 
number of donations to eligible entities across the United States:  
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,383,000 
shall remain available until expended for the Veterans History Project 
to continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, reach 
a greater number of veterans to record their stories, and promote 
public access to the Project.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $92,462,000, of 
which not more than $39,218,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2019 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code:  
Provided, 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: 
 Provided further, That not more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title:  Provided further, 
That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
amount by which collections are less than $45,490,000:  Provided 
further, That $4,328,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated 
balances:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, 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).

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $123,828,000:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confidential 
Congressional Research Service (CRS) products:  Provided further, 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 and does not include material prepared in response 
to Congressional requests for confidential analysis or research.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $52,521,000:  Provided, 
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.

                       Administrative Provisions

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

    Sec. 150. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2019, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $194,608,000.
    (b) Activities.--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.

                      GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

                        Congressional Publishing

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, $79,000,000:  Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 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 
chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 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 section 718 of title 44, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired 
discretionary funds made available under this heading in this Act for 
this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds under 
the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 
title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare 
indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session 
basis.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, 
$32,000,000:  Provided, 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 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 
libraries:  Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances 
of expired discretionary funds made available under this heading in 
this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds under the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of the fifth fiscal 
year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 
the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out 
the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

    Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
information technology development and facilities repair:  Provided, 
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 and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, 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:  
Provided further, 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:  
Provided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
vehicles:  Provided further, 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 title 44, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, 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:  Provided further, That activities 
financed through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may provide 
information in any format:  Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 
``Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents'' may 
not be used for contracted security services at Government Publishing 
Office's passport facility in the District of Columbia.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    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 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, 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 section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 
under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters 
in foreign countries, $589,749,653:  Provided further, That, in 
addition, $35,900,000 of payments received under sections 782, 791, 
3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, 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 Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants:  Provided 
further, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are 
initially financed.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    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 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000:  Provided, 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.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    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 (2 
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                maintenance and care of private vehicles

    Sec. 201.  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.

                         fiscal year limitation

    Sec. 202.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2019 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.

                 rates of compensation and designation

    Sec. 203.  Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 
32 et seq.) 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 respect thereto:  Provided, 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.

                          consulting services

    Sec. 204.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, 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.

                             costs of lbfmc

    Sec. 205.  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.

                        limitation on transfers

    Sec. 206.  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.

                      guided tours of the capitol

    Sec. 207. (a) 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 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
    (b) 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.

         limitation on telecommunications equipment procurement

    Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire telecommunications 
equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or 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 Publication 
199, ``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and 
Information Systems'' unless the agency, office, or other entity 
acquiring the equipment or system has--
            (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
        systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform 
        acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact 
        information systems within the Federal Government;
            (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
        awardee against available and relevant threat information 
        provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 
        appropriate agencies; and
            (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation 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.
    (b) 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--
            (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 
        risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any 
        identified risks;
            (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such system is 
        in the vital national security interest of the United States; 
        and
            (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        in a manner that identifies the system intended for acquisition 
        and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies 
        identified in (1), provided that such report may include a 
        classified annex as necessary.

              prohibition on certain operational expenses

    Sec. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities or other official government 
activities.
    This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2019''.

   DIVISION C--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

    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, $1,021,768,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023:  Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $110,068,000 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.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $2,222,522,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $185,542,000 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.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    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, $1,495,423,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023:  
Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $206,577,000 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.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, 
$2,575,938,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023:  
Provided, 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:  Provided further, 
That, of the amount, not to exceed $195,345,000 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.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    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 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $190,122,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $16,622,000 
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.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

    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 chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $139,126,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $18,500,000 
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.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $64,919,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023:  Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $5,855,000 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.

                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    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 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $43,065,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $4,695,000 
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.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $50,163,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023:  Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $4,055,000 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.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

    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 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $171,064,000, to remain available until expended.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    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 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $277,538,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $330,660,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    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, $376,509,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $104,581,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023.

    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $314,536,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $78,446,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    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, $317,274,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    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, $58,373,000.

                         Department of Defense

                    Family Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, 
$1,653,000, to remain available until expended, for family housing 
initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United 
States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing and supporting facilities.

                         Department of Defense

            Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing 
Improvement Fund, $600,000, to remain available until expended, for 
unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 
of title 10, United States Code, providing alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military unaccompanied housing and supporting 
facilities.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101.  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.
    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 103.  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 section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects 
authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense 
by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 104.  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.
    Sec. 105.  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.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) 
install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 
funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for 
military construction.
    Sec. 107.  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.
    Sec. 108.  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.
    Sec. 109.  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.
    Sec. 110.  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.
    Sec. 111.  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.
    Sec. 112.  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:  Provided, 
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:  Provided further, 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.
    Sec. 113.  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.
    Sec. 114.  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.
    Sec. 115.  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.
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
made available to a military department or defense agency 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 117.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 
and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, 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:  Provided, 
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 subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative 
means of acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 118.  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 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 
with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). 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.
    Sec. 119.  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:  
Provided, 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 
title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification 
shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not be reasonably 
anticipated at the time of the budget submission:  Provided further,  
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.
    Sec. 120.  Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account 
established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, United 
States Code, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 121.  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.
    Sec. 122.  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.
    Sec. 123.  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.
    Sec. 124.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2023:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $77,600,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $244,400,000, of which $10,000,000 is for planning and design;
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $118,516,000, of 
        which $22,316,000 is for planning and design;
            ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $22,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', $11,100,000, 
        for planning and design;
            ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $10,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', $14,400,000, 
        of which $5,000,000 is for planning and design:
  Provided, 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 2019 submitted to 
Congress:  Provided further, That such projects are subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
construction:  Provided further, 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.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 125.  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:
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $31,158,000;
            ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $10,000,000; and
            ``Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $2,138,000:
  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 126.  For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional 
defense committees'' 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.
    Sec. 127.  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, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Sec. 128.  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 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:  Provided, That the term ``United States'' 
in this section does not include any territory or possession of the 
United States.
    Sec. 129.  Notwithstanding section 123 of this Act, for an 
additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army'' in this title, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, is provided for 
completion of the Defense Access Roads project and land acquisition for 
Arlington National Cemetery as authorized by section 2101 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114-92) and section 2829A of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328):  Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to any other funds made available in this or prior year 
Acts for such purposes, including funds made available by section 132 
of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113).
    Sec. 130.  All amounts appropriated to the ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Army'', ``Department of Defense--
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Air Force'', and ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' accounts pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in a National Defense Authorization Act 
specified for fiscal year 2019 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.

    report on cell site simulators detected near facilities of the 
                         department of defense

    Sec. 131.  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a full accounting of cell site 
simulators detected near facilities of the Department of Defense during 
the three year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and the actions taken by the Secretary to protect personnel of the 
Department, their families, and facilities of the Department from 
foreign powers using such technology to conduct surveillance.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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 title 38, 
United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as 
authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; 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 (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and 
for other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, 
and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$108,530,139,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$107,119,807,000 shall become available on October 1, 2019:  Provided, 
That not to exceed $18,047,000 of the amount made available for fiscal 
year 2020 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 title 38, United States Code, 
the funding source for which is specifically provided as the 
``Compensation and Pensions'' appropriation:  Provided further, 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 individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    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 title 38, United States Code, 
$14,065,282,000, to remain available until expended and to become 
available on October 1, 2019:  Provided, That expenses for 
rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is 
authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) 
of that subsection, shall be charged to this account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    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, 
title 38, United States Code, $111,340,000, which shall become 
available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 
expended.

                 veterans housing benefit program fund

    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 chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2019, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $200,612,000.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $39,000, as authorized by chapter 31 
of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,037,366.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $396,000, which may be paid to the appropriation 
for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code, $1,163,000.

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

    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, $2,956,316,000:  
Provided, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, 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:  Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2020.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

    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 section 
1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, 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 
title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, assistance and support 
services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 
United States Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the 
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 
allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United States 
Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, United States 
Code, and administrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 
322(d) and 521A of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and 
medical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 
Code; $750,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that become available on October 1, 
2018; and, in addition, $51,411,165,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the amount made available on 
October 1, 2019, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs 
from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans 
with privately written prescriptions based on requirements established 
by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the implementation of the 
program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional 
cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, 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.

                         medical community care

    For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals 
pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-
Department facilities, $1,000,000,000, which shall be in addition to 
funds previously appropriated under this heading that become available 
on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $10,758,399,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2019, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 
$2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021.

                     medical support and compliance

    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 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), 
$7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 
1, 2019, and shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2019, under 
this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021.

                           medical facilities

    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; $211,000,000, which shall be 
in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that 
become available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $6,141,880,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2019, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of 
the amount made available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021.

                    medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 73 of 
title 38, United States Code, $779,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 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.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    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, $315,836,000, of which not to exceed 10 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2020.

                      Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, $365,976,000, of which not to exceed 10 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                       board of veterans appeals

    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, 
$174,748,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020.

                     information technology systems

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information 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 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$4,184,571,000, plus reimbursements:  Provided, That $1,243,220,000 
shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, 
That $2,560,780,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which 
not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2020:  Provided further, That $380,571,000 shall be for information 
technology systems development, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That 
amounts made available for the ``Information Technology Systems'' 
account for development may be transferred among projects or to newly 
defined projects:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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 report accompanying this Act.

                   veterans electronic health record

    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 section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 
38, United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That the 
funds provided in this account shall only be available to the Office of 
the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office.

                      office of inspector general

    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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $192,000,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2020.

                      construction, major projects

    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 chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, 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 section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, or where funds for a project were made available in 
a previous major project appropriation, $1,127,486,000, of which 
$647,486,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023, and of 
which $480,000,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$400,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement projects and 
seismic program management activities:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for fiscal year 2019, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction 
documents contract by September 30, 2019; and (2) by the awarding of a 
construction contract by September 30, 2020:  Provided further, 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.

                      construction, minor projects

    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 chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$706,889,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 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:  Provided, 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.

                      grants for construction of 
                     state extended care facilities

    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 title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2019 for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary 
to any other of the mentioned appropriations:  Provided, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2019, 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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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.
    Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; 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 title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 204.  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.
    Sec. 205.  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 title 5, United States 
Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), 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.
    Sec. 206.  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 2018.
    Sec. 207.  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 title 31, United States Code, except that if such 
obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only 
from ``Compensation and Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United States 
Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, 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:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be 
made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance 
program during fiscal year 2019 that are available for dividends in 
that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2019 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.
    Sec. 209.  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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 210.  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 $48,431,000 for the Office of Resolution Management, 
$4,333,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication, $17,700,000 for the Office of Accountability and 
Whistleblower Protection, and $3,230,000 for the Office of Diversity 
and Inclusion:  Provided, That payments may be made in advance for 
services to be furnished based on estimated costs:  Provided further, 
That amounts received shall be credited to the ``General 
Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for 
use by the office that provided the service.
    Sec. 211.  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 chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, 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:  Provided, 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:  Provided 
further, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 212.  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''.
    Sec. 213.  Amounts made available under ``Medical Services'' are 
available--
            (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
        equipment; and
            (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
        expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
        receiving care in the Department.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 214.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, may be transferred to the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Community Care'' accounts to remain available until expended for the 
purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 215.  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 ``rural Alaska'' 
shall mean those lands which are not within the boundaries of the 
municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 216.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 of title 
38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 217.  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:  Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall 
include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ``Quarterly 
reporting'', under the heading ``General Administration'' in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-223.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 218.  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 2019 may be transferred to or from the ``Information 
Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 219.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019 for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
``Medical Facilities'', ``Construction, Minor Projects'', and 
``Information Technology Systems'', up to $301,578,000, 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 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) 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 (Public Law 
110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That section 220 of title II of division J 
of Public Law 115-141 is repealed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 220.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2019, for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'', up to $307,609,000, 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 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) 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 (Public Law 
110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 221.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, 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 (Public 
Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) 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 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 3571); 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 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
shall remain available until expended.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 222.  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 section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to 
remain available until expended, for any purpose authorized by section 
8111 of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 223.  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.
    Sec. 224.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all 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:  Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a 
contract identifying the programmed amount:  Provided further, 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.
    Sec. 225.  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.
    Sec. 226.  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:  Provided, That, at a minimum, 
the report shall include the direction contained in the section 
entitled ``Disability claims backlog'', under the heading ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-223:  Provided 
further, 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.
    Sec. 227.  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.
    Sec. 228.  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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 229.  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 2019 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 2019, that were 
provided in advance by appropriations Acts:  Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this 
section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
 Provided further, 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 Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 230.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2019, under the ``Board of Veterans Appeals'' 
and the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'' accounts may be transferred between such accounts:  
Provided, 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.
    Sec. 231.  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.
    Sec. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that 
the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) of title 38, 
United States Code--
            (1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline 
        immediate assistance from a trained professional; and
            (2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association 
        of Suicidology.
    (b)(1) 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).
    (2) In this subsection--
            (A) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
            (B) the term ``Executive action'' includes--
                    (i) any Executive order, presidential memorandum, 
                or other action by the President; and
                    (ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive.
    (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on 
the effectiveness of the hotline specified in subsection (a) during the 
five-year period beginning on January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of 
national suicide data and data collected from such hotline.
    (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) shall--
            (A) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
        hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up 
        services from the hotline or mental health services from the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter;
            (B) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
        hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue receiving, 
        mental health care who commit suicide; and
            (C) determine the number of veterans described in 
        subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide.
    Sec. 233.  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 of both Houses of Congress a report 
including the following elements:
            (1) 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;
            (2) an explanation of the process by which those plans were 
        developed and coordinated within each VISN;
            (3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned 
        realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans Health 
        Administration services with contract care or other outsourced 
        services;
            (4) 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;
            (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic designation 
        and the methodology used to determine the buildings' condition 
        and utilization;
            (6) a description of how any realignment will be consistent 
        with requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act; 
        and
            (7) consideration given for reuse of historic buildings 
        within newly identified realignment requirements:  Provided, 
        That, this provision shall not apply to capital projects in 
        VISN 23, or any other VISN, which have been authorized or 
        approved by Congress.
    Sec. 234.  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.
    Sec. 235. (a) 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--
            (1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted 
        reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a 
        covered veteran; or
            (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``service-connected'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``covered veteran'' means a veteran, as such 
        term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, 
        who has a service-connected disability that results in the 
        inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of 
        fertility treatment.
            (3) The term ``assisted reproductive technology'' 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 section 1074(c)(4)(A) of 
        title 10, United States Code, 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--
                    (A) 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
                    (B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and 
                storage without limitation on the duration of such 
                cryopreservation and storage.
            (4) The term ``adoption reimbursement'' 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.
    (c) 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, 
2018 (Public Law 115-141).

                         (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 236.  Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2019 under 
the heading ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Veterans Health 
Administration--Medical Support and Compliance'' in title II of 
division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115-141), $211,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 237.  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 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) 
section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 238.  Section 842 of Public Law 109-115 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 
section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one or more Native 
Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 637(a)(15) of title 15, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 239. (a) 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:
            (1) 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.
            (2) For all individuals not described in paragraph (1), not 
        later than 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) 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.
    Sec. 240.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020 for ``Medical Services'', section 
239 of Division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 241.  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.
    Sec. 242.  Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 for ``Medical 
Services'', funds may be used in each year to carry out and expand the 
child care program authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111-163, 
notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section.
    Sec. 243.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, section 248 of Division A of 
Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 244. (a) 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 chapter 31 of title 38, 
United States Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time 
employment equivalent.
    (b) 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 chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, including--
            (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
        such program; and
            (2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary 
        considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
        each such program.
    Sec. 245.  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.
    Sec. 246.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, section 258 of Division A of 
Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 247.  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:  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 248.  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:
            (1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for ``Veterans Health 
        Administration--Medical Facilities'' to be used for non-
        recurring maintenance;
            (2) $500,000,000 shall be for ``Departmental 
        Administration--Construction, Minor Projects''; and
            (3) $500,000,000 shall be for ``Departmental 
        Administration--Construction, Major Projects'':
  Provided, 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: 
 Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this section 
for ``Construction, Major Projects'', $300,000,000 shall be available 
for previously authorized and partially funded major construction 
projects, and $200,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 
projects and seismic program management activities:  Provided further, 
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, major construction, or seismic improvement project being 
funded with the additional amounts made available in this 
administrative provision.
    Sec. 249.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act may be used 
in a manner that would--
            (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to participate 
        in a medicinal marijuana program approved by a State;
            (2) deny any services from the Department to a veteran who 
        is participating in such a program; or
            (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health care 
        provider of the Department to make appropriate recommendations, 
        fill out forms, or take steps to comply with such a program.

                           inspectors general

    Sec. 250. (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to any 
records, documents, or other materials available to the department or 
agency of the United States Government over which such Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 
General to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers to 
such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access of such 
Inspector General.
    (b) Timely Access.--A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, documents, 
and other materials in a timely manner.
    (c) Compliance.--Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure 
relevant to the information provided by the department or agency over 
which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Report.--Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 5 
calendar days of any failure by any department or agency covered by 
this section to comply with this section.
    Sec. 251.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer funds made available 
for the following programs:
            (1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program.
            (2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans program.
            (3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Families program.
            (4) The Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) 
        programs.
            (5) The Health Care for Homeless Veterans program.

                  report on caregiver support program

    Sec. 252.  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that 
contains--
            (1) the number of coordinators of caregiver support 
        services under the program of support services for caregivers 
        of veterans under section 1720G(b) of title 38, United States 
        Code, at each medical center of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs;
            (2) the number of staff assigned to appeals for such 
        program at each such medical center; and
            (3) a determination by the Secretary of the appropriate 
        staff-to-participant ratio for such program.

    establishment of center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, 
mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating 
       to exposure to burn pits and other environmental exposures

    Sec. 253. (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
``Sec. 7330D. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, 
              mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health 
              conditions relating to exposure to burn pits and other 
              environmental exposures
    ``(a) Establishment.--(1) The Secretary shall establish within the 
Department a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, 
mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating 
to exposure to burn pits and other environmental exposures to carry out 
the responsibilities specified in subsection (d).
    ``(2) The Secretary shall establish the center of excellence under 
paragraph (1) through the use of--
            ``(A) the directives and policies of the Department in 
        effect as of the date of the enactment of this section;
            ``(B) the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the 
        United States and Inspector General of the Department in effect 
        as of such date; and
            ``(C) guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense under 
        section 313 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note).
    ``(b) Selection of Site.--In selecting the site for the center of 
excellence established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
consider entities that--
            ``(1) are equipped with the specialized equipment needed to 
        study, diagnose, and treat health conditions relating to 
        exposure to burn pits and other environmental exposures;
            ``(2) have a track record of publishing information 
        relating to post-deployment health exposures among veterans who 
        served in the Armed Forces in support of Operation Iraqi 
        Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom;
            ``(3) have access to animal models and in vitro models of 
        dust immunology and lung injury consistent with the injuries of 
        members of the Armed Forces who served in support of Operation 
        Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and
            ``(4) have expertise in allergy, immunology, and pulmonary 
        diseases.
    ``(c) Collaboration.--The Secretary shall ensure that the center of 
excellence collaborates, to the maximum extent practicable, with the 
Secretary of Defense, institutions of higher education, and other 
appropriate public and private entities (including international 
entities) to carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection 
(d).
    ``(d) Responsibilities.--The center of excellence shall have the 
following responsibilities:
            ``(1) To provide for the development, testing, and 
        dissemination within the Department of best practices for the 
        treatment of health conditions relating to exposure to burn 
        pits and other environmental exposures.
            ``(2) To provide guidance for the health systems of the 
        Department and the Department of Defense in determining the 
        personnel required to provide quality health care for members 
        of the Armed Forces and veterans with health conditions 
        relating to exposure to burn pits and other environmental 
        exposures.
            ``(3) To establish, implement, and oversee a comprehensive 
        program to train health professionals of the Department and the 
        Department of Defense in the treatment of health conditions 
        relating to exposure to burn pits and other environmental 
        exposures.
            ``(4) To facilitate advancements in the study of the short-
        term and long-term effects of exposure to burn pits and other 
        environmental exposures.
            ``(5) To disseminate within medical facilities of the 
        Department best practices for training health professionals 
        with respect to health conditions relating to exposure to burn 
        pits and other environmental exposures.
            ``(6) To conduct basic science and translational research 
        on health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits and 
        other environmental exposures for the purposes of understanding 
        the etiology of such conditions and developing preventive 
        interventions and new treatments.
            ``(7) To provide medical treatment to veterans diagnosed 
        with medical conditions specific to exposure to burn pits and 
        other environmental exposures.
    ``(e) Use of Burn Pits Registry Data.--In carrying out its 
responsibilities under subsection (d), the center of excellence shall 
have access to and make use of the data accumulated by the burn pits 
registry established under section 201 of the Dignified Burial and 
Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 
38 U.S.C. 527 note).
    ``(f) Funding.--The Secretary shall carry out this section using 
amounts appropriated to the Department for such purpose.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `burn pit' means an area of land located in 
        Afghanistan or Iraq that--
                    ``(A) is designated by the Secretary of Defense to 
                be used for disposing solid waste by burning in the 
                outdoor air; and
                    ``(B) does not contain a commercially manufactured 
                incinerator or other equipment specifically designed 
                and manufactured for the burning of solid waste.
            ``(2) The term `other environmental exposures' means 
        exposure to environmental hazards, including burn pits, dust or 
        sand, hazardous materials, and waste at any site in Afghanistan 
        or Iraq that emits smoke containing pollutants present in the 
        environment or smoke from fires or explosions.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 73 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 7330C the following new item:

``7330D. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, 
                            treatment, and rehabilitation of health 
                            conditions relating to exposure to burn 
                            pits and other environmental exposures.''.

   plan to avoid clinical mistakes by employees of the department of 
  veterans affairs that result in adverse events that require certain 
                              disclosures

    Sec. 254. (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a plan to reduce the 
chances that clinical mistakes by employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs will result in adverse events that require 
institutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent any unnecessary 
hardship for patients and families impacted by such adverse events.
    (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) A description of a process for the timely 
        identification of individuals impacted by disclosures described 
        in subsection (a) and the process for contacting those 
        individuals or their next of kin.
            (2) A description of procedures for expediting any remedial 
        or follow-up care required for those individuals.
            (3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to the process 
        of the Department for clinical quality checks and oversight.
            (4) A communication plan to ensure all facilities of the 
        Department are made aware of any requirements updated pursuant 
        to the plan.
            (5) A timeline detailing the implementation of the plan.
            (6) An identification of the senior executive of the 
        Department responsible for ensuring compliance with the plan.
            (7) An identification of potential impacts of the plan on 
        timely diagnoses for patients.
            (8) An identification of the processes and procedures for 
        employees of the Department to make leadership at the facility 
        and the Department aware of adverse events that are concerning 
        and that result in disclosures and to ensure that the medical 
        impact on veterans of such disclosures is minimized.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
        on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
        Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
        on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
        Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives.

   tracking and monitoring information about debts to united states 
  incurred from overpayment by department of veterans affairs or for 
                             other reasons

    Sec. 255. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
develop a means to track and monitor information on--
            (1) the age and amount of debts of persons to the United 
        States by virtue of the persons' participation in a benefits 
        program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            (2) whether such debts may be the result of delays in 
        Department of Veterans Affairs processing of changes to 
        beneficiary status or other actions of the Department; and
            (3) whether such debts are disputed by such persons.
    (b) Report.--The Department should also be required to submit a 
report to congress no later than 90 days after development of the 
tracking means (so, 270 days after enactment).

  publication of quality rating of nursing homes of the department of 
                            veterans affairs

    Sec. 256. (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress and publish in the Federal Register 
and on a publicly available Internet website of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs the rating assigned by the Department to each nursing 
home of the Department with respect to quality of care, including all 
internal metrics and criteria used in determining such rating.
    (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 257.  The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall conduct an investigation of all nursing homes of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs that had an overall one-star rating 
within the two full calendar years prior to the year of enactment, as 
determined by the rating system of the Department.
    Sec. 258.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans who seek care 
at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 259.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the modernization or 
realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration in 
States in which the Department does not operate a full-service medical 
facility pursuant to recommendations by the Asset and Infrastructure 
Review Commission under the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 
2018 (subtitle A of title II of Public Law 115-182) until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, and the Commission a report certifying that such 
modernization or realignment will not result in a disruption or 
reduction of services for veterans residing in those States.

 limitation on conversion of funds for program to improve retention of 
housing by formerly homeless veterans and veterans at risk of becoming 
                                homeless

    Sec. 260.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not convert any of 
the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in a fiscal year 
to carry out section 2013 of title 38, United States Code, from a 
specific purpose program to a general purpose program unless the 
Secretary included a proposal to do so in the budget justification 
materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with the 
budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code).

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    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, $81,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 foreign currency fluctuations account

    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 section 2109 of 
title 36, United States Code.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 
7298 of title 38, United States Code, $34,955,000:  Provided, 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 Public Law 102-
229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    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, 2021. 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.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses for planning and design and construction at 
Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National 
Cemetery, $56,600,000, to remain available until expended, for planning 
and design and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

    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:  Provided, 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.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 301.  Amounts deposited into the special account established 
under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries.

                                TITLE IV

                    OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army'', 
$192,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for 
projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps'', $227,320,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, for projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air Force'' 
$414,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for 
projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Defense-
Wide'', $87,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for 
projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 401.  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.
    Sec. 402.  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 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year 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.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 502.  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.
    Sec. 503.  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.
    Sec. 504.  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.
    Sec. 505.  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.
    Sec. 506. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web 
site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress 
in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the 
agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
        information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 507. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 508.  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 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 509.  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.
    Sec. 510.  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.
    Sec. 511. (a) In General.--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, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control 
                of the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
                Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 5895

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                               AMENDMENT